Hallie Lang is a fourth-generation settler of Scottish and Ukrainian descent from rural South-Eastern Saskatchewan. A recent BFA graduate from the University of Regina, she works primarily in ceramics and installation. Her practice examines place, inherited knowledge, community structures, and systems of care.
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The installation Common Ground considers experiences of domestic labour and the everyday acts of care that sustain relationships, traditions, and communities. Through a communal table setting, repeated ceramic forms, and inherited patterns, the work explores continuity through care and the knowledge and traditions passed between generations. The familiar space remains while the participants do not, drawing attention to what takes place before and perhaps after we arrive. Through preparation, repetition, and gathering, the work considers how practices of care are maintained, adapted, and carried forward.