Rose Bouthillier’s profile of Hazel Eckert, Never destroyed, or created, is punctuated with quotes from readings selected by the artist. This citational structure places Eckert’s enigmatic work in conversation with poets and theorists who, like her, explore how the circulation of images inscribes itself onto their very surface, and how the proliferation of digital imagery has reshaped our interior landscape.
Rose Bouthillier
Rose Bouthillier is a contemporary art curator and writer based in Maberly, NL. In addition to her independent practice, she is the Artistic Director of Bonavista Biennale. The research for this text was supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Traces act as evidence of repression, dispersion, unlikely affinities, secret histories, kinship, and artistic lineages.
St. Pierre has developed this complexity—desire and aversion, serenity and gloom—in her practice over time, addressing the fallout of industrialized life ways, while avoiding simplistic critiques or appeals.