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Linda Duvall // Tea & Gossip


  • Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art 421 Cawston Avenue (unit 103) Kelowna, BC, V1Y 6Z1 Canada (map)

Linda Duvall takes as her focus the formation of individual identities and the way they are revealed in societal contexts. She collected oral histories and recorded ordinary conversations, creating a hybrid merging of video and participatory performance. Tea & Gossip addressed ethically complex circumstances concerning wrongly attributed paternity. Viewers were invited to gossip about what they had seen on video and write their opinions on cards that were displayed in the gallery.


Linda Duvall is a visual artist based on Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan. Her work exists at the intersection of collaboration, performance and conversation. Her hybrid practice addresses recurring themes of connection to place, grief and loss, and the many meanings of exclusion and absence.

To learn more about Linda and her current work, visit her website.