Claire Dibble

BIO

Claire Dibble is a photographer and project-based artist living and working in Golden, BC. Her projects span across various mediums but share a common theme, often grappling with living in a consumer culture, connection to the natural world, and the possibility of finding moments of awe in unexpected places. Her creative practice is informed by time in nature, listening and noticing. She travels frequently for artist residencies, exhibitions, and projects. Her largest project to date involved building a kayak and paddling it 1200 miles on the full length of the Columbia River, a 3.5 month photographic journey in 2019.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF PRACTICE
As a project-based artist, the nature of my work is varied. Inspirations from time spent outdoors have been a through-line in my life and in my work; they feed all aspects of my artistic pursuits. The projects that I create have a common theme, though the mediums shift from photography to encaustic, from textiles to boatbuilding, from audio recordings to bookbinding. That common theme grapples with living in a consumer culture (and how that relates to emotional wellbeing, ‘enoughness’, capitalism, and the impacts of colonialism), connection to the natural world, and the possibility of finding moments of awe and vulnerability even amidst altered landscapes.

My recent mixed and multimedia projects look at the ways in which people interact with nature, the privilege inherent in remote interactions in wild places, and the impacts of such. My creative process includes contemplative time in the landscape, photographing small details as well as larger overviews, often recording soundscapes, and collecting bits of manmade and natural ephemera. In my work, I aim to highlight the ways we all are connected — to one another and to the planet at large. I am struck on a daily basis by the beauty and cleverness of the natural world and the people it holds, and much of my work reflects this source of inspiration.

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