A guide to help event producers host events that are environmentally and socially responsible.
Rooted in the protocol agreement with the Nuu Chah Nulth nation. Created in collaboration with 7 local event producers and 4 local events. Informed by best practices from 35 international guides for sustainable events.
When i moved to Tofino an elder told me ‘what you do with your day is your gift to the world.’ With her words in mind, I sing good morning to the ocean and I sing my gratitude to the sunset.
An attempt to cure the disease of rape culture by invoking Plague Doctors. Performance art and artist talk inspired by Silvia Federici’s Caliban and the Witch.
Co-Design and co-production of masks. Research, writing and artistic direction of performance piece, performer.
Does ‘mood changes’ accurately convey a desire to drive into telephone poles? Video shorts of women vividly describing their experiences with the vague warnings on hormonal birth control.
An audio companion for ‘Cultúr Club’, Irish language education books produced by Conradh na Gaeilge and used world-wide. In partnership with Conradh na Gaeilge, a department of Irish Foreign Affairs ministry. Worked with two fluent speakers and Bergman Creatives to create complete audio recordings of the books in Volume One. Recordings are available in both the Munster and Ulster Irish dialects. Volume two recordings are forthcoming.
The long term aim of this project is to create an interactive website enabling self-directed Irish language learners, with no spoken Irish, the ability to learn at home.
The poetic guidance of Mary Lunny immortalized in embroidery. Mary Lunny is a fluent Irish speaker who, in everyday conversations, speaks an old Irish dialect directly translated into English. The results are stunningly beautiful and cutting words of wisdom.
At 82 Mary is impressively vigorous, brilliant, and witty. I’ve been visiting her for the last 5 years, practicing Irish and sharing stories. We sit in her living room overlooking the ocean, drinking tea while Mary knits. To pass the time I taught myself embroidery and began to immortalize her words.
Mary refers to this as my ‘Inelegant Jane Austin Project’ due to the ironic juxtaposition of the traditional nature of the craft, the phrases themselves, and my evening whiskey. These phrases were embroidered while practicing Irish with Mary, or while speaking Irish with friends at a nearby pub.
Fiber artist and curator – 2019-2020
“We had bigger dreams than men”
A bold statement and a challenge to dream beyond what society deems your limitations.
Mary was born in Fintown, Ireland in 1938. At that time in Catholic rural Ireland, it was unheard of for women to be anything other than wives and mothers, but Mary is one of a kind. As she says of herself and her closest friend, “we had bigger dreams than men”. Mary has lived a long, adventurous, and hard life. Her stories are wild, even by today’s standards. She is beloved by many, and upon meeting her it is often said, “she is some woman for one woman”. She inspires women to dream bigger than what we are told is possible.
“She was just being a cunt, God love her”
A beautiful combination of honesty and firm boundaries. A clear assessment of a transgression, while simultaneously being compassionate toward the transgressor.
Mary is concise, eloquent, and crass all at the same time. To be fair to her, this quote is extremely rare. In all my time with her, I never heard it. A friend was witness to it, and apparently the situation warranted it deeply. As far as Mary is concerned, this one is to be used in extreme circumstances only.
“He never lifted anything heavier than his dick”
An astute and clever way to describe a man who is not living up to his responsibilities.
She would never ever call herself one, but she is a poet who loves wordplay. She is subtle as a knife. She’s sly and witty. She’s as kind as she is cutting.
This hoop was my first ever attempt at embroidery. I’m self-taught from youtube tutorials watched on my phone while sitting with Mary. The progression of my learning is clear.
“It’s a beautiful day for a bad mood”
A recognition that each day is a gift and that it can easily be wasted if we choose to view it differently.
Said with a wink and a smile, Mary uses gentle irony to pull you out of a bad mood.
“Isn’t it better to tell the truth?”
Not an enforcement, but rather a curious invitation to honesty. A gentle question to bring you back to your better self.
Mary says this with genuine curiosity, and absolutely no malice or judgment.
Additional quotes will be added during my 2020 visit.
