Kendra McLaughlin

Le Fresnoy | Tourcoing, France

Kendra McLaughlin (1993, Canada) works with moving images to explore the intersections of affective memory, attachment to place, and ethics of representation and care. She holds a degree in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University, a Master's in Political Arts (SPEAP) and in Human Rights from Sciences Po, and is a graduate of Le Fresnoy, France’s national contemporary arts studio.

Alcôves

France, United Kingdom, Bosnia and Herzgovinia, 2020, 37'

Synopsis

In Herzegovina, an ecologist, a gardener and a farmer respond to a French landscaping text that analyses the planet as a single garden. Their gestures and voices, the plow and the camera, sow a reflection on ways to perceive this landscape and position oneself in it.Kendra McLaughlin