Abi Hodson

I root my work in collage, video, movement, and textiles, with a focus on bodily relationships: intimate bodies, collective bodies, bodies in time. Currently, I investigate these relationships through a process I call creatur-ing the body: transforming the human body into a more-than-human entity, in kinship with the beings, materials, and lands that make up our worlds. What collective/composite bodies emerge when we sink into these kinships? 

In my practice, I creature the body by focusing on transforming specific limbs via costume pieces and video work, layering movements and inserting video footage of disrupted sites. 

Abi Hodson is a trans-disciplinary artist based between Tiohtià:ke/Montreal and Kjipuktuk/Halifax. They graduated with a Bachelor of Design in Fashion Design from Toronto Metropolitan in 2017. In all their work, Abi focuses on earnest, playful, and eerie sensation exploration, seeking to spark curiosity, delight, and generative discordance.

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Abi Hodson. Parallel Beings, 2024. Photo by Laurence Poirier.

Abi Hodson. Parallel Beings (close up), 2024. Photo by Laurence Poirier.