2026 – Year of the Fire Horse


katnancy, Suspension of Disbelief (For Amy), 2026, digital scan with live manipulation of a 35mm negative.
negative made & developed in Winnipeg, Treaty 1, so-called Canada, 2025 ∞ scan made in Gimuy, so-called Australia, 2026

Break the Frame in Rhythms of Chance.
Dance. Dance. Dance.

—katnancy, 2026

katnancy, Darkroom Dancer, 2024, webcam image, made in Winnipeg, Treaty 1, so-called Canada
katnancy, Obscura, 2021, 35mm photograph printed at 4″x6″, “damaged” in haphazard storage(born of its own accord), in Winnipeg

. ݁₊ ⊹ . ݁ ⟡ ݁ . ⊹ ₊ ݁.

hello, strangelings ❤

I’m an artist, who writes, and writes, and writes, and edits, and edits, and edits, into oblivion, sometimes.

I perceive/experience/believe art to be the Truth-seeking sinew of society, the fire we gather ‘round, reminding us to remember — we are all connected. Kapwa.

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 and highlight the constructed and manipulative nature of representation and perception(and how these relate to determinations of value and power). I consider the camera obscura / dark chamber / darkroom as womb space, and the photographic process as séance… making possible windows of communication and collaboration [art as invitation1] between worlds, and co-conceiving and midwifing new worlds that may not exist or be perceived without the photographic process (& all its interferences & escapes from its frames). The ritual repetition in experimental photo & animation processes conjures a rhythmic dance, mirroring the rhythmic visual incantations spoken/sung by the images (within, without, between, beyond themselves).

katnancy, 2018, Exhibition text for Portals

If you have any questions, comments, or are curious about any of the photo/animation processes in my work, please write to me. I hope that my work, and my website as living archive, may serve as a resource for my fellow artists. I also facilitate experimental photography, and experimental animation workshops.

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

Love, katnancy 🦋

    1. “New worlds are born from invitations.” — McIntyre, L and Cumti, k, 2024, like a fire we gather round: Phytograms, Ecologies, and Multivocal Agency