outer space looks
at the parallels between
tropes in science fiction, the fantasies of colonial expansion
and current conditions of
potential immigrants.
What unites science fiction and
the colonial-metropolitan imaginary, is a charged
conception of distance or ‘outer’ space and the aliens who come from there.

outer space is also a personal exploration into my own life as migrant, looking at the funny places where sci fi has
turned up in my life.

outer space was created in 2005-6 while I was artist in residence at Studio XX in Montreal.

this is for chris salter, sha xin wei, rhona richman kenneally, rob heynen, phil hawes, sean gauthier and the st urbain crew for unending inspiration.

for questions or comments: email me at ayesha (at) yorku (dot) ca