Impossible Garden Lynn KodeihMontréal, QC SSNAP Residency Size 27" x 48" Medium Installation - Ceramics The immigrant artist creates a way to transport houseplants from her home country. Over the course of her first year in Canada, she collects species of houseplants she owned in her country of origin, makes cuttings for propagation, covers them with liquid clay, and fires them. In an attempt to circumvent the regulations of the Canadian Border Services Agency, the artist transforms living matter into objects and relocates it. Only imprints remain, crumbling to the point of disappearance. Questioning notions of states and borders, the work investigates her immigrant position in a country haunted by its colonial history. SSNAP Residency Impossible Garden Lynn KodeihMontréal, QC About the artist About the artist Lynn KodeihMontréal, QC Lynn Kodeih is an artist and researcher born in Beirut (Lebanon) and based in Tiohtià:ke / Mooniyang / Montréal since 2020. Her practice focuses on the interweaving of art and politics, and is at the crossroads of textuality, auto-theory, video, and installation. She addresses notions of image and power, territory, borders, wandering, and belonging from a decolonial perspective. Her work has been presented in Canada and internationally, at La Galerie de l’UQAM (Montréal), SAW Gallery (Ottawa), Kunstbanken Performance Festival (Norway), International Film Festival, Rotterdam (The Netherlands), Berlin Transart Triennial (Germany), Homeworks—Ashkal Alwan, Beirut Art Center and Beirut Art Fair (Lebanon), among other places. Follow on social