articles & essays written by emily jan

on Collective: Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie

Deep in northern Turtle Island Canada, Amiskwaciwâskahikan Edmonton-based artist and writer Emily Jan encountered the trees and timbers held in Collective, an exhibition by the collaborative artistic duo of Miranda Bellamy and Amanda Fauteux at the Art Gallery of Grande Prairie. Documenting human interventions with living and dying trees and bamboo, Jan explores the implications of these artworks, which position their arboreal subjects as protagonists in an entangled narrative. Read the full article here.

A Reflection on Hea. R. Kim’s Indecisive Valley at Eastern Edge Gallery

It is the spring of 2022. Looking back, the world has been under siege to COVID-19 for two years, almost to the day. Looking forwards, it teeters on the brink of World War III. Looking around me, many people seem frozen in anxiety and despair, as history turns on its fulcrum once again.

But that is not where, or when, the installation that you see has its origins – for that, we needto travel a couple decades back to a different place and time: to a childhood in South Korea… Read the full article here.