Karen Trask
Karen Trask is a multidisciplinary artist living in Montréal. Creating works in installation, video and performance, she has had numerous solo and group exhibitions in Canada, Japan, India, Mexico, USA and Europe as well as artist residencies in Helsinki, Paris and Tokyo. Her videos have been presented at festivals and museums in Canada, South America and Europe. Her work is in public and private collections, notably Qube Arts (Oswestry, UK), the Library of Congress (Washington, D.C.), The National Library of Québec and The National Library of Canada. She co-directs the space-project Produit Rien in Montréal with her husband, Paul Litherland.
The Waves in Eflat & F (A Conversation with my Mother)
A drawing of a keyboard in the sand is slowly erased by the incoming tide. This is one of a series of videos inspired by Virginia Woolf’s novel The Waves, which she lovingly called her play poem. With the camera, Trask plays with the sand and the tide.