This project began out of a personally challenging time in 2023 and 2024, when, the chronic nerve pain I live with, flared up to new levels that brought me to the hospital 3x in 1 week. I could not sleep, sit, or lie down. The only thing that brought relief was to walk, therefore I walked 3-4 hours each day.
In December 2023, I was living in Montreal, however I ended up temporarily returning to my childhood home, in Waterloo, Ontario, to seek support. Away from my personal community, and struggling with excrutiating levels of pain, walking and voicenotes to friends (specifically Cat, Corey, Lydia, and Christian) became a life line of hope. Each of these friends were scattered throughout the world: California, West Virgina, Indonesia, Australia, Thailand and Montreal.
Video created by Amelia Moses of my practice and the process of beginning the work “Walked Traces” while in residence at Ada X, Montreal, Quebec, Canada from February – April 2025.
The project, Walked Traces: Living with (___), is composed of: documentation of the shapes of walks taken through capturing my footsteps using MapMyWalk; four audio pieces (below); and an ever expanding and growing archive of objects of care. This project began thanks to the generous support of Ada X via a 2-month residency, and many friends and family members who walked, talked, and supported in other ways.
Please explore the content below, sign-up to receive a copy of the publication Walked Traces: An Invitation or download the PDF, and stay tuned for workshop opportunities to contribute your personal object of care to the archive.
✩ Audio ✩
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Each of the audio pieces below combine audio recordings listened to, or shared, predominately while walking. During the exchange of the voice notes, featured in these 4 audio pieces, we were unaware they would become part of a public facing creative project, therefore our words are raw, emotive, and genuine.
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Conversation between Cat Walters and Tricia Enns
Cat and I met online in 2023. In this audio piece Cat is in California while I am in Montreal, Quebec and then later Waterloo, Ontario. This audio draws from voice notes, shared on WhatsApp, from December 2023 – March 2024.
Conversation between Corey Zinn and Tricia Enns
Corey and I met online in 2023. In this audio piece Corey is in West Virginia while I am in Montreal, Quebec and then later Waterloo, Ontario. This audio draws from voice notes, shared on WhatsApp, from December 2023 – February 2024.
Conversation between Lydia Heath and Tricia Enns
Lydia and I met in 2015 in Brighton, England. In this audio piece Lydia is in Indonesia and Australia while I am in Montreal, Quebec and then later Waterloo, Ontario. This audio draws from voice notes, shared on WhatsApp, from December 2023 – March 2024.
Conversation between Christian Scott and Tricia Enns
Christian and I met in a class, in Montreal, in 2019. In this audio piece Christian is in Thailand, and later Montreal, while I am in Montreal, Quebec and then later Waterloo, Ontario. This audio draws from voice notes, shared on WhatsApp, from December 2023 – February 2024.
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✩ Audio ✩
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Conversation between Cat Walters & Tricia Enns
Conversation between Corey Zinn & Tricia Enns
Conversation between Lydia Heath & Tricia Enns
Conversation between Christian Scott & Tricia Enns
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✩ Walks ✩
Click the image, on the left, to view all 67 walks and associated prompts/observations, or enter your contact information below to recieve a bilingual (french/english) copy of the pocket size zine, with 18 randomly selected walked traces inside.
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✩ Objects of Care ✩
Eventually this is where, a slowly collectively populated archive of 3D scanned objects of care will exist. The hope is for objects to be shared by others. I am curious about the many different objects we associate with care. For now, enjoy this video which I created with a 3D scanned model of my 39th Birthday Cake, bought by me for me. This cake, is one of my many, objects of care.
The 3D scanned birthday cake here, from my 39th birthday, is, to me, an object of care.By exposing, and collecting, objects of care, my hope is perhaps it will help us destabilize and diversify what care means, drawing attention to the fact that it is far more than institutionalized systems. I will be hosting future public workshops (still looking for venues, so if you have ideas, please reach out!) and am curious about other modes of connecting, and engaging, with the public around the topic of care.
You can now visit the “Objects of care” virtual reality space online on Ada X’s HUBS (with thanks to technical assistance from Jules) at anytime from a computer with internet. I invite you to visit and explore the objects, listen to the stories, and reflect on what object you would add and why.
If you have ideas I would love to chat, email me and let’s celebrate how beautifully (and frustratingly) complex care can be!
Tricia Enns >> 2025 everything cv >> tricia.enns@gmail.com >> IG: @triciaenns >> 613-581-4370
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