OAC Access Career Grant - July 2012

Chris Cozier and Natalie Wood at Alice Yard

Local Torture Toy

Tassa on Maracas Beach

As Part of my OAC Access career grant I went to Trinidad to meet up with Chris Cozier and to find out more about Alice Yard.

Streaming Altermodern Exhibit - Jan 2012

Johanna, Natalie and Pamela

Streaming Altermodern Artists at Gallery of Peterborough

The Curators - Carla Garnet, Pamela Edmonds

Natalie Wood, Emilie Chhangur, Pamela Matharu, Johanne Householder

My artwork - A short video called "Will" plus the "Lost Will and Testament" book will be part of this show at the Art Gallery of Peterborough. The actors and collaborators involved include Kyisha Ackees, Danielle Smith, Robin Akimbo, Clarissa Chandler, NourbeSe Phillip, Judith Lezama, Michelle Walker, Rosemary Sadlier, Diane Roberts, Ciru Koine, & Nadijah Robinson.

This piece - "Look de devil dey" - will be donated to the Buddies in Bad Times Art Auction on Nov 10 2011. Here is a link to the preview e-catalogue.

Call Me Daisy by Natalie Wood showing at:
Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival New Media Program
Medulla Gallery, 37 Fitt Street, Woodbrook. After a launch on Friday 23 September at 7pm, the exhibition takes place on Saturday 24 September and Sunday 25 September, 10am to 7pm daily.
 
Call Me Daisy:
Film star King Kong calls a press conference to share the truth of his acting experiences and to renounce his American citizenship in Call Me Daisy.

We can't A Ford to Play de devil

Check out Blue Devil Photos in the Globe and Mail in conjunction with Theatre Archipelago.

Will - exhibited at Toronto School of Art. Monday, June 20 - July 3, 2011

These are two stills from my new video Will. This 3 min. video references poetry by Pat Parker called Legacy, and reveals the important role wishes passed from one generation to the next can have on one’s ability to create and engage in forms of resistance. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9_XVnQLfeA
Check out Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha's response to the show.