Category: FLEET residencies
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Day 4: FLEET, 2025
7 minute read – Kay reflects on the evolving process of creating their Twine mapping game exploring themes of navigation, seasonal shifts, and game mechanics while contemplating updates to their artist statement to better align with their expanding practice.
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Day 3: FLEET, 2025
15 minute read – Kay reflects on their evolving relationship with reading, exploring the books that have profoundly influenced their artistic and access-focused practice, while considering which title to contribute to the FLEET resource library.
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Day 2: FLEET, 2025
3 minute read – Kay reflects on their mapping and game design process for Edmonds Park, considering alternative navigation methods, accessibility modes, and thematic elements of memory and haunting while debating the feasibility of their 20-day development challenge.
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Day 1, FLEET: 2025
7 minutes – Kay returns to the FLEET mobile studio residency, this time in Burnaby, while continuing their Radical Silence Project. They reflect on the differences in accessibility between locations, the challenges of practicing non-verbal engagement in professional and public spaces, and the personal and collective tensions between inclusion, self-doubt, and creative discipline.
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Day Twenty-Five: 2024
3 minute read – Kay reflects on the tension between intention and control while hosting a silent sunset watch party, questioning whether they can truly let go and allow moments to unfold without intervention.
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Day Twenty-Four: 2024
5 minute read – Kay reflects on their open house plans at FLEET Granville Island, highlighting the balance between structure and experimentation, questioning how performance, translation, and engagement intersect in accessible and non-verbal artistic spaces.
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Day Fourteen: 2024
2 minute read – Kay critiques the colonial myth-making surrounding Thanksgiving, reflecting on the tension between personal nostalgia and historical truth.
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Day Thirteen: 2024
4 minute read – Kay navigates an unexpected water leak at their FLEET residency, adapting their plans, salvaging materials, and reflecting on the physical demands of their art-making process as they acknowledge the impact of aging on their ability to work on the floor.
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Day twelve: 2024
6 minute read – Kay reflects reflects on a challenging start to their day, receives exciting news about hosting an open house at FLEET, and outlines a detailed, accessible schedule for the upcoming event on Granville Island, focused on inclusivity, radical silence, and creative engagement.
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Day five: 2024
5 minute read – Kay reflects on their ongoing work measuring the FLEET mobile trailer, navigating building codes, and addressing accessibility challenges, including their frustration with the lack of a ramp and railings.