Making with and Thinking through Compost

Abstract

Gwenyth Chao’s (www.gwenythc.com) art praxis asks: how can art be a portal to potential futures that follow capitalist ruin? Driven by experimental possibilities, Chao’s projects explore how material reconstitution can be informed by an ecological awareness and how transdisciplinary processes can generate new ways of knowing. She has exhibited work in galleries across Canada and was a fellow at the Vermont Studio Center and an Artist-Researcher at the Art Gallery of Ontario. Chao’s researchcreation practice is funded by the Ontario Arts Council, the BC Arts Council, the Canada Council for the Arts and the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council.