Baseline by Anna Gaby-Trotz in the Main Gallery.
Shifting baseline syndrome is an acclimatization to one’s surroundings... This installation features a collection of images gathered while examining the changing climate through the North West Passage. These waters – situated between Kugluktuk, Nunavut and Greenland – have a deep history of colonial conquest and now, once impassable due to ice, are open to commercial passage, mining of resources, and military access.
Baseline is an attempt to shift this narrative: to challenge us to change, to listen, to act.
Jenie Gao (they/she) has run an anti-gentrification arts business since 2014, specializing in printmaking, public art, social practice, and community storytelling. They consult for cultural organizations and the public sector on equity and ethics.