Present: Past/Future

Toronto based Ed Pien has been meeting twice a year with a group of elders in San Augustine, a suburban neighborhood of Havana, Cuba. Combining audio, video, photography and furniture into an immersive, multisensory environment, Present: Past/Future poignantly weaves together stories shared by the elders and moments captured by Pien since 2014.

Present: Past/Future is an exploration of the perception of time that evolves in its methodology and form as time goes by. The project is a dialogue between the artist and a small group of elderly people who have spent their entire life in Cuba. It formalizes moments shared by the artist and the participants while giving them a voice about their life experiences in the present, from their perception of their past and through their anticipation of the future. Through this journey the project portrays a certain history of Cuba - pre and post revolution - and of contemporary life in Havana suburb of San Agustin.

Ed Pien is a Canadian artist based in Toronto. He has been making art for over early 40 years. Born in Taipei, Taiwan, he immigrated to Canada with his family at the age of eleven.

Author: Ed Pien
Pages: 102
Dimension: 11.75" x 9" x 0.375"
Softcover