Erin Lum

Erin Lum 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). She is interested in how art-making can be a powerful outlet for expression and liberation for those underrepresented in film and media. Erin premiered her first short film Zì Jǐ as a F-O-R-M Commissioned Artist in 2020. Zì Jǐ has since screened at over 11 film festivals, and her second short Something To Forget Me By is set to premiere at the end of 2022. Erin is pursuing her undergraduate degree in Communications and Sociology at SFU. She currently works at F-O-R-M as their Youth Programmer. Most recently, Erin created a multimedia film “Just By Existing" that was showcased in a group exhibition at the Art Gallery at Evergreen.

Image description: Erin is pictured crouching with one leg bent underneath her body and one gently lunging out and to the side. One arm pushes up against a wall and the other rests on the bent knee. She is wearing a black sleeveless dress and has long straight black hair.

Photo Credit: Nicole Yen