New artist in residence, Sylvan Hamburger
Please join us in welcoming our new Artists in Residence, Sylvan Hamburger! He’ll be with us as AiR from July 19th to August 31st. He’ll be attending a boatbuilding workshop at the Wooden Boat Museum, Winterton, as well as assisting a community workshop in Deer Harbour Retreat, Random Island, and will take part in HOLD FAST festival! Stay tuned for more info and updates on what he’s working on at EE’s studio!
Cranky features the monoprints of a decaying punt found along Newfoundland’s east coast. Drawing its
name from the nautical slang for an erratic vessel liable to capsize, the residency project presents the once-
ubiquitous wooden punt as a strange and irregular spectacle. Working with the boat’s colourful impressions
printed onto textiles, I look to create an ephemeral installation that interacts with the surrounding
architecture, weather and passersby of St. John’s.
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- Ghosts
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- Cranky
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- Flotsam
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- ExitStrategies
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- Terranova
Sylvan Hamburger is a visual artist working in printmaking, installation and public art. His practice often
engages community collaboration, discarded objects and demolished architecture to explore notions of
belonging, memory and placemaking amidst changing landscapes and cultures. Sylvan’s work is shaped by
specificities of place, notably his community of East Vancouver within the unceded homelands of the the
Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Selílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.