Installation view of Sessional Office: Proposal for a New Arrangement by Terra Poirier. From the book, Non-Regular: Precarious academic labour at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, by Terra Poirier in collaboration with 26 instructors, students, and other artists, 2018.
Elizabeth MacKenzie, Sessional Instructor, 210 seconds Long exposure pinhole portrait by Terra Poirier. From the book, Non-Regular: Precarious academic labour at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, by Terra Poirier in collaboration with 26 instructors, students, and other artists, 2018.
Alex Hass, Sessional Instructor, 30 seconds Long exposure pinhole portrait by Terra Poirier. From the book, Non-Regular: Precarious academic labour at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, by Terra Poirier in collaboration with 26 instructors, students, and other artists, 2018.
As Though We Were Banished by Terra Poirier. From the book, Non-Regular: Precarious academic labour at Emily Carr University of Art + Design, by Terra Poirier in collaboration with 26 instructors, students, and other artists, 2018.
Poirier’s 2026 residency at La Virreina Centre de la Imatge in Barcelona will feature a public talk on Non-Regular, followed by collaborative activities with local artists and arts workers to explore how mentorship and mutual aid can sustainably support creative practices. She will also invite community members to sit for long-exposure pinhole portraits, a relational modality that inscribes a shared presence between photographer and participant within an economy of scarcity that makes it difficult to find time for others.
