FEMeeting Screening Event: Tendrils

Curated by Mireille Bourgeois
June 26th, 2025
5:00 pm—6:30 pm EST
Multimedia Studio, Alan Wilderman Building, located at 360 Freedom Way, Windsor, ON

On Wednesday, June 26, 2025, the FEMeeting: Women in Art, Science, and Technology hosted a video screening event titled "Tendrils," curated by Mireille Bourgeois of the IOTA Institute. The event was held at the Multimedia Studio in the Alan Wilderman Building in Windsor, Ontario, and was open to the public. It showcased a verity of video works created by female artists from around the world.

The screening featured various artists and their video works, including Cri Kosti, whose piece "On Remembering Our Connections" explores the relationship between people and their environments. Julie Paama-Pengelly highlights Māori skin marking traditions in their documentary titled "Skinginenous." Zorica Markovich reflects on the fragility of the Arctic in "The Views at the End of the Earth," while Domenica Mediati invites viewers to contemplate our connection with nature in "Biophobia."

Additionally, Jacklyn Brickman, Kelsey Paschich, and Kevin Abbott presented a multimedia performance called "Frozen Fields: Unexpected Growth," which examines resilience. Iryna's video "I'm Paving the Way" documents her experience of isolation during the spring of 2022. Lastly, Tal Yizrael and Sharona Florsheim showcased the video "Fragile Formation," a live experiment that explores spontaneous self-assembly and the interaction between human movement and glass spheres through a performative installation.

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Artists:
Jacklyn Brickman (collaborators: Kelsey Paschich, Kevin Abbott), Cris Kosti, Julie Paama-Pengelly, Zorica Markovich, Domenica Mediati, Iryna Vorona, and Tal Yizrael (Collaborator: Sharona Florsheirm).

Curator:
Mireille Bourgeois

Host Partners:
Dr. Jennifer Willet, INCUBATOR Art Lab, SoCA, UWindsor
Mireille Bourgeois, IOTA Institute, Halifax, NS
Marta de Menezes, Ectopia Experimental Art Laboratory, and Cultivamos Cultura Portugal
Dr. Dalila Honorato, Ionian University, Greece

Acknowledgments
We are grateful to our funders and supporters: Ontario Art Council, Government of Ontario University of Windsor and the School of Creative Arts.

Image Credits
1)Tendrils Screening, Video Still: On Remembering Our Connections, Cri Kosti. Image credit: Julie Luth
2)Tendrils Screening, Video Still ‘Tāku Puhoro, Tāku Purotu Julie Paama-Pengelly. Image Credit: Julie Luth
3)Tendrils Screening, Video Still : The Views at the End of the Earth, Zorika Markovich. Image Credit: Julie Luth
4) Tendrils Screening, Video Still: Biophobia, Domenica Mediati. Image credit: Julie Luth
5)Tendrils Screening, Video Still: ‘Frozen Fields: Unexpected Growth. Jacklyn Brickman (in collaboration with Kelsey Paschich and Kevin Abbott) Image credit: Julie Luth
6)Tendrils Screening, Video Still: I’m Paving the Way, Iryna Vorona. Image credit: Julie Luth
7) Tendrils Screening, Video Still: Fragile Formation,Tal Yizrael (in collaboration with Sharona Florsheirm). Image credit: Julie Luth