Headlands Home

I live inside my head. Much like a snail or a turtle, I can carry my home with me, escape, hide, retreat into my own world. The three cyanotypes I’ve created for this entry reflect the three types of worlds I have inside me. The “born” home is a forest near my mother’s hometown, a place where I’ve spent the best of my childhood, where my roots come from and my soul has sprouted. The “built” home is the “hard” reality of the everyday life as a practicing architect in Toronto; the skyline of the city I help shape follows me everywhere. And finally, the “created” home is the imagination that connects me to the cosmos, allows me to listen to the music of the spheres, to touch the fabric of the universe. This is the home I created for myself, where I feel the safest and most understood, where I spend the most time alone.
All three works are made using overlays of negatives, made from photographs I’ve taken myself, including my face. They can be read as a triptych or individually.