distance (video still)
Sydney Frances Pascal is a member of Líl̓wat nation. She is currently living and working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
Her multi-disciplinary practice includes hide tanning, video, sound, and poetry. She uses her practice to tell her family’s story, speak about identity and what it is like navigating as an Indigenous person within a colonial society. Her work over the past few years is grounded by her continued connection to land-based material practices. She most recently showed work in the 2024 Whitney Biennial: Even Better Than The Real Thing.
PIECES IN THE EXHIBITION
distance (2022, 6min) – distance imagines a search conducted by Sydney’s grandmother whose daughter – Sydney’s mother – was taken without her consent by child welfare authorities in the 1960s.
n̓ áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter) (2023, 11 min) – n̓áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a draws on archival audio from a 1990s BCTV news feature capturing the reunion between Sydney’s grandmother and her adult daughter.
n̓ áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter) (2023, 11 min) – n̓áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a draws on archival audio from a 1990s BCTV news feature capturing the reunion between Sydney’s grandmother and her adult daughter.
n̓ áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter) (video still)
n̓ áskan nwálhen ninskúz7a (i am going to meet my daughter) (video still)
distance (video still)