In 312 Online:
August 1– 31, 2006 / Bitsy Knox, “Recreation, Re-Creation, or, We Like OLD Stuff”

“This video juxtaposes original 16 mm footage acquired from my Grandfather with interview footage taken of my Mother and Grandparents. All but the past-tenses of their speaking are left intact, while the film footage has been aggressively manipulated.

The project seeks to question the language of constructing one’s identity through negotiation with familial history, where the past has been constructed and reconstructed in order to corroborate certain facades of culture which are wished to be left intact.” – Bitsy Knox.

Bitsy Knox is a recent Honours BFA graduate from Queen’s University. She now lives in Vancouver B.C. where she makes art, some of which will be presented in an upcoming show, ‘Selkirk, Gone to the Dogs.’ Bitsy is moving to Belgium in September where she will continue her practice and look after children.