A sequence exploring the instability of current in an in-between state by Brooklyn-based, Canadian photographer, Eric Thompson. This undertaking encompasses a physique of labor taken over the time period Thompson emigrated to the US. It displays his schooling and contemplation over the nuanced cultural variations between the 2 neighbouring nations in addition to the unusual actuality of how our worlds come collectively. Themes that really feel particularly prescient given the methods through which Canadian sovereignty and livelihoods have just lately come underneath thread. Capturing aimless scenes with a peaceable but unsettling tone, “Rigidity” focuses on the connection between objects and folks. Particularly liminal states of being, both awaiting an motion or reverberating with the echoes of forces lengthy since gone:
“It harbors emotions of confrontation, uncertainty, existential threats, and influences how we kind our personal narratives based mostly on our experiences. Scarred by shreds of helplessness—a budding zeal for hope nonetheless exists, a hope to discover a place the place we are able to discover some reduction, and share some widespread floor as we wrestle to search out daylight. You’re invited to simply accept stress to be able to launch it. Really feel the anger, and reset. Deal with love and compassion—figuring out that our neighbours may additionally be struggling.”
