Featured Artist- Margaret Flood
Margaret Flood, Something Round
This photo is from the project Something Round, a project about walking, solitude and social interaction. Prompted by a curiosity about how people move through and relate to shared spaces, Something Round explores the perceptions and experiences of an unnamed – and possibly not self-identified – community formed by users of the Bruce Trail in Hamilton. Using photographs, narrative and a collection of circular detritus, Something Roundconsiders the place and stories of the pathways of the Bruce Trail, as observed by a community of trail users.
Margaret Flood spent the month of May 2017 walking the Bruce Trail around Hamilton, having interactions and conversations with other solitary people she met on the trail. She asked people to observe the environment and seek circular objects -a directed observation, as a way of establishing connection and as an opening to talk with her. It was a chance to concentrate on being alone, to consider meanings of walking and place- what it means for her and the people she met.
Margaret has a BFA from NSCAD 2004 and an MFA from the University of Guelph. Her work is a consideration of time, repetition and autobiography.
Something Round is also on display during the month of July at the Hamilton Public Library
www.hpl.ca/articles/gallery4-1st-floor-july-2018
inquiries please contact hundreddollargallery@gmail.com
This photo is from the project Something Round, a project about walking, solitude and social interaction. Prompted by a curiosity about how people move through and relate to shared spaces, Something Round explores the perceptions and experiences of an unnamed – and possibly not self-identified – community formed by users of the Bruce Trail in Hamilton. Using photographs, narrative and a collection of circular detritus, Something Roundconsiders the place and stories of the pathways of the Bruce Trail, as observed by a community of trail users.
Margaret Flood spent the month of May 2017 walking the Bruce Trail around Hamilton, having interactions and conversations with other solitary people she met on the trail. She asked people to observe the environment and seek circular objects -a directed observation, as a way of establishing connection and as an opening to talk with her. It was a chance to concentrate on being alone, to consider meanings of walking and place- what it means for her and the people she met.
Margaret has a BFA from NSCAD 2004 and an MFA from the University of Guelph. Her work is a consideration of time, repetition and autobiography.
Something Round is also on display during the month of July at the Hamilton Public Library
www.hpl.ca/articles/gallery4-1st-floor-july-2018
inquiries please contact hundreddollargallery@gmail.com