Charlene Liska

A very personal take on what it's like to try to make meaningful art, and live a happy life too, while suffering from a debilitating condition for many years. It's about the need to persevere in the face of social stigma and constraints, and, with a bit of luck, how one can actually end up landing on one's feet, and being happy, after all is said and done.  It uses artistic expression in the form of video, painting, and installation as a way of framing this subject, and there's the unmistakable sense of fun and relief in it too, of a person at last feeling free enough to reveal what had been a dark and long-held secret.  In retrospect, this was always the beating heart hidden beneath themes of disaster and sublime transcendence.   .