AFTER: where to go from here?
artist residency
lisa g & skai fowler
june 2021
Artist Q&A: Tuesday June 29th at 7pm
Film Screening: POSTPONED to Tuesday June 29th at 9:30pm
Burrardview Fieldhouse, 545 North Slocan Street, Vancouver BC
Collaborating artists lisa g nielsen & Skai Fowler will further their experimental film project entitled AFTER: where to go from here? for their Iris Film Collective’s Burrardview Fieldhouse residency.
Inspired by the surrealist film work of Maya Deren, the do-it-yourself attitude of Rosie the Riveter with a pinch of vaudeville, lisa g and Skai will continue their film series using hand processed super 8 film and sound during the month of June 2021. The films, shot collaboratively and intuitively, star Skai Fowler as protagonist as she moves through her new reality. The soundscape is purposely edited separately and then combined with the film after both components are completed. This incongruous way of building ‘story’ is reflecting the need to break free of social & political systems that are holding us all back.
lisa g is a founding member of the Iris Film Collective. She enjoys working collaboratively and within communities creating work that has historical reference & social relevance. lisa g is drawn to many mediums; photography, writing, performance and finds that film is a fun way to bring so many mediums together. lisa g has also been a producer/mentor for the Our World project since 2007, bringing analog & digital storytelling tools and mentors to remote Indigenous communities for folks to create self directed short films. www.ourworldlanguage.ca
SKAI FOWLER started her pursuit in visual arts using water colours, mentoring with master painter Ranjan Sen. She continued her studies at Emily Carr University of Art and Design graduating in Photography and Interdisciplinary studies.
Skai graduated in 1985 and has been exhibiting nationally and internationally ever since. She has been working in an abstract style with acrylic paints for over 30 years. “Painting abstract pieces provides me with a fresh way of seeing the physical world, a second sight into the energies that surround me. My intent is to convey an essence of a thing or a moment of the soul. When I paint I search for directness and an intimacy of instinctual response, manifesting a passion for the landscape of the subconscious.” www.skaiart.com