Visual work by Erica H Isomura

select visual projects

diary comics / collage / poetic installations/ visual notes & doodles

Diary comic from the 2020 lockdown (May 2, 2020)

he poster shows a digital collage, using recent and historical photos of matriarchal Chinatown elders, organizers, activists, and community members. Some of the people have their fists in their air, smiling, others are holding signs that say,

"Another World Is Possible (Intergenerational resistance in Vancouver's Chinatown," designed for the Graphic History Collective's Remember Resist Redraw poster project (2021)

Picture of Erica's notebook, filled with visual notes from a recording session of her water-based audio project

visual notes from a recording session of "From The Prairies to the Pacific Rim" (2021)

Diary comic from the 2020 lockdown (March 27, 2020)

Comic featuring different ducks and geese that Erica has seen at the lake. One duck is brightly coloured as if in drag. The Canada Goose looks pissed off. A merganser looks like a rock star, with a mullet akin to Tegan and Sara.

“Ducks To Watch Out For” comic (2021)

Photo of a darkened living room window with light coming through. It highlights a poetic sculpture with the words

"Talk to your neighbours," a stay-at-home window poetry project (April 2020)

Photo of a bright living room wall with shadows coming through the window. Cut outs from the shadows shape the words

"Talk to your neighbours," a stay-at-home window poetry project (April 2020)