Mapping the Prairies Through Disaster (in progress)
series of mixed media installations, 2012

A series of mixed-media installations & videos considering the role natural disasters have played in the shaping of the Prairies experience.

Above still: For 11 days, from dawn to dusk, based on historical accounts of blizzards in the Plains/Prairies region. [dual video projection, photos, vinyl text]

Other works in the series:

Prairie Fire

Dearfield, Colorado

Tornados & Floods - still in progress

Archival research done at: The Archives at the University of Colorado at Boulder Libraries (Boulder, CO); The Archives & Special Collections of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln Libraries (Lincoln, NE); The Library / Archives of the Nebraska State Historical Society (Lincoln, NE); The Saskatchewan Archives (Regina & Saskatoon, SK); The University of Saskatchewan Archives (Saskatoon, SK); The City of Regina Archives (Regina, SK); the Alberta Provincial Archives (Edmonton, AB); the City of Edmonton Archives (Edmonton, AB).