The Diggers: a memory of making
Bringing a new vision to photography Maruschak creates works that manifest the “memory of making”. Her work is founded in materiality, through the use of ancient artistic methods including encaustics, egg tempera and gilding which all stem from her practice as a Byzantine artist. Through these processes she manifests a profound visual representation of loss and migration. Strong influences of the Canadian prairies resonate throughout her practice. It is here that she makes many of her images, and where the landscape plays an integral role in her “process of making” as best exemplified in her recent film, THE DIGGERS.