Toxic Bodies, an ongoing project of thinking through bioremediation and experiences of chronic illness
Neutral Ground 1835 Scarth Street, Regina, Saskatchewan S4P 2G2
Sarah Mihara Creagen, “iv cyanotype (detail),” 2024
(courtesy of the Gallery)
Opening Reception: October 5, 2024 | 1-2pm
Toxic Bodies is an ongoing project exploring the connection between personal experiences of chronic illness and the bioremediation growing process of healing and restoring contaminated land through plant and fungi growth.
Enacting the bioremediation process has been the focus of Garden of Repairs, an active bioremediation garden and current collaborative project with Zoe Hayes and the City of Hamilton, Ontario on unused city land. Working collaboratively with the plants in this garden to remove toxins found in the soil from leftover industry, and being in relation to phytoremediators over the last 18 months, has inspired this current body of work. Sarah’s work is informed by her long-term relationships to the medical system as a chronically ill and disabled queer person of Japanese and White settler heritage.