Experiencing Interruptions?

WAY STATION

The words of the title usually indicate a stopping place for travellers moving from one place to another – an embodiment of the portal or place of transition. WAY STATION explores the intersection of ancestry, culture, belonging, and claiming, delving into aspects of oppression, violence, and war that characterize most ancestral pathways. A performer reflects on this fraught history and performs rituals of cleansing, transformation, and regeneration.

  • Sandra Vida
    Director
  • Sandra Vida
    Writer
  • Sandra Vida
    Producer
  • Sandra Vida
    Key Cast
    "Performer"
    Many self-produced works
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short
  • Genres:
    Abstract, Independent, Experimental
  • Runtime:
    9 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    October 31, 2022
  • Production Budget:
    25,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Canada
  • Country of Filming:
    Canada
  • Shooting Format:
    HD Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts -- production grant
  • Calgary Arts Development, Calgary -- production grant
Distribution Information
  • V Tape, Toronto
    Distributor
    Country: Canada
    Rights: Video / Disc
Director Biography - Sandra Vida

Embracing a time-based, multi-disciplinary approach that explores innovative combinations of media, Calgary artist Sandra Vida has been an important contributor to the coming of age of performance, film and video practices. Her art work over the past three decades has been exhibited locally, regionally, and internationally. She has also appeared as a speaker and panelist at conferences and her writing has been published in national magazines and artist catalogues. Ongoing interests over her long career include her Celtic/Norse ancestry, spiritual exploration, psychological concepts and poetic text, which she weaves together with an evolving montage aesthetic

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Director Statement

I enjoy working with concepts that allow for a wide range of associations and layers of meaning. My projects have often been grounded in feminist and social issues, approached from the perspective of how the personal and political are intertwined. The space created by art, can act as a space for the imagination to discover alternate meanings and options. My creative method is to juxtapose sometimes disparate or contrasting elements to produce new and different options and possibilities.