Anna-Lisa Shandro

I am without a doubt turning into a tree

johns cosmic garden, 2023, chase gallery, Halifax archives, "Alter egos"

Photos by William dicks

photos by William Dicks

photos by William Dicks

Pillow commission!  

Keshen Goodman Library Install Feb 2023

NSCAD banner pics! first on the website and the second is the main component for the travelling banners! check out my NSCAD profile here 

This installation uses an assortment of hand tufted/ beaded rugs and blankets, with several virtual reality checkpoints to paint a picture of the universe and quantum physics through the lens of magical thinking. Theoretical and magical thinking is the driving force behind many of the greatest discoveries and biggest disasters of history and holds an immense power over the future. I invite viewers to a conversation of all of time and space; to engage with their own magical thinking and perhaps where it stems from (and to) in their rational worlds. The goal of my work is to use the in-betweens of technique and materiality in such a way that it takes on didactic moments of wonder and inspiration.

sneak peak, rug universe

galaxy dress, hand made, hand tufted, both wearable and lays as a flat rug

process picture! soon to be beaded