Welcome to my new website! It's still under construction (videos don't play yet, etc), and I'm still in the process of transfering some of the data from the old one. I really loved the old site, but I think this version is easier to use and with springtime here I figure I can use a break from the dark and creepy. Well, for today anyway. What do you think about it? The site was programmed and designed with the help of the awesome Julian Gollner.
Check in soon as I’ll be updating this place often with new works for you to see. If you’d like to join my mailing list, let me know.
My work in Beijing, China
09.02.09
My video "A Plant Wedding" is apparently still making people smile, now all the way around the world. It is being featured in Canadian Cameras at Work at Three Shadows Photography Art Centre in Beijing, China, curated by Travis Joern. I am also included in their catalogue, which will be available here shortly. Stay tuned for announcements of other REDgirl videos, coming up :)
My time in Nova Scotia has sadly come to an end. There was something amazing about camping in the forest, bathing in a pond, eating from the gardens and orchards, hiking on the sea floor at low tide and spending every night by the fire staring up at the stars, especially for city girl me. It was incredible to have my own personal forest studio and work without boundaries, foregoing my video camera and computer for natural materials.
What emerged was Fallings, an installation commemorating the birds that have been falling from the sky in recent years because of pesticides and pollution. I made bird effigies out of typical nesting materials and hung them in a small hidden clearing in the woods formed with transplanted moss and branch-woven archways. On White Rabbit Festival night, the birds had 'fallen' and I lead an interactive performance - a torch-lit audience-wide procession through the woods - resulting in the bird-sculptures being ceremoniously burnt in an enormous bonfire.
Images below hint at the work, more will be available in this site's portfolio section soon. In the meantime, to learn more about the experience, check out my article in Indyish and another White Rabbit artist, Rachel Ni Chuinn's blog here...
Down the rabbit hole in NS
08.04.09
I'm really excited! I've been invited to participate in Nova Scotia's White Rabbit Arts festival and residency this August, to experience nature in all its glory on the 70-acre organic farm Red Clay on the Bay of Fundy. I'll be camping with 13 other artists for 5 days and nights, where we'll be exploring the site's forest, ponds and gardens while skillsharing and creating multimedia environmental artworks. The site will open its doors on August 15th for a 24-hour experiential festival of performance, sculpture, video and sound art. Do visit me again soon to learn about the unfoldings of my exploratory installation and performance Fallings. In the meantime, you can check out the festival's website.
My travel to the fest is generously sponsored by :
CDPQ Performance & Sculpture
04.20.09
I'll be celebrating Earth day this year with a commissioned sculptural performance at The Caisse des dépôts et placements du Québec!
Branchements is an ode to one of our most precious resources. The sculpture is built out of ecological materials and the CDPQ's waste paper, and will be permanently exhibited in their atrium.
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Cette année, je célèbre la journée de la Terre avec une performance et sculpture commandée par La Caisse des dépôts et placements du Québec!
Branchements rend hommage à une ressource des plus importantes au Québec et au monde. La sculpture, constituée de matériaux écologiques et du papier à rebut de la CDPQ, sera en exposition permanente dans leur agora.
© by Annie Briard