Home Land Geograghy, 1996
This project was one of the most challenging. During this time period, I was living in Kelowna, B.C. Canada and was interested in exploring the possibility of the gallery space as a matrix for human interaction, where seniors/elders could share their stories with young people about a common place, "home". I worked with seniors on a individual basis and asked them to provide a story, and if possible a photograph of a monument or a monumental experience that related to their local community's history.

I collected 75 stories and images of monuments which were mounted in light boxes across the gallery wall. When viewers entered the exhibition, it appeared as though one steam of light was glowing behind small alters. During this exhibition I organized an afternoon of storytelling by some of the elders who had participated in the project.

I also set up workshops with the youth at Bankhead Elementry school. Students created computer generated images of their interpretation of monuments. These images were also part of the exhibition and stood in stark contrast along side of the elders stories weaving together an unspoken subtext between past and present relationships in their local community.This Community Art Project was to bring to attention to the many meanings of home and the relationship youths and seniors have to their local community. Over a 6-month period I interviewed seniors and collected photographs and stories of landmarks. The stories and photographs became the content of the exhibition. While the exhibition was on local students visited the gallery and were able to talk with seniors about the landmarks.