a Book of Longing is a 16 page, screenprinted, hand-bound artist's book that explores the complicated knot of emotional longing and sexual desire. It conjures up memories and fantasies; it represents tokens of affection and objects of yearning; it evokes interaction with the lover, the self and the lover-in-one’s-self. Personal effects, sexual joinings, clasped hands, candy hearts, gestural portraits and a poetic text, appear in combination as the pages of the bookwork are unfolded, inviting the viewer to consider different layers of experience and understanding. A subtle and evocative rhythm is created through the use of images in series and a loosely narrative format.

Curated by Jamie Ryckman

The Hands of the Dancer is a 21 minute HD sound and video work that focuses on imagery related to the mythology of temple dancers and to dreaming. A man sleeps and dreams of a dancing girl who multiplies and shimmers like the desert. Her image is continuously mutating and becomes the landscape of the dream. She looks into a mirror and appears next counting peacock feathers while another presence takes her place as the dancer, and finally making contact with the dreamer.

A Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Independent Project
October 1st 6:59pm to sunrise, installation continues to November 5th

A Black Tie Affair is evocative, mysterious, and contemplative. Re-sacralizing art, creating a space for a sense of worshipfulness, is an important strain in contemporary art, engendered by feminist and community art practices. This project situates itself in this ancient and contemporary tradition. The installation engages Nuit Blanche participants by inviting them into the space where they are encouraged to be silent, to meditate and reflect.

I am here,
(she) whispers in my ear
as the rocks turn over
hear, hear

Transplanted into the gallery through a mixed media installation I am here is a series of ruminations from the trail. The video component situates us in the landscape through a single continuous shot. The journey to the lookout is marked through a memory map comprised of found and created objects; flotsam and jetsam snaked together like the ever-changing trail. 

Her Pleasure, Her Desire; Remix is an interactive video installation, which forms part of a larger series of media artworks entitled Euphoric Femme. In the production of this interdisciplinary artwork, a group of women created personal autoerotic video and sound recordings to be implemented as the source material for the digital and audio components of the installation.