WHITE WATER GALLERY: ‘Untitled Portals, Variations’ by Laura Kay Keeling
‘Untitled Portals, Variations’ by Laura Kay Keeling (Hamilton, ON)
‘Untitled Portals, Variations’ presents a series of collages, an installation piece, and a virtual space by multidisciplinary artist Laura Kay Keeling. Through a process-centred approach, the artist experiments with and merges analog and digital processes to expand on an earlier series, ‘Untitled Portals’.
These pieces incorporate natural elements that have been photographed both digitally and on 35mm film, scanned using a flatbed scanner and a 3D scanner, digitally manipulated, and then brought into physical form. Continuing a dialogue between the natural and digital world, the work explores connections to where we find ourselves, the incredible and important ecosystems that surround us, and the joys that can come from everyday moments of being in and engaging with our surroundings through reciprocal care and respect.
How can we maintain and evolve connections to the natural world in an increasingly isolating and technology-dependent society?
Can virtual spaces be used to encourage folks to take pause and explore, and can moments of joy and excitement be replicated in these virtual environments?
Laura Kay Keeling (she/her/they) is a self-taught visual artist based in Hamilton, ON. Her practice is rooted in a process-centred approach that integrates analog photography, video, digital collage, installation, and public artwork. As a process-based artist with archival investigations, her artwork questions how we form connections with the natural world and how we capture and cherish memories and moments in time. She explores the reciprocity of care amongst natural narratives and how one might engage and interact with humans, plants, animals, and nature in the context of care-based relations. Alongside her studio practice, Laura is an active arts administrator.
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