Browsing by Author "Finn, Patrick James"

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    False Colouring
    (2016) Procter, Anne; Huot, Claire; Eiserman, Jennifer Roma Flint; Finn, Patrick James; Boutin, Marc Joseph
    False Colouring is an exhibition that consists of three looping video installations, and over a thousand hand-sized, hand-printed paper dresses that were hung with clothespins to a labyrinthine configuration of white string. This installation was created as a means to externalize, reveal, and release personal narratives, as well as the physical relics – or souvenirs – that they were tied to. Through this exhibition I have given new life to the ephemeral memories of my past, and I have been given an opportunity to live more presently in my own life. The present paper was written as an accompaniment to the False Colouring exhibition, an explanation for all the choices that I have made, and the inspiration that I have felt. I have studied the life and works of Matisse, and I have read many books, including The Comfort of Things and Stuff by Daniel Miller and On Longing by Susan Stewart. Keywords: Souvenir, Materiality, Story, Memory, Precious, Paper, and Catharsis.
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    Remember Me: A Theatrical Examination of the Situation of Polish World War II Veterans
    (2021-09-24) Jaworska, Aldona; Martini, Clement, M.; Finn, Patrick James; Colpitts, George William
    Four WWII Second Polish Army Corps ex-soldiers in the play Remember Me include 19-years-old Jakub, 23-years-old Józef, and 25-years-old Franciszek and Henryk. After the war, these ex-soldiers and former Allies fear severe punishment, even death, if they return to Poland under the pro-Soviet government. They join the Polish Resettlement Corps formed by Great Britain to help tens of thousands of former soldiers find a new place and make it their home. As a penalty for refusing to return, the Polish government deprives them of their citizenship. In November 1946, they meet by chance while boarding Sea Snipe, a ship taking hundreds of displaced Polish veterans from Italy to Canada to work for two years on farms. Each of the four ex-combatants holds a different outlook on life and has different reasons for embarking. Adversities encountered during their travels contribute to the forging of long-lasting ties between them.
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