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Day One: 2024
6 minute read – Kay reflects on eight years of professional development and begins anew this year, focusing on accessibility, AR/VR tools, and public engagement during their annual October residency in a mobile artist studio on Granville Island.
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Pick a number…
6 minute read – Kay reflects on the intersections between childhood games, pop psychology, and personal history, and creates a personal fortune teller as a meditative response to the complexities of identity and self-understanding.
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On incompleteness
2 minute read – Kay reflects on gesture and texture in their artistic process, deciding to seek feedback from collaborators rather than force a final product.
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To be mad amongst the old growth
6 minute read – Kay reflects on their experience at a two-week artist residency, exploring the challenges of belonging, masking, and the significance of being allowed to struggle and be imperfect in a supportive and accepting environment.
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Pick a colour…
6 minute read – Kay reflects on their resistance to labels and binary categorizations, using a pop psychology meme as a starting point, and explores the tension between resisting social labels and engaging with them on their own terms.
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A foggy walk together
6 minute read – Audio Files Available – A detailed and sensory-rich account of a peaceful morning walk through a foggy rural landscape, reflecting on nature, silence, and the subtle sounds and sights encountered along the way.
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Near Pilchuck
12 minute read – Kay shares their creative process during the 2024 Kickstart Disability Arts Residency, detailing the steps and challenges of creating a series of prints inspired by nature, from initial sketches and carving to printing and experimenting with hand-modified techniques, all while reflecting on the residency’s creative environment and the role of AI…
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The unseen, 1/31
8 minute read – A reflective exploration of the process and concepts behind “The Unseen,” an artwork series where Kay grapples with body representation, the nuances of visual description, and the challenges of working within physical and societal constraints.
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The unseen
5 minute read – reflects on the challenges of a visual art project involving body silhouettes and visual description, navigating space constraints, creative access practices, and the complexities of describing the unseen.
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Resistence to being
5 minute read – Kay reflects on their resistance to August’s prompt about self-identity, exploring how personal experiences with mental health and lucid dreaming have shaped their evolving sense of self and the challenges of imagining who they are.