This is an invitation to reflect and share, we invite you to do so in ways that work for you. There is no one size fits all. So your way will be unique to you.
Maybe that is in your home language.
Maybe that is all at once, or a little bit at a time.
Maybe that is coming back everyday or just at once.
Maybe that is in long answers or one word.
How we care for each other, for ourselves and how we let others care for us is changing. Now more than ever, we are rethinking how we care. During this ongoing pandemic, we are all having to adapt.
Some of us are holding on to what we valued in the past, some of us are living in the present, some of us are imagining the future, and some of us are doing all at the same time.
In our own ways, we are all in an ever-changing process of surviving, changing, grieving, healing and recovering.
Your contributions shared here may be used anonymously as a part of a collaborative installation between Jennifer Chan and Moira Ness as a part of a digital installation during DesignTO Festival 2021.
When it comes to care, what do you value about the past?
When it comes to care, what do you see in the present?
When it comes to care, what do you imagine for the future?
Background
How we care for each other, for ourselves and how we let others care for us is changing. Now more than ever, we are rethinking how we care. During this ongoing pandemic, we are all having to adapt.
Some of us are holding on to what we valued in the past, some of us are living in the present, some of us are imagining the future, and some of us are doing all at the same time.
In our own ways, we are all in an ever-changing process of surviving, changing, grieving, healing and recovering.
With an invitation to participate in DesignTO festival 2021, two new projects were born to look at how care is evolving in our society and communities. These installations are part research, part art, part discovery, part self-care, part community-care. The DesignTO installation will run from Jan 22 – February 28, 2021.
‘Stories of Care’ is a tribute and statement to the role that Filipina caregivers, frontline and essential workers in taking care of us before, during and after the pandemic. The 3 visual art installations created are inspired by the stories of 5 caregivers who represent the many facets of what it means to be Filpina caregiver in Canada and the joy, sorrow and love that is a part of that experience.
“Care | Past, Present, Future” is a collaboration piece that is a reflection tool and art piece. This piece captures the ever-evolving versions of care and how they are changing at an extremely rapid pace because of COVID.