Further Shores

Diving into the photographic record of Gull Lake, SK, Further Shores explores the relationship between a community and its imagery. Responding to two photographs of the town made by renowned photographer Stephen Shore in the early 1970s, Steacy Easton compiles found images and original photographs to offer a more complicated view of the community, asking how we can truly represent and define a place. Drawing on the intersection of contemporary art history and rural identity, Further Shores challenges the historical canon, instead valuing the rural and everyday to offer insight into the unique identity of the community.

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Steacy Easton is a writer and visual artist, originally from Edmonton, who is currently based in Hamilton.
They have written on gender, sexuality, and country music for publications including Slate, NPR, and the Atlantic Online. Their book Why Tammy Wynette Matters, from the University of Texas Press, has been covered by the New York Times, Nashville Scene, and No Depression, among others. They have also written a memoir for Coach House, Daddy Lessons, and a book for Bloomsbury, as part of their 33 ⅓ series about Dolly Parton’s White Limozeen.
Their visual practice includes performance, photography, and printmaking—often about the problems of observation, disability, queerness and vernacular forms. They have worked over the last decade on an ongoing project about Autism and rhetoric. This includes performances for the Quiet Parade, at Mt St Vincent in Halifax, film work shown in Toronto, and Hamilton, and a filmed performance for Factory Media, Physical Exercise.
Their printmaking has been shown at Center 3, the vitrines at Tangled Arts in Toronto, and at Monastiraki in Montreal, among others. They have shown photographs in New York, Toronto, and Edmonton, and are in public collections throughout North America, including in Edmonton, Burlington, Hamilton, and in the library of the National Gallery of Canada.
They were a resident at the Banff Early Career Residency in the spring of this year.