Iris Film Collective is excited to announce member Zoe Kirk-Gushowaty's film installation for the City of Vancouver's public art series "Platforms: We Are Here, Live".
Zoe's work, “Upstream”, will be presented on the VanLive! video screen, at Robson and Granville, from March 7 through April 2nd 2022, screening once an hour at random times all day and night with a dedicated slot at 12 noon.
“Upstream” explores one of British Columbia’s main natural and industrial arteries, the Fraser River. Beginning at the mouth, in the wetlands of the Fraser River Estuary, and moving upstream, the film follows the Fraser River’s historical, industrial and ecological bends, in the context of the recent slowdown in human activity linked to COVID-19.
“Platforms: We Are Here, Live” is a series that commissioned 23 Vancouver-based and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) artists grappling with the issues revealed by a still-unfolding global pandemic.
