Deanne Achong lives and works on the unceded and ancestral homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), Vancouver, BC. She works in variety of disciplines, including digital, lens-based projects and public art. Her practice draws from history, literature and digital culture, in a pluriversal context. She has sat on the board of several artist-run centers, including Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, and has taught sessionally at ECUAD. She has exhibited her work in Canada, the US, the Caribbean, and Europe. Pier D, a public art project that combines photography and a QR code to re-imagine Vancouver in 1938, was commissioned by the City of Vancouver, 2016. In 2015, she exhibited The Obsolescence Project at the Vancouver Art Gallery for the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) and presented a beta version of her iPad app at the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) conference in Bergen, Norway.
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Deanne Achong vit et travaille à Vancouver, sur le territoire traditionnel des peuples Salish du littoral, y compris les territoires des nations xwməθkwəyəm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) et Səlílwətaʔ / Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh). Sa pratique qui se déploie dans divers médias, incluant la photographie et les projets médiatiques, puise dans l’histoire, la littérature et la culture numérique. Elle a siégé à plusieurs conseils d’administration de centres d’artistes, dont Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, et fut chargée de cours à Emily Carr University of Art & Design. Ses œuvres ont été exposées au Canada, aux États-Unis, aux Caraïbes et en Europe. À l’automne dernier, elle a présenté Pier D, une installation photographique et médiatique réalisée dans le cadre d’une commande d’art public éphémère de la Ville de Vancouver, à la Canada Line au centre-ville de Vancouver. En 2015, elle exposait le projet Obsolescence à la Vancouver Art Gallery à l’occasion du Symposium international d’art électronique (ISEA) et présentait son application (iPad) lors de la conférence de l’Electronic Literature Organisation (ELO) à Bergen, en Norvège.
ARTIST BIO: LONGER
Deanne Achong lives and works on the unceded and ancestral homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam Indian Band), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation), (Vancouver, BC). She works in variety of disciplines, including digital,lens-based projects and public art. Her practice draws from history, literature and digital culture, exploring concepts of time, narrative, and archival ‘fictions’. She has worked with net-art, blogs, robots, and apps. She also works with photography, video and installations, and has produced several public art projects. Pier D, 2016, is a photographic/interactive digital installation at the Canada Line in downtown Vancouver. This work was commissioned by the City of Vancouver – Visit Pier D.
In 2015, she exhibited The Obsolescence Project at the Vancouver Art Gallery for the International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) and presented a beta version of her iPad app at the Electronic Literature Organization (ELO) conference in Bergen, Norway. An early net piece, “Excerpts from An Archive” was included in two publications, Abécédaire du web, by Joanne Lalonde, published by the Presses de l’Université du Québec and a book on photography and the web, published by VU, in Quebec City.
Deanne taught sessionally at Emily Carr University for five years, ending in 2006. She has been an artist-in-residence at La Chambre Blanche, QC, Studio-xx, Montreal and the Caribbean Contemporary Arts, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, and a visiting artist at Memorial University of Nfld, Department of Fine Arts, Cornerbrook Campus.
She has sat on the board of several artist-run centers, including Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, a collective presenting public art projects. She has exhibited her work in Canada, the US, the Caribbean, and Europe. She has an MFA from UBC, and a BFA from NSCAD.
NOTE: This bio isn’t really up to date. See my Notes for somewhat more recent activities.