From April 2020 to December 2021, I walked almost daily along the Rideau Canal in downtown Ottawa. I noticed an environment buzzing with activity during abnormal times that had become the “new normal.” Under the shadows of pandemic, environmental and social concerns, I began in June 2020 to document my observations of fragility, survival, resilience and isolation, revealing tensions between nature and culture. That’s where this project began.
Twenty-four photographic and textual high-quality pigment inkjet prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag Book and Album paper, an envelop made of Savoy paper contains approx. 300 straight pins, all bound in a folder-box of Johannot rag paper, measuring 22.8 x 15.2 x 2.5 cm when closed, tied with heavy linen thread.
This work is comprised of twenty-four photographic and textual prints, many in folds, with suggestions on how to display them using the supplied straight pins, all contained in a folder-box tied with heavy thread. The texts, in English and in French, describe what the photographs cannot..
Exhibition at the Carleton University MacOdrum Library, September to November 2025.
Exhibition at the National Arts Centre, Ottawa, May 1 to November 30, 2026, in two public spaces: the Hon. Bill Morneau & Nancy McCain Gallery (Elgin Street level) and the Heather Edwards Gallery (canal level). Each installation includes prints pinned in a large square shadow box juxtaposed to six larger framed prints taken from the series confinement States, all chosen to illustrate the changing seasons: spring summer from May 1 to July 6, summer fall from July 7 to September 14, and fall winter from September 15 to November 30, 2026.
