Still from Distance
Still from Distance
 

Distance

by Sydney Frances Pickering
Distance is about reflecting on the past and thinking through the histories of displacement forced upon First Nations within the Vancouver area.
2022  ·  6m  ·  Canada
About the Film

Distance is about memory and my relationship to water as I contemplate the reverberating effects from the broken bonds caused by the colonial state. Distance is about reflecting on the past and thinking through the histories of displacement forced upon First Nations within the Vancouver area, histories that are directly tied to my family. Distance is not only an interpretation of physical distance but also of distance in time and memory. Distance is a personal interpretation of the past…

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About the Director

Sydney Frances Pickering

Sydney Frances Pickering

Sydney Frances Pickering is a member of Lil’wat nation. She is currently living and working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

Her multi-disciplinary practice includes hide tanning, video, sound, beadwork and poetry. She uses her practice to tell her family’s story, speak about identity and what it is like navigating as an Indigenous person within a colonial society. Her work over the past few years is grounded by her continued connection to land-based material practices.

 

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