Writer: Erin Lum
Erin Lum (she/her) is an emerging dance artist, writer, and filmmaker based on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples (Vancouver, BC). Erin’s instinctual love for movement is a vessel to explore other creative practices. She previously published 25 interviews with Canadian dance artists as the blog writer of Story Bloom. In 2020, she was a F-O-R-M Commissioned Artist. Her first dance film Zì Jǐ premiered at F-O-R-M’s 5th festival and has since screened at over 11 film festivals, including a weeklong projection onto the National Arts Centre building in Ottawa. Her second short, Something To Forget Me By, premiered in 2022. Erin is pursuing her undergrad degree in Sociology and Communications at Simon Fraser University. She also works as the Youth Programmer of F-O-R-M. In 2022, Erin showcased a multi-media project Just By Existing in a group exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen. She is currently working on expanding this project into a documentary film with the support of DOXA Festival.