I was invited to create projections for a spoken word performance night called Roots to Sky, put on by Shone Thistle and Priscilla Cherry.

What a magical night! I got to meet amazing fellow queer artists and meet local legends.

It was a special treat to project on such unique architecture as the interior of the church, so I jumped at the chance.

Due to time constraints and creative capacity, I kept things simple and worked with textures on the different planes. I didn’t want to take away from the incredible poets and musicians performing in the evening.

I returned to Yellowknife in March 2026 to project hand-crafted animations for a local theatre production by Tin Can Collective. I animated panels from the graphic novel by Alison McCreesh and created dynamic scenic backgrounds for the actors.

I had to get the production team to sort out projectors and throw distance, which took some trust but in the end felt like being pampered. It was nice to just walk up and only worry about the mapping.

Mapping was simple once I was on site. However, I made the mistake of basing animations on an early sketch, instead of the finalized set. I had to do a lot of adjusting!

Theatre projections are extra work because you need to design the transitions for each scene and program it into a queue stack. This always takes longer than I think it will!

In the end it was a rewarding project to collaborate with other art makers, and not work alone. I was proud of this production and all of their efforts!

2022. Calgary, AB

Client/Funder: BIG Winter Classic

Artist Description: Looping geometrical animations that immersed artist and stage into one visual piece.