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Freight Transportation Profits, Prospers

Freight Transportation Profits, Prospers

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GovernmentBusinessTechnologyEquipmentAutonomousDecember 18, 2018 4:45 PM, EST Freight Transportation Profits, Prospers

Without a doubt, 2018 was a banner year for trucking and almost every other form of freight transportation.

Spurred in part by a cut in corporate taxes, business investment took…

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Barry Pottle | Awareness Series. 2016

Top: Awareness 1; Bottom: Awareness 2

Barry Pottle’s Awareness Series, considers two contrasting depictions of Inuit identity. Pottle probes the fraught history of the ‘Eskimo Identification Tag System’ also known as the disc system, which saw Canadian federal authorities issue tag numbers and corresponding identification discs to all Inuit in the Western and Eastern Arctic from the 1940s to 1970s.

“The 19 photograph series contrasts images of the numbered discs, and portraits of individuals (all friends, community members, and colleagues of the artist) who were, at one time, enrolled in the disc system. While these individuals may have varying opinions regarding this former government initiative, their shared experience brings awareness to a moment in recent history not commonly known or discussed in context of greater Canadian culture” (Art Gallery of Hamilton)

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Second prototype. Went smaller and moved the title to the package band. 

Suggestions for improvement: reframing of the photographs.

Q: is the newsprint too delicate/too precious?  A: for me, I don’t mind if the band rips, it is only a temporary packaging in my mind. I think the books are a little more sturdy than people think but maybe because I built it, I know how to handle it...I shortened the cut so that it was a little stronger, hopefully that helps. 

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Foodland Security, Barry Pottle, 2012

Barry Pottle is the second artist with whom I was able to collaborate. His Foodland Security photograph series speaks directly to issues urban-bound Inuit people face. 

“Country food is intertwined with the Inuit culture. This food comes from animals and plants that people hunt, fish, or gather. These traditional foods include caribou, seal, whale, fish, birds, and berries. Food preparation includes the skinning and butchering of animals, cleaning of plants, and further preparation for eating such as boiling, drying, and other techniques. Once in urban centres, Inuit experience a great shift in diet from traditional or country food to store-bought, processed foods. My plan in setting out to do this project was—first and foremost—an art project as I strive to bring awareness and justice to what I call Contemporary Urban Inuit Photography. “

Barry Pottle on his photograph series

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Barry Pottle

Starting the Feast (2012)

To The Can (2012) & From the Country (2012)