a pulse of cobalt.
a pulse of cobalt.

Mixed Media

a pulse of cobalt.

When a figure emerges.

black orpheus (ii.)
black orpheus (ii.)

Integrated Media

black orpheus (ii.)

Influenced by Marcel Camus 1959 film “Orfeu Negro” (also known as “Black Orpheus”), “black orpheus (ii.)” centres its narrative around the rhythm of sound and dance within the film using obstructive and “incomplete” materials and methods of... More

cloaked (xi.)
cloaked (xi.)

Mixed Media

cloaked (xi.)

"On carpets made from concrete sheets I watched them walk in regency-core. God be damned if I ever scuffed my brother's shoes."

Death to nostalgia and to the tellings of my own beginnings
Death to nostalgia and to the tellings of my own beginnings

Performance

Death to nostalgia and to the tellings of my own beginnings

Wings spread in anticipation of flight as I sit and wait. It’s just the wind. A seagull dead and decomposing on the rocky shores of Awenda lake became my own awakening to passive grief. Where the edge of water and land has inserted a physical and... More

In Our Being/Sa Aming Pagkatao
In Our Being/Sa Aming Pagkatao

Video

In Our Being/Sa Aming Pagkatao

"In Our Being/Sa Aming Pagkatao" combines the perspectives of two queer people of colour, one from the Philippines and one from Canada, into one narrative body.

In the change of time
In the change of time

Performance

In the change of time

"In the change of time" (c. 2023) is a two-channel film performance exploring sonic chance and happenings occurring when collaged films are looped onto two projectors. This work is influenced the audiovisual performances of Zephyr (c. 2013 - ) by... More

Mama Wata
Mama Wata

Mixed Media

Mama Wata

"From the waters ashore to nourish and nurture."

Nautilus, desirable design
Nautilus, desirable design

Video

Nautilus, desirable design

Nature is great design

nectar of light (& the abundance of pleasure)
nectar of light (& the abundance of pleasure)

Video

nectar of light (& the abundance of pleasure)

Nature’s intimacy is a gift. somewhere beneath the coated frames is a still from nature lost through a chemical erosion of human pleasures & nocturnal activities.

Should oblivion stay,
Should oblivion stay,

Mixed Media

Should oblivion stay,

When borders become obsolete who are we?

Why is water so heavy? vol. ii. What came ashore
Why is water so heavy? vol. ii. What came ashore

Integrated Media

Why is water so heavy? vol. ii. What came ashore

“vol. ii. What came ashore” (c. 2023) is part of an ongoing autobiographical-fictional collection of works, entitled “Why is water so heavy?” (c. 2022-present) interlocking the fluidity and borderless nature of water in relation to diaspora and... More

xxxii.
xxxii.

Mixed Media

xxxii.

Ripped pictures of ceramics from a vintage Art Nouveau style catalogue merge together with a human figure to form “xxxii.” also known as Eurydice.

Work by

Ghislan Sutherland-Timm

Multidisciplinary Moving Image Artist

“In creating "incomplete complete" works I define great happenings to occur in-between the frames of a moving image where the absence of sound and image is everything. Negative space is everything....” [More]