Pandemik Piks
Six digital images screened in rotation. Presented over 18 digital screens, standalone and bus shelters in downtown Vancouver, BC, 2020
Project Overview
Platforms 2020 was an installation of a selection of Vancouver based artists that “highlights the crucial role of art in our community by sharing the artworks of Vancouver-based artists who continue to work from their living rooms, bedrooms, and on the streets of the city at this critical moment. The public art program is being launched on transit shelters, billboards, and video screens throughout the city.”
Artist Statement
This began on Instagram as a series of drawings/watercolours for #the100dayProject challenge. My concept was to make something loosely based around the idea of hair. I drew a prong falling out of my hair clip on day 1, echoing my thoughts on the pandemic. As a woman of mixed race, my hair is super curly* and every single hair clip I’ve owned breaks after little usage. For #blacklivesmatter I began scanning, altering and reversing them (making the background black) as a response to ubiquitous and questionable IG “black squares”. These drawings were done on my balcony, and natural backdrop of plants and clouds became part of them. When I started reversing them (in photoshop) they became more about fire. The hair pik and prong drawings (exploding, falling, flowering) now also reflect my thoughts on the world being on fire.
[*Trinidadian curls]