TEAR/DOWN

A project prototype using AR to explore the domestic hauntings of houses left empty in a densifying neighbourhood of East Vancouver. After rezoning in 2010, dozens of homes in the area historically known as Norquay Village were purchased by developers. Awaiting financing and permits, many were left abandoned for multiple years. By scanning stickers with QR codes placed on these sites, viewers can use their phones to see neon lettering superimposed on each house. This lettering imagines fragments of the home's past life. Presented at the Media Architecture Biennale 2023 (MAB23). Watch the project video.

Waves

In Waves, digital photo frame technology is employed to make manifest a tangent of memory. Growing from a single constructed image, an imagined narrative points to the performative tendencies of subjects in front of the camera, and the transformation of an image into a trigger for the recollection of ‘cherished moments.’ See more

Dis/Appearances on a Highway

Dis/Appearances on a Highway: A model drive constructs elements of a road trip from Vancouver to Stewart, BC. Juxtaposing fragments of text describing a personal narrative with photographs of the landscape that appear to be taken from the secure distance of a car, the work explores a terrain experienced as an otherness. See more

Distancing

Distancing is an installation by Erin Ashenhurst and Kristin Carlson that plays with the themes of memory and narrative. To remember is to give meaning to personal experience. Over time, the nature of memories change as they fall subject to the filter of perspective, new information, and the process of forgetting. See more

At Arm's Length

At arm’s length is a web-based project exploring the process of self-portraiture. Collaborating with actress Lisa Fletcher, I developed sketches of ‘the amateur photographer’ staged at each of three contrasting locations. The space introduced by social media, dating sites, and blogs for ‘profile pictures’ has created a need for images representing the self. See more

Domesticfoul

Domesticfoul is an ongoing drawing project which first took the form of a weekly comic (over a decade ago). In these sketches, humans reveal their eccentricities while animals indulge in all manner of mischief. The banal quickly becomes the bizarre.

CDP™

My visual art and course development continues to be informed by my professional experience in design. Beginning in the industry as an editorial art director, I’ve worked on a variety of publications ranging from the weekly alternative paper Terminal City, to the regional titles of Canada Wide Media Ltd., and the national monthly ION magazine. Moving into communication and interactive design, I had the opportunity to work on projects for clients including Johnson & Johnson, Baby Center, Gracenote, Varonis, and Paul Newman’s Hole in the Wall Kid’s Camp.

As a professional member of The Design Professionals of Canada (DesCan) since 2007, I continue to work on personal projects, with much of my activity focusing on advancing design education.