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Image credit: Lloyd Wong Unfinished, by Lesley Loski Chan (2025)
In northern Québec, just after World War 2, a young Inuk woman is raped by an American soldier from an army base near her village. Torn between two worlds by the birth of her blond-haired, blue-eyed son, she struggles to come to terms with the implications of his dual heritage. Adaptation from Gabrielle Roy’s novel… ⊕
a poem for my captor: I'm sorry I'm sorry I'm sorry a man standing on a hill rooted to the skin. holding a bucket filled with stones.Each stone marks a dream and celebration of truthI was raised by mother, mom. mommy.family1 met, Mother, mom, mommy. familyKnowing where I fit has never been my strong pointThe dream is filled… ⊕
a̶r̶t̶i̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ safe space, where collective practices are amplified through a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶n̶e̶r̶ monologue invoking other bodies that explore diversity & non-normative s̶e̶x̶u̶a̶l̶ practices ironizing… ⊕
2016, 08:15 minutes, colour
tapecode 558.22
Glitched images and manipulated readings from Italo Calvino’s Mr. Palomar, investigate notions of surface, perception, and thought - how we know or think we know what we see.
Serena is a mother’s mourning reflection on the birth and death of her 18-year-old Trans daughter. The video’s visuals document the emptying of an hourglass. The audio is a posthumous collaboration between Serena and her mother. A ten-year-old Serena provides the audio for the emptying of the hourglass with a vocal… ⊕