“Holes Holding Whole; IdleTime” is a collaborative project by Ella Dawn McGeough, Erica Stocking, and Amanda Boulos that takes a surreal approach to dreaming and idle time. Moving through a nonlinear, dreamlike spiral of text and image, the work reimagines sleep not as a void, but as a portal to “weird wanderings” and “strange affinities.”
Ella Dawn McGeough
Ella Dawn McGeough negotiates sticky sites of affection & infection, influence & inheritance, obligation & commitment, encounter & entanglement, inside & outside, you & me, they & we. Their doctoral research drew on the vast potential of beds, human and otherwise (York University, 2023). They are an Assistant Professor and Area Chair of Sculpture for University of Saskatchewan’s School for the Arts
Several of the works in this issue consider how the domestic is shaped not only by private life but also by global currents, family histories, and consumer goods, nudging at the conditions that shape how we live, where we live, and with whom we choose to share our lives.