Artwork Collection

H O M E

"H O M E" unpacks the feeling of vulnerability that surfaces when the place meant to protect you becomes a source of instability. Behaviours, symbolism and dynamics of the animal kingdom are used to translate this sense of defencelessness into an emotional experience.

Dispossession Transience Dysfunction Inhospitality Scarcity Gentrification Peril Obsolescence

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Peril

"Peril" concerns itself with a particular dread of danger from those who have managed to get close to you. The fox represents different stages of stalking, surveillance, life invasion, and intimidation. Foxes are able to smell rabbits underneath... More

Illustration

Obsolescence

This year, Marineland threatened to euthanize its 30 beluga whales if the Canadian government did not agree to approve their transfer to the U.S., stating they no longer had the ability to care for them. The paint on their pools is peeling, the... More

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Gentrification

There is a behaviour within some species of birds called brood parasitism, in which a bird will lay her eggs in another species' nest and allow them to raise her young. This results in the bird hatching, kicking the other birds from the nest, and... More

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Disposession

In the GTA's rental landscape, the relationship between tenant and landlord is rarely equal. Many who rent know the particular feeling of being surveilled in a place that is supposed to be your own. Honey badgers are an extremely territorial animal... More

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Transience

Across Tanzania and Kenya, the great wildebeest migration plays out: an unending cycle driven by necessity. In their search for grazing land and water, wildebeest face relentless predation, yet survivors persist, procreate, and carry the cycle... More

Work by

Patricia Wisniewski aka. Patsy Robin

Illustration

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Artwork Collection

H O M E

"H O M E" unpacks the feeling of vulnerability that surfaces when the place meant to protect you becomes a source of instability. Behaviours, symbolism and dynamics of the animal kingdom are used to translate this sense of defencelessness into an emotional experience.

Peril

"Peril" concerns itself with a particular dread of danger from those who have managed to get close to you. The fox represents different stages of stalking, surveillance, life invasion, and intimidation. Foxes are able to smell rabbits underneath... More

Obsolescence

This year, Marineland threatened to euthanize its 30 beluga whales if the Canadian government did not agree to approve their transfer to the U.S., stating they no longer had the ability to care for them. The paint on their pools is peeling, the... More

Gentrification

There is a behaviour within some species of birds called brood parasitism, in which a bird will lay her eggs in another species' nest and allow them to raise her young. This results in the bird hatching, kicking the other birds from the nest, and... More

Disposession

In the GTA's rental landscape, the relationship between tenant and landlord is rarely equal. Many who rent know the particular feeling of being surveilled in a place that is supposed to be your own. Honey badgers are an extremely territorial animal... More

Transience

Across Tanzania and Kenya, the great wildebeest migration plays out: an unending cycle driven by necessity. In their search for grazing land and water, wildebeest face relentless predation, yet survivors persist, procreate, and carry the cycle... More

Work by

Patricia Wisniewski aka. Patsy Robin

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