Cheryl Garner

Cheryl Garner's experimental film practice approaches the screen as an expanded landscape - an environment where spatial, psychological and relational dynamics unfold simultaneously. Rather than functioning as a neutral surface, the screen becomes a site where looking, being looked at and witnessing are entangled. The cinematic field exposes a system of voyueristic identifications in which all looks are intersubjective; perception is shaped not only by the optics of the camera and the architecture of the frame, but by the psychological and embodied positions of those involved. 

This interwoven structure resonates with Garner's broader research into relational space and caregiving, where the act of observation is never passive but participatory, attentive and ethically charged. In this context, landscape is not external terrain but a negotiated zone of proximity, exchanged and presence - reflecting the complex relational dynamics that shape lived maternal experience and non-verbal communication.