Laura Gildner, "Informer" (detail), 2019
University of Victoria graduate Laura Gildner is the winner of the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Prize.
Gildner, a multimedia artist, won for her work Informer, a nine-channel video installation.
She says she likes to work with others to facilitate connection.
“I seek to provide spaces where performers can participate in the creation of alternative forms of social documentary while actively re-imagining the camera’s role in the process.”
Emily Carr University of Art and Design graduates Lacie Burning and Rydel Cerezo were runners-up for the prize, administered by the Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver.
Since 2016, the Lind prize has been awarded annually to an artist based in B.C. who works with film, photography, or video.
The winner receives $5,000 and a chance to produce a project with the Polygon.
This year's jury consisted of art critic Robin Laurence; Kegan McFadden, executive director of the Victoria Arts Council; and Western Front curator Pablo de Ocampo.
An exhibition by finalists is on view at the Polygon until March 15. It features work by Gildner, Burning and Cerezo as well as Rebecca Bair, Preston Buffalo, Krystle Coughlin, Jorden Blue Doody, Rina Lyshaug, Adiba Muzaffar, Xan Shian and Svava Tergesen.
Admission to the Polygon is always by donation.
Source: The Polygon Gallery