Eldred Allen
(Nunatsiavummiuq), Rigolet, Nunatsiavut
Genetic Recipes,
2022
Video Installation and recipe book. Courtesy of the artist.
Photo credit: Laurence Poirier
Projection description
In this digital media work, the screens morph portraits of the artist’s daughter, wife, her mother, and grandmother, four generations of Inuit women from the community of Rigolet, Nunatsiavut. Speaking about the video installation, Allen notes that “recipes are passed down through the generations from grandmother to granddaughter. And what are the genetics, but the ingredients used to make up each individual, slightly changed to create a unique person?”
About the artist
Eldred Allen Eldred Allen (b. 1978, Rigolet, Nunatsiavut, NL) is a self-taught Inuk photographer who captures landscape and wildlife images of his community. His unique perspectives utilize both a handheld camera and UAV/drone. Allen had a solo exhibition Resemblance at The Rooms, St. John’s, Newfoundland. He has also participated in group exhibitions including INUA at the Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajug; Paris Photo, Paris; Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, ON; and La Guilde, Montréal. Allen has received grants from ArtsNL and the Canada Council for the Arts. His work is in private, corporate, and public collections such as the Royal Bank of Canada and the Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.
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