Untitled Portals, Variations at ROONEY'S, Hamilton

Untitled Portals, Variations

ROONEY'S
724 Main St. E, Hamilton
September 9 - mid-October, 2025

Artist Talk & Collage Night (+snacks!)
October 9, 2025
7-9pm
Register here.

Untitled Portals, Variations presents a series of collages, an installation piece, and a virtual space by Laura Kay Keeling, initially as part of CAFKA.25 Field Guide to the Understory. Through a process-centered approach, the artist experimented with and merged analog and digital processes to expand on an earlier series, Untitled Portals.

These pieces incorporate natural elements that have been photographed both digitally and on 35mm film, scanned using a flatbed scanner and a 3D scanner, digitally manipulated, and then brought into physical form. Continuing a dialogue between the natural and digital world, the work explores connections to where we find ourselves, the incredible and important ecosystems that surround us, and the joys that can come from everyday moments of being in and engaging with our surroundings through reciprocal care and respect.  

How can we maintain and evolve connections to the natural world in an increasingly isolating and technology-dependent society?

Can virtual spaces be used to encourage folks to take pause and explore, and can moments of joy and excitement be replicated in these virtual environments?

Thank you to the City of Hamilton's City Enrichment Fund for supporting this project and its Hamilton launch.

I would like to acknowledge and thank the Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario for supporting this project through the Deaf and Disability Materials for Visual Artists and Projects Grants.