here there nowhere, and traversée anne o’callaghan
migration identity displacement home
@ The Art of Gallery of Peterborough, Peterborough, Ontario
Here There No Where (2013 and 2015) Found cart, and suitcase, photographic image and downloaded images on digital display
here, there, no where 1
This hand-built, rudimentary trolley fashioned out of old bits of wood and used tyres to transport goods and belongings functions as a metaphor of forced migration. Here there and No Where makes reference to the victims of war, greed, famine, hurricanes, religious persecution, abuse and neglect, who are expelled or driven from their homes, bundle up their possessions, pack a suitcase and move on. From Pikangikum to Darfur from ‘here and there and no where’ to go.
Here there and no where, a small way to bear witness
Say this city has ten million souls, Some are living in mansions, some are living in holes: Yet there’s no place for us, my dear, yet there’s no place for us. — W H Auden, from Refugee Blues
found images from Here There No Where, 2015
ANNE O’CALLAGHAN is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice spans over three decades. In creating her artworks O’Callaghan uses a range of media, including photography, installation work, video, and sculpture, most recently. Born in Ireland, O’Callaghan immigrated to Canada in 1968, and lives and works in Toronto. https://anneocallaghan.ca
1 Easy Come, Easy Go, a Tree Museum Off Site Exhibition, 2013. You Are Not Here – Daniels SPECTRUM Cultural Hub, Toronto, Ontario, 2015 2 Attraverso l’arte at La galleria IL GABBIANO 1968-2018. Cinquant’anni di ricerca artistica, Centro di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea, La Spezia Italy, 2022
22 on site review 47 :: standing still
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