I'm not sure if that many people are as involved in their pieces as me. I wrote the story for over two years, just creating the story and creating the vision.

When you enter the room, you get a feel for the elements that you have to discover on your own; it's like stepping into a character's own unique world.

Before, we just had a normal end-of-year show across the whole school, but didn't have the chance to have more space or special consideration that were taken into account with all the other streams. This allows us to bring so much more awareness to both our program and specific pieces. We cross a lot of boundaries.

I came to Ryerson in 2001 for a diploma in arts, but I was interested in photography at the time and didn't even know new media existed. When I found out about the department and the digital revolution, I just fell into it.

I lost my best friend two years ago and I was going through a lot of grief, so it was a huge struggle to rise out of that angst and focus on my creativity and work. But eventually through my work, I realized that you can reclaim your art through the grieving process. It's about the journey you have to go through to reclaim it.

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