Empire Symbol, or a Man and his Mule
Empire Symbol, Or A Man and his
Mule, traces the journey of a
Canadian veterinarian who was responsible for transporting mules from New York
to Karachi, India during WWII. Employing his diary entries, Bambitchell unearth
both the psychic life of The Vet, as well the histories of Canadian Militarism
that are embedded within mundane processes of global trade and transport.
Read Leila Timmins, Head of Exhibitions at Gallery44 interview the artists here.
Read Leila Timmins, Head of Exhibitions at Gallery44 interview the artists here.
This project is was commissioned by
the Department of Global Studies and the Centre for Memory and Testimony Studies at Wilfrid Laurier University and the Canadian Network
for Psychoanalysis.
Bambitchell
Video, 2015
Bambitchell
Video, 2015
Photos by Toni Hafkenscheid.