Video | Miya Turnbull

Miya Turnbull- Visual Artist

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A selection of video pieces by Miya Turnbull including some of my Projection Installations, New Media projects, Animations, Performances and documenting my artwork.

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2 Channel Installation by Miya Turnbull (Mask Animation and Projection)

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2 Channel Installation by Miya Turnbull (Mask Animation and Projection)

Masks are animated using stop motion and morph programs then projected onto white masks on the wall creating a 3D hologram-like moving images created by artist Miya Turnbull. Originally installed and exhibited in Lethbridge, Alberta at the Gallery Potemkin in 1999 with thanks to David Hoffos for projector use. Thanks also to Alex Hamilton for helping with added vocals. This installation was set up and filmed in Halifax with the help of Christian Sparkes in 2002.

In-Between

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In-Between

Self-Portrait Masks and Video by Miya Turnbull. 2019. She uses masks, face paint and layered images to create a Self-Portrait in video form, exploring her identity as mixed Japanese/Caucasian. "In-Between" was screened at Photophobia- Contemporary Moving Images Festival, Aug 2020 co-presented by Hamilton Artists Inc and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. It was also an Official New Media Selection, featured at the Mixed Asian Media Festival, September 15th-19th, 2021. This video has been shown in several exhibits alongside my masks: at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, NS as part of a group exhibit entitled, "I am What I am" curated by Brandt Eisner, September 2020, and in July 2021 at a group exhibit with the same name, at the Ice House Gallery in Tatamagouche, NS. It was also on display at Gallery 101 in Ottawa, Ontario for an exhibit called "Behind Between Beyond", running from July 31-Aug 28th, 2021. Miya is based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. To see more of her artwork, please check out her website: www.miyaturnbull.com and her instagram page: @miyamask

"Omote (面)"

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"Omote (面)"

"Omote (面)" is an art/dance film conjured through the collaborative process between two Japanese Canadian artists: Vancouver-based dance artist Shion Skye Carter, and Halifax-based mask artist Miya Turnbull. Hand-crafted papier-mâché masks, coming in myriad shapes and facial expressions, become extensions of the body in this work. The masks' distorted imagery borders on the grotesque, challenging traditional ideas of beauty, while gesture and tableaus articulate the concept of honne (本音) and tatemae (建前): when a person’s true feelings and desires (honne) contrasts from the behavior and opinions they share in public (tatemae). The masks also serve as tools to reflect on self identity, affected in part by the artists' shared mixed race Nikkei heritage. How do cultural expectations, and one’s ancestral history, influence the parts of ourselves that we express to the world, and the parts that we keep hidden away? The kanji symbol 面 can be translated as "Omote"- face, surface and also as "Men"- mask. This film was developed with periods of both in-person and remote creation time, as Shion and Miya navigated what it means to collaborate while living on opposite coasts of Canada. Both artists were brought together by Yume. Digital Dreams Collaboration project, organized by Tashme Productions, 2022. Music: Stefan Nazarevich (Vancouver, B.C.) Fore more info: shionskyecarter.com miyaturnbull.com stefannazarevich.com yumedigitaldreams.com