Category: October Annual Residency
-
Reflections on a name and time
5 minute read – Kay reflects on their October 2024 residency at FLEET Granville Island, where they publicly framed their ongoing non-verbal practice as The Radical Silence Project.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Day Fourteen: 2024
2 minute read – Kay critiques the colonial myth-making surrounding Thanksgiving, reflecting on the tension between personal nostalgia and historical truth.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
Day four: 2024 – in progress
Pending full post write up – for now, sighted peeps can take a gander at my early 360 captures. Non visual pals, I describe all content on instagram. This is work in progress and descriptions are coming with my next embed! Notes in progress: Matterport Tools: I have often gone into the space simply by…
-
Day three: 2024
6 minute read – Kay reflects on their day at FLEET, contemplating the concept of an artist residency, discussing the pressure of opening events with a fellow artist, and capturing 360-degree shots while balancing work with personal reflections on their radical silence project.
-
What is an “artist residency”?
4 minute video – Kay reflects on using the term “artist residency,” especially as they sign on social media using the initialized sign for home with the handshape R, and how that doesn’t accurately match how artist residencies – not living space – exist in Vancouver within contemporary artist culture.