paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
The Long Walk Collective - Bo Yeung, Georgia Hammond, and me (Meg Walker) - are so excited and proud to announce that the Plant Encounters online publication is live! What: "Plant Encounters" is an online multimedia publication at http://www.longwalkcollective.org that explores people-plant relationships in the boreal forest along Dawson City's Ninth Avenue Trail. When: From… Continue reading Plant Encounters is live!
I curated this exhibition for Arts Underground, exhibiting from March 4 - 30, 2018. Tara McCarthy interviewed me for CBC North's afternoon show AirPlay, and you can listen to it here. Show statement below, and artist bios following that. https://soundcloud.com/cbcyukon/menopause-mischief-exhibit-at-arts-underground Menopause Mischief exhibits painting, sculpture and film by 15 artists with connections to Dawson… Continue reading Menopause Mischief
after a two year pause, keeping The Ice Cubicle archived so all these images & interviews were not lost, there are still moments now & again when i see something that needs to be added to this collection. this blog was originally a year-long project, but took a bit longer, running from may ’09 to… Continue reading ice = rebirth
This is my last Ice Cubicle blog post, a wrap to an intriguing project that has left me with a long list of ice-related ideas to explore. There are so many things I didn't get to writing about - more on glaciers and ice-shelves disappearing due to climate change; the timeline of Ice House Detroit,… Continue reading into blue noon: over a frozen road
For a while there it seemed the "spring fever vs ice" competition was over. The Yukon River broke weeks ago, and it's hot enough in the daytime to get a slight sunburn, as I found out yesterday. But I had to drive between Dawson City and Whitehorse twice in the past two weeks, and as… Continue reading spring breakup: a swimming tale
The wait is over. It's been more of a melt-off than a break-up this spring 2010, but the Yukon River is running again. The ice broke its grip at 3:12 a.m. this morning, according to Joyce Cayley, speaking on CFYT Radio on behalf of IODE. The annual Ice Guessing Contest is over. But what's the… Continue reading dawson ice guessing contest: it’s all over
To give you (and myself) a pause from the tension of waiting for the Yukon River to break, I'd like to direct you a recent post on Manuela's blog Every Day Life in the Northern Yukon Wilderness. Manuela chronicles the flow of Yukon life dozens of kilometres away from any town. Manuela's posts are always… Continue reading another yukon river view: caribou crossings
Today, again I walked along the Yukon from town to the Yukon-Klondike confluence and all the way to the bridge that goes over the Klondike. All clear (well, silty) running water at the bridge. And a moment of stillness at the confluence. 1 point goes to spring fever for keeping everything under control and managing… Continue reading spring fever 2: ice 2 – momentary truce
At last!! Yesterday part of the Klondike River began breaking, which means the Yukon River has a whole segment of activity now too, where the two rivers meet. I can't tell you how amazing it feels to see running water, water in movement, again. These few moments were shot on my camera around 6:00 tonight,… Continue reading spring fever 1: ice 1 – first signs of river thaw
A morning in Yukon spring. It's two weeks into spring, or more if we use a calendar date instead of an experiential one, but the ice remains thick on the dredge ponds. You could almost pretend the dock is floating in a summery place if you take a photo and email it to people as… Continue reading spring fever vs. ice: 0-1
