I am a multimedia artist and community organizer. My art practice dances between filmmaking, writing, photography, animation and mixed media illustration. From documentary filmmaking to novel writing, my work focuses on societal issues, cultural memory and our current climate crisis. I am an advocate for change, and I imbue my art and writing with strong social messages and calls for action.
My short films have been exhibited in a number of venues, such as the The Wild Center, the Centro per l'Arte Contemporanea Luigi Pecci, the London Indie Short Fest, the Blow Up Chicago Arthouse Film Festival, and The ROAR, among others.
Through my work with Talking Wings, I collaborated with the multimedia artist Tzintzun Aguilar-Izzo on the "North Country Art , Land and Environment Summit." and on "The North Country Rights of Nature Symposium."
I am the current President of Talking Rivers, INC. With Talking Rivers we are working on educating communities across the St. Lawrence River/Kaniatarowanénhne watershed to grant rights of standing to the region's Rivers.
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I am also writing a series of speculative fiction/science fiction novels. The first novel is titled PANOPTIC SNOW. The novels grapple with themes of memory and structural violence, in light of contemporary political tensions and corporate prison systems. To accompany the novels, I have produced a series of illustrations. I one day hope to incorporate both into a narrative art series.
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Instagram: @panopticsnow
Instagram: @blakeartillustration
Instagram: @talkingwings
Instagram: @talkingrivers
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