When the Sun Crosses the Line That Wind Will Rule the Weather considers aspects of Newfoundland culture, how this is being preserved and redefined in the present day. The work consists of three parts: a two-channel 16mm film juxtaposing the extinction of the Beothuk tribe with the collapse of the cod fishery (watch video), a series of portraits of Newfoundland women based on William Gosse’s painting of Shanawdithit (the last known Beothuk) and a series of large-scale photographs responding to folklore, the environment, and my response as the artist interacting with the island. These works draw from stories specific to their locale and act as a microcosm to examine larger issues such as concepts of representation, colonization and the displacement of people.

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