“H is for Housing” is part of an alphabet project that develops an audio visual language in response to my experience of the world. This iteration draws attention to the housing crisis in Vancouver through the testimony of Arlene, a resident of the Downtown Eastside and a personal friend. The short video was the result of an audio walk with Arlene in her neighbourhood; the images were taken during our walk together. This short piece is part of a larger work in progress that looks at the housing crisis through the voices of women who are facing housing insecurity. I use personal narratives informed by the practice of testimonio rooted in Latin American liberation struggles and women of colour feminisms as a narrative format and political methodology for consciousness raising.
“H is for Housing” is part of an alphabet project that develops an audio visual language in response to my experience of the world. This iteration draws attention to the housing crisis in Vancouver through the testimony of Arlene, a resident of the Downtown Eastside and a personal friend. The short video was the result of an audio walk with Arlene in her neighbourhood; the images were taken during our walk together. This short piece is part of a larger work in progress that looks at the housing crisis through the voices of women who are facing housing insecurity. I use personal narratives informed by the practice of testimonio rooted in Latin American liberation struggles and women of colour feminisms as a narrative format and political methodology for consciousness raising.
Sarah Shamash is an artist-researcher with a PhD on an archive of films in Brazil known as Vídeo nas aldeias. Her artworks comprise the use of media in a wide variety of formats, such as installation, documentary, sound, and performance. Her works have been shown in curated exhibitions and film festivals internationally. She teaches film studies and is an independent curator. Her work as an artist, researcher, educator, and curator form part of an interconnected critical media art praxes. She lives on the unsurrendered territories of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil Waututh First Nations in what is known as Vancouver.
