Nothing Ever Changes (2016)
Firepit: logs, stones, halal marshmallows, audio recordings. Variable dimensions
Audio track 1: Meriam (Pathfinder, Palestinian) sings Ya Taiba (roughly translates to "Good Girl" in Arabic). Audio track 2: the Girl Guide unit sings Fire's Burning. Audio track 3: the Girl Guide unit (and leaders) sings On My Honour. Total running time: 5:15
**All audio was recorded by Jennifer Hollett in 2009.
Aisha, Pathfinder, Syrian-Lebanese (from the series Muslim Girl Guides), 2009, 18"x12" archival pigment print
Fatima, Pathfinder, Somali (from the series Muslim Girl Guides), 2009, 18"x12" archival pigment print
Kholoud, Pathfinder, Qatari, (from the series Muslim Girl Guides), 2009, 18"x12" archival pigment print
Yasmin, Girl Guide, Somali (from the series Muslim Girl Guides), 2009, 18"x12" archival pigment print
The photographs were originally taken as part of a National Film Board of Canada interactive web documentary. Thank you to the NFB for their initial support of the project.
A Lot Can Change in 30 Years (2016)
Girl Guide Uniform circa 1986 (belonging to the artist): dress, scarf, beret, sash, badges, belt, pouch, pencil, dry-cleaning bags, wire hangers. Variable dimensions
Fire's Burning
London's all-Muslim Girl Guide unit, Canada's only, sing a Girl Guide classic: Fire's Burning. The video is documentation of my 2016 artwork In Which I Partially Recreate the Conditions for the Quintessential Canadian Childhood, which was part of the Canadian Belonging(s) exhibition at the Art Gallery of Mississauga in May 2016. The audio was originally recorded by Jennifer Hollet.
Ya Taiba
Meriam (Pathfinder, Palestinian) sings Ya Taiba (roughly translates to "Good Girl" in Arabic) to the other Girl Guides around the campfire. They are members of London's all-Muslim Girl Guide unit, Canada's only. The video is documentation of my 2016 artwork In Which I Partially Recreate the Conditions for the Quintessential Canadian Childhood, which was part of the Canadian Belonging(s) exhibition at the Art Gallery of Mississauga in May 2016. The audio was originally recorded by Jennifer Hollet.
