Negating the idea of pre-existing, fixed space, these artists continue the very personal struggles of survivors by influencing the understanding of the residential schools as continuously present and problematic, and by facilitating processes that create new spaces by disrupting those of the colonial project.
Ghosts of Prisons Past: A Prehistory of the Toronto South Detention Centre // Scapegoat
We wait over an hour to get into the new prison, lined up with more than a hundred other curious visitors in a queue reminiscent of a well-frequented amusement park.
ACADIA 2014 Design Agency
Editing and layout design for the proceedings of the ACADIA 2014 conference, with Riverside Architectural Press.
Evolving Urban Landscapes // BRIDGE
Elsworthy’s early photographs are in black and white, many of them tinted with watercolours, imbuing their everyday subject matter with…
Houses, Schools, Hospitals: “Indian” Architecture and the Design of Genocide in Canada // Unmaking Things
An expansive apparatus of architectural production played a significant role in the Canadian government’s efforts to assimilate Indigenous peoples (originally on Unmaking Things).
Sunday’s Dream // Idea Exchange
Winning poem in the Poem-A-Day Contest hosted by Idea Exchange for National Poetry Month 2014.
Crimes of Forgetting // Blueprint
Essay based on coursework at the Critical Media Lab, featured in the Technology issue of Blueprint, a student publication at WLU.
ACADIA 2013 Adaptive Architecture
Editing for the proceedings of the ACADIA 2013 conference, with Riverside Architectural Press.
John Hofstetter: Artefacts of Memory // BRIDGE
Artefacts of Memory is a collection of recollections, alluding to the landscapes of John’s summer home and work space in…
Grand House Swings
Playing with measuring topography, this installation suspends six swings from the underside of the Grand House, a residence designed and built by…