Process Club
Community-engaged collaborations that begin with an invitation
Process Club is a collaboration between artists Lee Cookson and Laurel Green to create community-engaged projects that begin with an invitation. Their work is iterative in nature, and undergoes an ongoing period of development, tasking participants with an active role in collective sense-making and storytelling. Process Club projects utilize a dramaturgy of everyday adventure, co-owned and shaped by those who take part; they are participatory and often include the use of creative writing, play, photography, and the making of art objects. Expect rigorous whimsy, analog interventions, and empathetic encouragement towards creative risk-taking.
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Locals Only
A zine series that articulates the experience of a place as explored over time, observing preoccupations and noticing patterns that define an area in order to express and question what it means to be a local.
Featuring the neighborhood of Oaklands in Victoria as seen through the lenses of those who live, work, and visit the area. This issue will be dedicated to collaborative placemaking and exploring the shared identity of a neighborhood.
Join a Guided Photo Walk
To support and connect community members, we will be hosting free one-hour photo walks in March, April, and May. Join Locals Only creators Lee Cookson and Laurel Green for a walk through Oaklands and learn how to recognize unique aspects of the community.
Supported by Neighbourhood Small Grants.
Photographs and Curation by Lee Cookson and Laurel Green
Design by Lee Cookson
The town of Canmore is bordered by two renowned mountain destinations. It's a designated wildlife corridor, a former coal mining town, site for the 1988 Olympic Nordic ski events, and, today, a place where the average house selling price sits at $1.3 million. This issue searches for the heart of what makes Canmore a home to some, and the second-home to many tourists, retirees, and weekenders, as the town leans into a new a new identity as a high-end bedroom and getaway community.
Photographs and Design by Lee Cookson
Curation by Laurel Green
Taken over four years, the photographs in this issue explore the contentious topic of parking in Banff, Alberta. As the only Canadian municipality located inside a National Park, Banff has a population of approximately 8,000 locals and 8.3 million vehicles travelling through town each year. By elevating the rarified parking spot to a wildlife encounter, we pose the question: what are we driving here to see?
Evidence of a Human Occurrence
The Bureau of Human Occurrences tasks participating Agents from across the country and beyond to gather photographic evidence of human occurrence in their regions, using the disposable camera and list of prompts provided. Agents send back what they uncover, and the Bureau creates a Case File that takes the viewer somewhere new: into the forest, through the City, inside the house, and onto the playground. Photographs are completely individual, yet when assembled into a collection and put into dialogue with each other, they become part of something larger.
Case File #001
Date: 05/04/2021
Case Description:
The following photographs were shot on disposable cameras in the latter half of 2020 and submitted as evidence of human occurrences in four locations.
Collectors: Locations:
Celina Vides Calgary, AB
Laurel Green Nanaimo, BC
Sammie Gough Victoria, BC
Lee Cookson Banff, AB
Photo Processing & Graphic Design: Lee Cookson
Case Agent: Laurel Green
Case File #002
Date: 05/04/2021
Case Description:
The following photographs were shot on digital cameras at the end of 2020 and beginning of 2021 and submitted as evidence of human occurrences in four locations.
Collectors: Locations:
Peter Rose Toronto, ON
Dominique Rabideau Montreal, QC
Richard Lam New York, NY
Jonathan Brower Victoria BC
Photo Processing & Graphic Design: Lee Cookson
Case Agent: Laurel Green
Case File #003
Date: 04/03/2022
Case Description:
The following photographs were shot on disposable cameras in the latter half of 2021 and submitted as evidence of human occurrences in four locations.
Collectors: Locations:
Lisa Li New York, NY; St. Croix, USVI
Aquiles Garro Victoria, BC
Richard Lam New York, NY; St. Croix, USVI
Milo Peters Victoria, BC
Brenda A Leo Moranchel Victoria, BC
Photo Processing & Graphic Design: Lee Cookson
Case Agents: Laurel Green, Sammie Gough, Richard Lam