Formed at low tide, Xʷəyeyət’s ever-changing shore is captured through a cameraless process beginning with rubbing photographic paper onto untampered clay sediments. Each work is then exposed to present daylight, and processed with location-sourced iron or seaweed, and ocean water. Displayed alongside the prints are foraged metal and mineral materials; eroded and precipitated into distinctive sculptural forms. Together, the works depict prolonged geological impacts, as well as the relationship between regenerative sedimentary occurrences and mutable photographic processes.
Exhibition Documentation:
Give Everyone the Power to Share Anything With Anyone (Vancouver, BC)
Re-Anima ! - Prismè #6 Festival (Nantes, FR)
The Lind Prize 2022 (Vancouver, BC)Featured in The Lind Prize 2022 , a showcase of work by the finalists of the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize at The Polygon Gallery (Vancouver, BC), amongst works by Simranpreet Anand, Wei Chen, Natasha Katedralis, Jake Kimble, Aaron Leon, and Katayoon Yousefbigloo.
December 10, 2022 - January 29, 2023
Photos by Akeem Nermo