Projects

Ethnographic Terminalia

Ethnographic Terminalia

The Ethnographic Terminalia Collective is grounded in a commitment to exploring the boundaries of anthropology and art through exhibitions, experimental installations, events and publications. Since 2009 we’ve  curated group exhibitions…

Breath Camera at City of Rocks, Oregon. artist: Trudi Lynn Smith

Breath Camera

The Breath Camera is a multi-part project that involves still images and performances. The Breath Camera mixes the fleshy with the fleeting: It is a wearable form made to expand…

photograph of the interior space of a portable camera obscura artwork at Ideasfest UVic

Talk at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Society (CSRS) at University of Victoria

Sometimes I wonder if it is too much to draw together effect of pinholes in tents and the origins of humans; colonial photography and butterfly migrations; the ongoing and under…

Image of a photocollage showing Dawson's 1874 image of present day Waterton Lake with collaged butterflies by Trudi Lynn Smith

Life and Death in Waterton Lakes National Park

My visual research into contested territories of parks and protected areas in North America explores the affective force of photography. I work with scientists, tourists, artists and locals to explore…