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Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
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1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
My name is Dina Catalucci. Born and raised in Hamilton ON, I now reside in Montreal QC. I am fond of embroidery and sewing plushies and appreciate all other textile arts greatly. I grew up spending too much time unsupervised on the computer and owe my artist beginnings to the Hilary Duff message board I joined in 2004 that taught me how to crack Photoshop 7 and merge various pics of Lizzie McGuire together.
2. Can you walk us through your creative process for this piece? What were the key stages, and how did your initial vision evolve throughout the process?
The first thing that came to my mind from "Vortex" was kind of negative and a projection of how I was feeling at the time. I immediately thought of spending too much time in a black hole on my phone and that idea immediately overshadowed every other thought. Just like when I'm engaged in the actual activity of aimlessly spending 2 hours on my phone swiping up and down, the idea of doing anything else is improbable. I initially wanted to create a full soft sculpture of a computer with a little man coming out of the screen holding a tinfoil hat but I started making the computer with fabric and thought it was ugly. Then I walked by my landlord's house and they were getting rid of a small VHS TV. I scooped it hoping I could find a home for it only to find out the VHS input was broken. I tried to fix it (any excuse to wear my headlamp) but nada. So then I had this random semi-broken VHS TV in my apartment. I didn't want to throw it back out, it had been raining a lot and the thought of completely killing this thing seemed too sad. After a few days of not being able to figure out the fabric computer thing, I started making the character girl instead and then looked at this TV and thought I could probably attach this gal onto it. I got an HD Media box to attach to the TV so I could create a video collage of archival VHS commercials and documentaries.
3. The concept of a vortex often implies a powerful force or transformative energy. Can you interpret this idea within your art, and were there techniques used to convey this sense?
This piece is kind of like... the character coming out of the TV, is potentially a 20-something girl in the 2020's who is consumed by doomscrolling in her day-to-day. Her shirt reads "Is the Earth flat and/or is it heart shaped?" Because she's engaged with way too much surface level media on Facebook she really can't decide what she believes in. She wants to believe in love and goodness, but also, why do all these people believe the Earth is flat and what do they know that she doesn't? She somehow figured out how to time travel. Maybe she doomscrolled for 4 weeks straight and unlocked the vortex. She was able to propel back into simpler times. This character arrives back to the (very very late) 1900's (1995) where there is no sight or idea of a TikTok or IG Reel, yet she's shocked to find that whoever's TV it is, seems eerily familiar. The TV is jumping from conspiracy theory to sewing tutorial to advertisements and back to conspiracies. She almost doesn't recognize what's going on at first due to the information being relayed at a slower pace. Are we just in a vortex of a vortex of a vortex forever on repeat going faster and faster and faster every time we blink................
4. In a scenario where everyday objects are sent through a vortex, which one would you choose to send. You decide who is on the other side...
There's that meme about showing a Victorian kid something from this century and it immediately killing them or freaking them out or whatever and I imagine sending a case of Coca-Cola and Mentos to them to be pretty wild and history-changing. Or Pop Rocks.
5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
I really admire Niki de Saint Phalle and Margaret Kilgallen for all the visual art and style they have brought into this world. My favourite fiber artists are Mason McPhee (Elmer Gomer) and quilters of Gee's Bend like Quinnie Pettway, Willie "Ma Willie" Abrams, Lola Pettway, and Irene Williams. Jim Henson. The Creators of Nanalan.
6. Anything else to add?
Just wanna say thank you for all your hard work and passion >:-)
1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
My name is Cat and I am a tattoo and visual artist. I studied painting and drawing at Concordia and graduated in 2018.
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2. Can you walk us through your creative process for this piece? What were the key stages, and how did your initial vision evolve throughout the process?
For "Let doves die", I was interested in the symbolism of the dove and how I could create an inner psychological landscape. The push and pull of the elements are what guide me through the importance I give them. I was also thinking of Prince’s song and wanted to tweak it.
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3. The concept of a vortex often implies a powerful force or transformative energy. Can you interpret this idea within your art, and were there techniques used to convey this sense?
Most of my pieces lately revolve around the feminine figure, often doll like, anime inspired, distorted, blurred to make feel surreal. The soft and sharp rendering with colour pencil really fits!
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4. In a scenario where everyday objects are sent through a vortex, which one would you choose to send. You decide who is on the other side...
If I was to choose, it would probably be a doll because its connotations are wide and sometimes creepy. I am also really obsessed with them and it's association to fragility in opposition to masculinity.
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5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
My university bachelor’s really structured my practice as well as my traumatic childhood is a big part (giggles). Questioning beauty standards, patriarchal injustices, how our society interprets consumer culture and our relationships. My marginalized friends, taboo experiences, artists like Hans Bellmer, Hieronymous Bosch.
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6. Anything else to add?
My favourite hobby a part from art is skateboarding! I feel it translates in to my work as it pushes the boundaries, feminism in a male dominant sphere.
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6. Anything else to add?
My favourite hobby a part from art is skateboarding! I feel it translates in to my work as it pushes the boundaries, feminism in a male dominant sphere.
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Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
Interview
1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
My name is Dina Catalucci. Born and raised in Hamilton ON, I now reside in Montreal QC. I am fond of embroidery and sewing plushies and appreciate all other textile arts greatly. I grew up spending too much time unsupervised on the computer and owe my artist beginnings to the Hilary Duff message board I joined in 2004 that taught me how to crack Photoshop 7 and merge various pics of Lizzie McGuire together.
2. Can you walk us through your creative process for this piece? What were the key stages, and how did your initial vision evolve throughout the process?
The first thing that came to my mind from "Vortex" was kind of negative and a projection of how I was feeling at the time. I immediately thought of spending too much time in a black hole on my phone and that idea immediately overshadowed every other thought. Just like when I'm engaged in the actual activity of aimlessly spending 2 hours on my phone swiping up and down, the idea of doing anything else is improbable. I initially wanted to create a full soft sculpture of a computer with a little man coming out of the screen holding a tinfoil hat but I started making the computer with fabric and thought it was ugly. Then I walked by my landlord's house and they were getting rid of a small VHS TV. I scooped it hoping I could find a home for it only to find out the VHS input was broken. I tried to fix it (any excuse to wear my headlamp) but nada. So then I had this random semi-broken VHS TV in my apartment. I didn't want to throw it back out, it had been raining a lot and the thought of completely killing this thing seemed too sad. After a few days of not being able to figure out the fabric computer thing, I started making the character girl instead and then looked at this TV and thought I could probably attach this gal onto it. I got an HD Media box to attach to the TV so I could create a video collage of archival VHS commercials and documentaries.
3. The concept of a vortex often implies a powerful force or transformative energy. Can you interpret this idea within your art, and were there techniques used to convey this sense?
This piece is kind of like... the character coming out of the TV, is potentially a 20-something girl in the 2020's who is consumed by doomscrolling in her day-to-day. Her shirt reads "Is the Earth flat and/or is it heart shaped?" Because she's engaged with way too much surface level media on Facebook she really can't decide what she believes in. She wants to believe in love and goodness, but also, why do all these people believe the Earth is flat and what do they know that she doesn't? She somehow figured out how to time travel. Maybe she doomscrolled for 4 weeks straight and unlocked the vortex. She was able to propel back into simpler times. This character arrives back to the (very very late) 1900's (1995) where there is no sight or idea of a TikTok or IG Reel, yet she's shocked to find that whoever's TV it is, seems eerily familiar. The TV is jumping from conspiracy theory to sewing tutorial to advertisements and back to conspiracies. She almost doesn't recognize what's going on at first due to the information being relayed at a slower pace. Are we just in a vortex of a vortex of a vortex forever on repeat going faster and faster and faster every time we blink................
4. In a scenario where everyday objects are sent through a vortex, which one would you choose to send. You decide who is on the other side...
There's that meme about showing a Victorian kid something from this century and it immediately killing them or freaking them out or whatever and I imagine sending a case of Coca-Cola and Mentos to them to be pretty wild and history-changing. Or Pop Rocks.
5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
I really admire Niki de Saint Phalle and Margaret Kilgallen for all the visual art and style they have brought into this world. My favourite fiber artists are Mason McPhee (Elmer Gomer) and quilters of Gee's Bend like Quinnie Pettway, Willie "Ma Willie" Abrams, Lola Pettway, and Irene Williams. Jim Henson. The Creators of Nanalan.
6. Anything else to add?
Just wanna say thank you for all your hard work and passion >:-)
1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
My name is Cat and I am a tattoo and visual artist. I studied painting and drawing at Concordia and graduated in 2018.
Interview
2. Can you walk us through your creative process for this piece? What were the key stages, and how did your initial vision evolve throughout the process?
For "Let doves die", I was interested in the symbolism of the dove and how I could create an inner psychological landscape. The push and pull of the elements are what guide me through the importance I give them. I was also thinking of Prince’s song and wanted to tweak it.
Interview
3. The concept of a vortex often implies a powerful force or transformative energy. Can you interpret this idea within your art, and were there techniques used to convey this sense?
Most of my pieces lately revolve around the feminine figure, often doll like, anime inspired, distorted, blurred to make feel surreal. The soft and sharp rendering with colour pencil really fits!
Interview
4. In a scenario where everyday objects are sent through a vortex, which one would you choose to send. You decide who is on the other side...
If I was to choose, it would probably be a doll because its connotations are wide and sometimes creepy. I am also really obsessed with them and it's association to fragility in opposition to masculinity.
Interview
5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
My university bachelor’s really structured my practice as well as my traumatic childhood is a big part (giggles). Questioning beauty standards, patriarchal injustices, how our society interprets consumer culture and our relationships. My marginalized friends, taboo experiences, artists like Hans Bellmer, Hieronymous Bosch.
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6. Anything else to add?
My favourite hobby a part from art is skateboarding! I feel it translates in to my work as it pushes the boundaries, feminism in a male dominant sphere.
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6. Anything else to add?
My favourite hobby a part from art is skateboarding! I feel it translates in to my work as it pushes the boundaries, feminism in a male dominant sphere.
Interview
Interview
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Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
7:34 PM
Catherine Prince
Interview
1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
My name is Cat and I am a tattoo and visual artist. I studied painting and drawing at Concordia and graduated in 2018.
Interview
2. Can you walk us through your creative process for this piece? What were the key stages, and how did your initial vision evolve throughout the process?
For "Let doves die", I was interested in the symbolism of the dove and how I could create an inner psychological landscape. The push and pull of the elements are what guide me through the importance I give them. I was also thinking of Prince’s song and wanted to tweak it.
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3. The concept of a vortex often implies a powerful force or transformative energy. Can you interpret this idea within your art, and were there techniques used to convey this sense?
Most of my pieces lately revolve around the feminine figure, often doll like, anime inspired, distorted, blurred to make feel surreal. The soft and sharp rendering with colour pencil really fits!
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4. Is there a particular message or feeling you hope viewers will take away from your work in the exhibit?
It shows that reconnecting to our cultural roots and language is the path to healing for the generations to come.
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4. In a scenario where everyday objects are sent through a vortex, which one would you choose to send. You decide who is on the other side...
If I was to choose, it would probably be a doll because its connotations are wide and sometimes creepy. I am also really obsessed with them and it's association to fragility in opposition to masculinity.
Interview
5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
My university bachelor’s really structured my practice as well as my traumatic childhood is a big part (giggles). Questioning beauty standards, patriarchal injustices, how our society interprets consumer culture and our relationships. My marginalized friends, taboo experiences, artists like Hans Bellmer, Hieronymous Bosch.
Interview
6. Anything else to add?
My favourite hobby a part from art is skateboarding! I feel it translates in to my work as it pushes the boundaries, feminism in a male dominant sphere.
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Catherine Prince
Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
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Saturday, September 14, 2024
7:34 PM
Ribbon Skirt
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1. We're excited to have you here. To start off, we'd love to get to know you! Tell us a little bit about yourself and what you do!
My name is Candia Flynn, and I am an enrolled member of the Hassanamisco Tribe of Nipmucs. I reside as a guest in Kahnawake, Mohawk Territory, teaching at Kahnawake Survival School. I also own a small business called Healing Stitches. We design and create clothing items to help people on their healing journey.
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2. How did you approach the theme of first encounters in your work? What initial ideas or experiences guided your creative process?
When I heard the theme "first encounters," I instantly thought of our matriarchs, the life givers. I thought about the tremendous responsibility to raise our children securely in cultural teachings when many of our elders and parents lack that knowledge as a result of intergenerational trauma. I wanted the work to show the resilience of our women as they reclaim our language, traditions, and stories and pass them on to the next generation, while society has tried to silence our voices.
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3. In exploring the theme of first encounters, does your work convey the sense of discovery or novelty? Are there specific techniques or elements you used to capture this experience?
The Elder is wearing an orange mask to show the stolen language of our elders from Residential School. The other matriach is wearing a red handprint to symbolize Missing Murdered Indigenous People and the unheard pleas from their families to bring them home. The child is wrapped in her bundle and on the cradleboard to watch and learn from the world around her, just as our ancestors intended. She is surrounded by the protection of her mother, grandmother, and our ancestors.
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4. Is there a particular message or feeling you hope viewers will take away from your work in the exhibit?
It shows that reconnecting to our cultural roots and language is the path to healing for the generations to come.
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5. Do you think digital technologies have changed the art world? If so, in what ways?
It has changed our art world by making it more accessible to the masses.
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5. What are some key influences or experiences that have shaped your artistic practice?
My university bachelor’s really structured my practice as well as my traumatic childhood is a big part (giggles). Questioning beauty standards, patriarchal injustices, how our society interprets consumer culture and our relationships. My marginalized friends, taboo experiences, artists like Hans Bellmer, Hieronymous Bosch.
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6. If you could collaborate with any fictional character, who would it be and why?
I would love to pair up with Katara from Avitar. Her strength as an indigenous youth reconnecting with her gifts and teaching to help humanity is inspiring.
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Born and raised in Montreal, Cat Prince obtained a BFA from Concordia in 2018. She concurrently works as a tattoo and visual artist delving in to themes of the taboo, vice and the power play of patriarchy within subcultures.
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