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Date Range: 2010s

Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge – Excerpts from Chapters 1 and 2

Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge, published by Breakwater Books and ISER Books. In 2017, Excerpts from Chapters 1 & 2 were published by Breakwater Books and ISER Books at MUN. The book can be purchased at most bookstores in… Read More


The Punt Premise—What We Know About Cod

In 2019, Pam returned to Fogo Island to work with Shorefast as they visioned the refurbishment and reclamation of  the Punt Premise – four buildings in Joe Batt’s Arm active during the inshore fishery. Working partially as curator, and partly… Read More


HomeWork: Doing the Math

When HouseWork(s) travelled to the Kamloops Art Gallery in 2015, Hall added a new performance piece that incorporated the “story aprons” from Auntie Crae’s in St. John’s, and the questions counting hours of housework for the work portraits from Arnold’s… Read More


HouseWork(s)

Photo by Ned Pratt Photo by Ned Pratt Artist’s Statement HouseWork(s) presents work from the past decade of my practice – bringing solitary and private practices into conversation with collaborative and public projects. As an interdisciplinary artist who works both… Read More


Film (as Production Designer)

Since 1987, Hall has worked as an Art Director and Production Designer in the independent film industry in Newfoundland. She has worked on feature films, television dramas, and mini-series, with an astonishingly talented group of writers, directors, producers and performers,… Read More


The Knowledge Exchange

Keels, Newfoundland. In concert with her Bonavista Biennale exhibition of Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge (ELK), Hall undertook a community residency on site in Keels, to engage directly with visitors and community members in the gathering and revealing some… Read More


Re-seeding the Dream East

Re-Seeding the Dream East 2017 Site-specific installation Commissioned by Bonavista Biennale Doran Meadow, Port Rexton, Newfoundland. The second iteration of Re-Seeding the Dream was commissioned by the inaugural Bonavista Biennale in 2017. It “finishes” the project begun by the first… Read More


Marginalia

In 2004, Hall began an ongoing visual dialogue and four-year long collaboration entitled Marginalia with Vancouver performance artist, Margaret Dragu. An extended, bi-coastal conversation was made visible through the daily making and sharing, by each artist, of a soft and… Read More


Small Gestures

In the Spring of 2009, Hall began a new daily practice to remind herself to be attentive, awake, and mindful as she begins each day. Simple, humble and ephemeral – these performative gestures are enacted wherever the artist finds herself… Read More


Building a Village

Building A Village, exhibited in Kamloops, BC, 2015. Hall has used social media for many years—as a way to stay in touch with family, friends and colleagues, as well as to soften the isolation sometimes felt by island-dwellers. In the… Read More


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Acknowledgements

Over the course of her career, Hall has received support from The Canada Council for the Arts, ArtsNL, and other public and private sources in Canada and internationally.

The artist continues to be grateful for all of the help and assistance she has received towards the creation and presentation of her work. Various projects have their own Acknowledgements Section, please check there for specific details.


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