Off-Site Projects
Bob Jickling
The Yukon River looms large in the history and present day culture
of Dawson City. Drawing upon his passion for wilderness canoeing,
and what can be learned from combining such interests with artmaking, Bob Jickling has taken members of the Camera Obscura
research group on a multi-day trip down the River, from Minto to
Dawson City, during the week leading up to the Festival. Since
the idea of this festival emerged during a pinhole photography
workshop in Dawson City in 2004 Jickling has used Canoedio,
a canoe-cum-studio as a floating base for his use of a pinhole
camera and “wild photography.” The Canoedio will be on display
during the Festival.
Donald Lawrence
Donald Lawrence’s George Black Camera Obscura, on the
ferry that crosses the Yukon River provides those who look
inside with a moving image of the River during the ferry’s
short crossing. While the tarred-canvas coverings are a
material allusion to nautical settings and to such provisions
as the Klondikers might have carried with them, the setting
recalls Lawrence’s earliest memory: of the family station
wagon driving onto the Bleriot Ferry near Drumheller. A
second project is reminiscent of the sort of public cameras
obscura typical of seaside attractions in Victorian and
Edwardian times. As with such structures Pavillion Camera
Obscura utilizes a lens and mirror to project an image of
the surrounding landscape onto a circular surface inside its
darkened interior.
Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival