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hello, strangelings ❤

I’m an artist born and raised by the rainforests and beaches of Gimuy / Cairns. I’m of the Cumti-Bihacon clan, a family tree rooted in the northern mountains of the so-called Phillipines. Our family name ‘Cumti’ means fireflies in Tuwali-Ifugao, my father’s first language. I’m an ate (elder sister), and I ground in the Spirit of the Babaylan, femme (women~transfemmes~and men who don women’s garments) Spiritual leaders of precolonial Phillipines, who lead resistance movements and were targeted during Spanish colonial conquest. See The Centre for Babaylan Studies and Leny Strobel’s book Babaylan: Filipinos and the Call of the Indigenous, the book introduction can be read here.

I believe art is relational, Spiritual practice. We are all connected.

I practice photomedia, expanding experimental photography (light x drawing), into experimental film (time), and installation (space). Through these I live out my desire to subvert the limitations of the image, highlight the constructed and manipulative nature of representation and perception(and how these relate to determinations of value and power). I consider the darkroom as womb space, and my photographic process as séance… conjuring portals between worlds, and co-conceiving and midwifing new worlds that may not exist or be perceived without the photographic process, particular rhythmic sequencing of frames, or constellation of dancing elements in an installation.

My latest work can be found here. I am currently in the process of scanning, archiving and sharing all my silver gelatin prints from 2024-2025, and working on two experimental animations Transference and Coalesce ~for the art girls~, to be complete September, 2026. For more updates, you can subscribe to my newsletter.

If you have any questions, comments, or are curious about any of the photo/animation processes in my work, please write to me via my contact page. I’m happy to share techniques. I also facilitate experimental photography, and experimental animation workshops. I hope that my website can function primarily as an educational resource for my fellow artists, as many artists’ websites have functioned as educational resources for me.

thanks for being here.
🌈 happy pride 5 eva ♡ i hope you’ve been dancing.

Love, katnancy 🦋