Digging (2017)

In 2017, for a course on Death and Monuments at Carleton University (Prof. Jurek Elzanowski), we were asked to simply "dig". As I have been avidly digging for family stories and my own connections to them, I chose to symbolically bury three family members from my paternal line that have create a significant impact on my life: my biological paternal grandfather, my paternal great-aunt and their cousin. My father provides an audio of family memories and personal stories, creating a bridge between people I have either never met, or met once.