Open Studio x Film Screening: Saturday, August 1, 2026 at 2:00 PM
The summer residency program is now underway with artist collective, 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣, from July 3, 2026, to August 7, 2026. 𝕋𝕙𝕣𝕖𝕖 𝕎𝕒𝕪 𝕄𝕚𝕣𝕣𝕠𝕣, is composed of artists Daniel Barrow (QC), Glenn Gear (QC), and Paige Gratland (BC).
During the Saturday, August 1, 2026, Open Studio event, the artists share their individual video practices during a film screening.
Glenn Gear presents “Kablunât” (2016, 10min 32 sec), Paige Gratland shares “BOOTWMN” (2015, 11 minutes), and Daniel Barrow presents “Handsome Devil” (2025, Music video animation). The films will be presented during the second and final Open Studio event starting at 2:00 PM.
Kablunât (2016, 10min 32 sec) by Glenn Gear
Based on an Inuit legend from Labrador, “Kablunât” explores the complex and intersecting histories of early Inuit and Settler life on the North Atlantic coast. Employing archival images, animation, collage, and time-lapse video, the retelling of this origin story unfolds in a poetic space between past and present, myth and lived experience.
BOOTWMN (2015, 11 minutes) by Paige Gratland
Deana McGuffin is a third generation New Mexico boot maker, hand-crafting wearable pieces of art. When she is approached by a Canadian artist and a San Franciscan tattooer to create a gay themed cowboy boot, a story unravels of a unique collaboration that takes them to the heart of cowboy country in Northern Texas. BOOTWMN is a heart-warming, intimate and at times funny portrait of the queering of a traditional art form.
Handsome Devil (2025, Music video animation) by Daniel Barrow
This music video in romantic pink and green was created used Amiga software from the late 1980s (DeluxePaint 4). A green-skinned “sissy devil” probes the depths of internet intelligence, composing an “advanced search” on an antiquated search engine (using the lyrics of the Ballet’s song). Simultaneously, a naked, green, feminine artist traces the contours of her devilish destiny on her sketch pad, and then within an imaginary dating app. The “advanced search” becomes a kind of contemporary, queer, love poem.
Handsome Devil premiered at the Ottawa International Animation Festival in 2024.
Stop by Oxygen on Saturday, August 1, 2026, between 1:00pm and 3:00pm for the final Open Studio event! The artists share independent video artworks at 2:00pm. In addition to this event, Daniel Barrow presents “Winnipeg Babysitter,” a multi-media performance after the second Open Studio event on Saturday, August 1, 2026, at 7:00pm. Admission is free to all events.
Learn more about the residency, the artists, and the upcoming events here.