Buoyed by a t4t ethos of shared rural trans experiences, Daze Jefferies + B.G-Osborne’s collaborative practice turns to water as a counter-archive of kinship, loss, and re-emergence. Envisioned as an estuary – an interflowing coastal body where saltwater and freshwater meet – transient maternal: fathoms is a labour of love for rural foremothers. Reflecting on the loss of a mother at a young age as well as the longing for a trans mother figure, engaging in archival practices of regard, and working with materials both salvaged from and offered to the landwash, the artists consider how watery spaces of transition embody maternal connections across lifetimes. Ceramics, textiles, wax, burnt wood, charcoal, poetry, and time-based media evoke t4t tenderness, rural inheritance, and the places where continuity and impermanence touch.
The artists gratefully acknowledge the support of ArtsNL.
Daze Jefferies (she/her) is a white settler artist, writer, and educator born and raised in the Bay of Exploits on the northeast coast of Ktaqmkuk (Newfoundland). B.G-Osborne (they/them) is a white settler artist and archivist born and raised in Bobcaygeon on Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg territory (Southern Ontario). Their collaborative work has been exhibited at Eastern Edge Artist-Run-Centre and the Art Gallery of Guelph.
We gratefully acknowledge the support from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador for supporting our operational programming.