Audio & Video

Audio & Video

Rituals of My Relations: 8mm film captured by my Aunt Eleanor when I was a child on the shores of Raven Lake.

Able to Disabled: My Changing Landscape 

Created & Produced by Kim Kitchen

ASL & Close Caption



This woman reached across the country and  squeezed my hand - gently.

We don't know each other personally, but we know each other's journey.

Kim's relationship to her art, her changing body and her community especially resonated.

Listen if you want to know a very personal part of me,

reflected in another one's story.


Ilena Lee Cramer, Vancouver BC



Through the art of shaping sound, Kim shares her

process and insights of these life changing years.


Able to Disabled: My Changing Landscape

conveys insurmountable moments of grief, loss and transformation amid testable adaptability and embrace.


Anchored in her reality, the narrative emerges, depicting a vivid story and complexity within the composition.

At it's core,

Able to Disabled: My Changing Landscape

recounts a personal process of transformation,

re-configuration of identity and the work of

letting go to then let in.




The Making Of This Work

                 Double click image to view as full screen

To the Ontario Arts Council and Government

of Ontario for their support.

CREDITS


Benjamin Hermann

Composition, Sound Editing, Confidant • North Bay

Darren Copeland

Mentorship, Composition & Editing • South River

Victoria  Fenner

Creative Coaching, Promotion & Distribution • Barrie

Holly Cunningham

Orbital Queen • North Bay

Ben Leggett

Mastering • North Bay

Christina Forsyth

ASL Translation • North Bay

Vanessa Tignanelli

Videographer, Editor • North Bay


Music Composition

"Running For A Living & Cut Keys" by Benjamin Hermann


"So Much More Written" by Hidden Roots Collective

Annie Sumi: Vocals, Brigitte Lebel: Vocals, Keys
Holly Cunningham: Vocals, Rose-Erin Stokes: Vocals


Vince Aquilina: Percussion
Jordan Wyshniowsky: Cello
Ben Leggett: Recording & Production
Noah Mintz: Mastering




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