New Friend is a 5-part limited series audio documentary that delves into the fascinating story behind photographs taken by the groundbreaking lesbian artist and filmmaker Barbara Hammer in August 1973, on Hornby Island, Ja-Dai-Aich, British Columbia.
It's a story of art, archives, single motherhood, long-distance love affairs and liberation across 1000 miles.
Credits:
Hosted by Bitsy Knox.Production, research, script and sound design by Bitsy Knox.Mixing and mastering by Robert Steenkamer. New Friend was originally aired on Cashmere Radio Berlin and 96.5 CHFR Hornby Island Community Radio.Cover image courtesy of The Estate of Barbara Hammer.New Friend is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts.
Thank you to:
The Estate of Barbara HammerHornby Island Community ArchivesBeinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale UniversityCashmere Radio, Berlin96.5 CHFR Hornby Island Community RadioKOW, BerlinCompany Gallery, New York CityHornby Arts CentreFlorrie BurkeLouky Keijsers Koning Martha RossDerek AndersonRebecca DunneEmma WalterEmily HarrisonAll beings, human and more-than-human, of Hornby Island, Ja-Dai-Aich, and its surrounding waters—where I am a part-time, uninvited guest on the unceded, traditional, and ancestral land of the K'omoks First Nation, the Eitsen, Pentlach, Sasitla and Sahtloot peoples.
