Anh Dao is an artist and film technician. Anh is from the west coast* of Canada. Anh makes images and sometimes films. Her practice involves thinking about the natural world and thinking about places. She engages in a research-based embodied practice with a focus on material experimentation. Anh is interested in ecofeminism, crip time, and diasporic narratives of longing. Currently based in Rotterdam, NL. * On the unceded Territories of the xwmǝθkwǝyǝ̓ m (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Sǝlí̓lwǝtaʔ/ Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
a garden for eve - collage made with AI generated digital paintings, 2023
Vaster than empires and more slow – performance/installation, algae and agar agar on glass windows, 2022 - This project turned the Showroom MAMA space into a living science experiment. Using the windows of Showroom MAMA as large scale petri dishes, a variety of algae species collected from the surrounding area was spread on the glass with agar agar. As the algae grew throughout the two weeks during the CAVE Collective spring swap, the showroom darken and transformed. The windows acted as both entry into a micro organism’s world and windows into the CAVE of the collective.
The etymology of the word transparent dates back to Medieval Latin, transpārēnt-em, < trans- prefix + pārēre to appear, be visible. As this project was alive and many factors of the space affected the growth (with the potential of failure of blooming), the transformation of the transparent nature of the windows could be minor or massive.
On the exactitude in science - Anthotype on inkjet print, 2021, 48 x 70 cm
entangled landscapes, 2021 - Installation view at V2.
Ambiguities, redundancies, and deficiencies #1 and #2 - UV print on polycarbonate, 2021, 50 x 47 cm
stinging nettles - 2021
Untitled (redaction), entangled landscapes - Wax pastels on inkjet print, 2020, 297 x 210 mm
Untitled (redaction), entangled landscapes - Wax pastels on inkjet print, 2020, 210 x 297 mm
Untitled (redaction), entangled landscapes - Acrylic on inkjet print, 2020, 210 x 210 mm
Untitled (redaction), entangled landscapes - Acrylic on inkjet print, 2020, 210 x 297 mm
