Luminous Wallpapers – For Jackson, 1999

2-channel video installation (approximately 40 running feet)

7 minute cycle, audio

Collection: Glenbow Art Gallery

Three copper-toned photo murals (each 3′ by 8′, three photo-etched inked copper plates (each 2′ by 3′), and each copper plate embedded with 1.9″ monitors; three wooden shelves to hold the copper plates; three sets of audio speakers; three VHS players, and a switcher to run the installation. (Betacam SP).

The installation combines documentary-based portraits in photography, video and photo etching of two women – Rosemary Brown and Ruth Sujir. The portraits are constructed with fragments of memory and documents, moving across generations, to explore culture, history, and memory.