What once Was
At Arm’s Length
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UPCOMING:
LaVallee Brussels
27 Mar - 6 Apr
In the late autumn of 1970, my grandfather disappeared without a trace. No one knew why he left, or where to. Three months passed before he returned. He offered no explanation for his absence.
53 years later, history repeated itself when my father had an affaire.
Revealing long hidden fractures within our family history.
My own frustration and curiosity led me to dive into my family archives. There I found a lead that shone a light on my grandfather’s secrets.
Elora, Canada – a small, quiet village in middle Ontario. There, my grandfather had an affair with an unknown young lady while my grandmother awaited his return.
Seeing my reflection in the mistakes of both my father and grandfather, I decided not to let history repeat itself again.
Through archival research and photography I am to dissecting complicated nature of family dynamic .While also using it as an ongoing formulation of personal identity and self within the context of family history.
Elora becomes both a psychical and metaphorical symbol—The place where the past collides with the present, where the personal and universal intersect and clash.
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Self-Published Dummy
Design by Julia Waraksa
Printed by Raddraaier
edition of 50 (sold-out)
Archival Imagery courtsey of Wellington County Museum & Archives.
Elora sits on the traditional territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Anishinabewaki, Mississauga and Haudenosaunee peoples, all of which have acted as Stewards and Keepers of this land for generations.