Joanne Salé


Visual Artist


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TRAIL MIX: KINGFISHER (2017)


This installation was created as part of a project called Trail Mix, wherein artists were partnered with trail guides and photographers. The resulting trios were assigned a specific hiking trail to explore, with artists to making work in response to their trail. We were assigned the Kingfisher region of the Shuswap River. The installation consisted of a drawing, a large-scale map painted directly onto the wall and photos and found objects attached to the map, with a network of jute cord running between the objects.



Kingfisher (full)



2017, acrylic, cord, found objects, size variable



Kingfisher (detail)



2017, acrylic, cord, found objects, size variable



Kingfisher (painting)



2017, mixed media on paper, 22.5” x 30”





TENT SCREEN (2016)


Tent camping is one of the most direct ways to experience Canadian wilderness and has particular qualities, the essence of which I have tried to capture in Tent screen. The tent is a soft and filmy boundary between the camper and their surroundings, allowing in sound, light, and shadow. The camper is in between—outside but not outside, entirely in the landscape while simultaneously being in suspension. There is also what I call “soft time”—lying in the tent in the morning, having woken but not yet up—an intermediate state. It was at these times that I collected the video for Tent screen.



Tent screen (full view)



tent, fabric and video, size variable, 2016



Tent screen (exterior)



tent, fabric and video, size variable, 2016



Tent screen (interior)



tent, fabric and video, size variable, 2016





GET WATER. (2010)


This piece was in response to the (then) upcoming 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and its attendant strain on funds for social programs.



Get water.



bucket, plinth, string, and shadow,
size variable, 2010



Get water. (interior detail)



bucket, plinth, string, and shadow,
size variable, 2010



Get water. (shadow detail)



bucket, plinth, string, and shadow,
size variable, 2010





INTRODUCED SPECIES (2008)


These two ‘Starlings’ pieces are part of a larger body of works collectively titled Introduced Species. The work explores the folly of intentionally introducing species into foreign regions without proper research or thought for the potential impact.



Sherlock Holmes with Starlings



modified book, size variable, 2008



Dorian Gray with Starlings



modified book, size variable, 2008





SOCKEYE MIRROR (2005)


Interactive sculpture with stainless steel parts that sway when touched, suggesting the shimmer of a moving fish in the water. In this case it is as if one was viewing it from the interior of the salmon. Simultaneously, a fragmented image of the viewer is reflected back to them.



Sockeye Mirror



wood and found materials,
183 cm high x variable width, 2005



Sockeye Mirror (detail)



wood and found materials,
183 cm high x variable width, 2005





STIRRING (2005)


Interactive piece that implies that with the cranking of the fan, one would be able to see the moving air stir the gauzy fabric tunnel.



Stirring



fabric, found objects,
approx. 4 m long, 2005



Stirring (fan detail)



fabric, found objects,
approx. 4 m long, 2005



Stirring (with interaction)



fabric, found objects,
approx. 4 m long, 2005


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