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Image credit: The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story, by Donna Szoke (2026)
Revelation is a video work that oscillates between the gestures of concealing and revealing the Arabic word Iqra, the first word revealed to the Prophet Mohammed. I re-imagine this Quranic story and place my own hands as the subject to receive and bury the word. In our present day the words of the Quranic revelation however… ⊕
a̶r̶t̶i̶f̶i̶c̶i̶a̶l̶ safe space, where collective practices are amplified through a̶n̶ ̶i̶n̶n̶e̶r̶ monologue invoking other bodies that explore diversity & non-normative s̶e̶x̶u̶a̶l̶ practices ironizing… ⊕
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… ⊕
2025, 70:10 minutes, colour
tapecode 510.51
This experimental ambient film frames the city of Vancouver to become a source of graphical shapes. A symphony of images grouped in sections based on themes.
A seemingly endless parade of empty platitudes and paradoxical life affirmations trouble entitlement and question who determines and owns the American Dream. Original footage serves as visuals for a slightly redacted found-audio track from a 1960 film in the public domain called Your Name Here, produced by The Calvin Company,… ⊕
