The images in Sand Sigh were collected during repeated visits to the shoreline of Lake Ontario, along the southern edge of the Toronto Islands, a dynamic landscape that changes easily with the weather.
To make a record of this shifting shoreline, silver-gelatin photographic papers were pressed directly into the space where sand meets water. “The movement of these elements have been recorded onto the paper’s surface, resulting in images that expand beyond the singular frame to contain motion and the passage of time,” Pasila says.
This Soundcloud podcast below is a conversation with Vitrines Gallery, where Pasila is on exhibition, about the process of her work.
Julie Pasila is a photo-based artist from Tkaronto/Toronto. She works with tactile, analogue processes to explore the landscape and its relationship to natural rhythms, timekeeping and place. She has exhibited in Canada, the United States, the United Kingdom and Europe and received support from the Ontario Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Julie Pasila’s website here.
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Very interesting work. My first thought was her photos looked like a new granite or marble stone, I forgot your focus was artwork for a minute. 😉
That’s so true . . . it does look like stone on first glance. (funny!)
A side business maybe… LOL