Katia Houde is an artist from Montreal living in Toronto. Her work deals primarily with memory, identity, mental health, and trauma, using both found footage and original images. She enjoys shooting on Super8 and most recently has rediscovered her Pixelvision. Her work has been shown in the USA, Canada, Peru, Mexico, and Spain. She has a Master’s degree in Environmental Studies and is currently pursuing a PhD in Cinema and Media Studies at York University.
About
Katia is currently on the board of directors at CFMDC and has served as a juror for the NYCIFF for over two years. She is a former programmer with Ad Hoc, and a former board member of the8fest and aluCine Latin Film Festival. Katia has worked for several years in communications and publicity at the Toronto International Film Festival, Global Television, WIFT, and at the NFB. She is currently pursuing a PhD in cinema and media studies at York University where she is researching female experimental filmmakers who address trauma in their work.
Videos
No News From Home
2021, b&w, 4min10sec
PixelVision
Filmed using a PixelVision at the height of the pandemic, No News From Home is a lyrical mediation on isolation and resulting mental distress.
Look Again
2019, b&w, 3min15sec
Found Footage
Using archival footage of girls at play, Look Again evokes how a sinister gaze can threaten the innocence of unguarded moments.
As Can Be
2018, colour, 5min30sec
Animation, still photographs, iPhone video
As Can Be is a meditation on the ephemeral, fragmented, and ambiguous nature of trauma memory. Reflecting on her father’s suicide when she was 7 years old…
Photography
And we created them in our own image
2017, photography, installation
For many, family pets remain a bridge to nature. However, because of our impulse to want to control and manipulate nature, we have begun to denaturalize this connection.
Installations
Healing | Spaces
2006, multi-channel, Super 8, video, colour, b&w
Healing | Spaces investigates the tensions that often resonate between embodied knowledge and science.
Contact
info@katiahoude.ca