a tarp, a pad, a pitch (2022-ongoing) depicts the act of pitching a tarp on a (re)construction of a tent pad. This series investigates the metaphorical and physical interpretations of a campsite, rendering it as a site for possibility and representation.
Framed archival pigment prints of Fig. 3 and Fig. 5; installation view of a tarp, a pad, a pitch in Undercurrents, a group exhibition by Tarzeer Pictures at Art Fair Philippines, 2023.
Excerpt from the exhibition essay: “As a first-generation Filipino-Canadian immigrant, she experiences the searing politics of space: “what it is, how it is experienced, and who it is intended for”. In (re)construction, Stine digs deeper, finding tensions under the tent’s roof about what it means to live on encroached land and her place when all these paths cross. Rather than exert power upon it, she calmly engages its operations, constructs it, and leaves it as something that can exist with or without her in the picture...” Read more here.