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Cherry Archer
About
Cherry Archer is a first-generation Trinidadian-Canadian multidisciplinary artist. Originally from Ontario, she is now based in Vancouver. Her art explores the humanity-nature relationship and is informed by ecopsychology, a field of study fostering ecological thinking and documenting how exposure to nature benefits mental, physical, and emotional well-being.
This piece is from a series titled Botanical Ice Tiles. Cherry’s process begins with plants she grows or forages. She composes and then freezes the vegetation in water to form a Botanical Ice Tile. The tile is illuminated with coloured light, photographed, and printed in large format. Each image is an interpretation of emotions and sensations experienced during her interactions with nature.
Using ice, a preservative, can be equated to an effort to hold on to nature as it is, and halt our global warming trajectory--- just as photography can be seen as an effort to hold onto the botanical ice tile, which, due to its ephemerality, is disappearing while being photographed.
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Cherry Archer est une artiste multidisciplinaire canadienne trinidadienne de première génération. Originaire de l’Ontario, elle est aujourd’hui installée à Vancouver. Son art explore la relation humain-nature et s’inspire de l’écopsychologie, un domaine d’étude qui encourage la pensée écologique et documente les effets bénéfiques de l’exposition à la nature sur le bien-être mental, physique et émotionnel.
Cette image est composée de plantes cultivées ou cueillies par l’artiste. Elles ont été disposées et congelées de façon à former une tuile de glace botanique. La tuile est éclairée par une lumière colorée, photographiée et imprimée en grand format. Chaque image est une interprétation des émotions et des sensations ressenties par l’artiste lors de ses interactions avec la nature.
This artwork location has been generously provided by St. Anthony's Banquet & Conference Hall.
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