Timiga nunalu sikulu (My body, the land and the ice) is a film juxtaposing the ferocious surprise of an uaajeerneq mask with the aesthetic found in the rubenesque figure. The film explores tranquility and intimacy, and encourages viewers to pause and gaze. Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory challenges assumptions about the female body and the land, showing herself sunbathing nude on the sea ice behind her home in Iqaluit, Nunavut.
Timiga nunalu, sikulu is a performance for video set in the landscape on the edge of winter as new growth begins to take hold. Animated by the vocals of Celina Kalluk, with accompanying string instrumentation by Chris Coleman, the work is both sweeping and intimate.
Uaajeerneq is a Greenlandic mask dance involving a wild array of expressions that play with elements of fear, humour, and sexuality. In being confronted by these often taboo emotions, viewers of the dance are taught how to respond when faced with these emotions in real life. The black face paint represents the extremes of life in the Arctic, along with the magical and unknown realms of existence. The red of the mask symbolizes the power of life, love, and the temperament of our relations. Finally, the white streaks evoke bones and thus the ancestors, as well as a clearness of the mind and purity of intention.