the air in our lungs & the insects that walk in Her grass // Aly K. Benson

In this interpretive essay, Aly K. Benson explores Cree-Métis artist Lara Felsing’s exhibition Shallow Breaths through the lens of reciprocity, positioning the land as both a teacher and a living witness to humanity’s relationship with the natural world. Benson explores how Indigenous knowledge, sensory memory, and ecological responsibility shape our understanding of environmental stewardship, urging viewers to recognize both the beauty of the Earth and the collective grief of ecological disruption.

suntraces: the code we carry // Aly K. Benson

In this interpretive essay, Aly K. Benson explores how light shapes memory, identity, in Krystle Silverfox’s exhibition low-rez. Through digitally distorted images and light-based sculpture, she critiques colonial erasure, reflects on technological advancements, and celebrates the resilience of land, story, and culture, revealing how ancestral and synthetic worlds intertwine.

(un)resolving liminality // Aly K. Benson

'(un)resolving liminality', an interpretive essay on Jordan Hill’s exhibition, The Missing Distance, written by Aly K. Benson.

In an evergrowing world, with each passing chance for advances to take over, we as a people expand our abilities, and our minds have no option but to choose a narrowed lane of focus. To better state, yet paradoxically: as the world gets bigger, it gets smaller.

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