Annika Hagen Art

Annika Hagen Art Currently working in alternative process photography from inside the Salty Pear studio on Salt Sprin

I was so grateful to be asked to lead this year’s Student Exhibition as part of the Salt Spring Arts Council’s Spring Ar...
02/06/2026

I was so grateful to be asked to lead this year’s Student Exhibition as part of the Salt Spring Arts Council’s Spring Art Show 2026: Digital Ecologies, Bridging Nature and Technology.

I got to work closely with 23 Grade 6 French Immersion students at Salt Spring Island Elementary and together we developed INTERFACE, a photography exhibition that showed in the Mahon Hall Annex this past April.

Interface (in·ter·face): a point where two systems, subjects, or worlds meet and interact.

What does it mean to truly see the natural world in an age increasingly shaped by filtered, altered, and AI-generated imagery?

Students used screen-less CampSnap cameras to slow down and look closely at the living world just steps from their school; not as scenic subject matter, but as a living data set full of pattern, texture, and hidden form. Each image is paired with a bilingual reflection written by the student in both English and French, forming a text that is itself part of the artwork.

Sharing some of the exhibition attendees:
💬 “Being able to see...really see, is an exploration of interbeing! Whether one becomes a scientist, an artist, or anything else, this is the first step to a remarkable life. Congrats to all the young seers for taking this step. Remarkable beauty + insight in your creative inquiry.”
💬 “Loved seeing everyone’s different perspectives in the photos, and the way they expressed themselves in the words. Thanks for facilitating a thoughtful project, Annika! Bravo kids!”

📷 Cameras were generously provided at a discount by CampSnap in support of youth creativity and screen-free learning. Get your own screen-free camera, $5 off with this link: https://www.campsnapphoto.com/ANNIKASIEMSEN

These images were made without screens.No preview. No instant replay. Just a camera, a patch of forest floor, and a crea...
02/06/2026

These images were made without screens.
No preview. No instant replay. Just a camera, a patch of forest floor, and a creative constraint.

Grade 6 students were assigned a specific focus: document something in decay, or observe new growth or look for visual patterns or faces ie: pareidolia; the phenomenon of seeing faces and familiar forms in unexpected places.

Editing was limited to basic cropping only. What you see is what they saw.

Interface was developed through the Salt Spring Arts Council’s Artist in the Classroom (AiC) initiative, a program that embeds working artists directly into local schools to lead hands-on, curriculum-connected creative projects, building visual literacy, critical thinking, and creative confidence in young learners.

Some gallery-goers comment:
💬 “I felt like I was deep in the forest searching for faces; thank you for sharing all of your reflections!”
💬 “Very well done! Combining nature with the spoken word, English and French, is a treat. A true collaboration with nature.”
💬 “Very interesting to see what I see and to compare it with the artist statements.”

📷 Cameras generously provided at a discount by CampSnap in support of youth creativity and screen-free learning. Get your own screen-free camera, $5 off with this link: https://www.campsnapphoto.com/ANNIKASIEMSEN



It was such a privilege to helm this project.INTERFACE was a student photography exhibition created with 23 Grade 6 Fren...
02/06/2026

It was such a privilege to helm this project.

INTERFACE was a student photography exhibition created with 23 Grade 6 French Immersion students at Salt Spring Island Elementary School, developed through the Salt Spring Arts Council’s Artist in the Classroom program. Using screen-less CampSnap cameras, students slowed down and looked closely at the natural world near their school, guided by creative constraints like documenting decay or new growth or looking for examples of pareidolia; the phenomenon of seeing faces in unexpected places. Editing was limited to basic cropping, and each image was paired with a bilingual reflection written by the student in English and French. The exhibition was shown in the Mahon Hall Annex as part of the Salt Spring Arts Council’s Spring Art Show 2026: Digital Ecologies, Bridging Nature and Technology.

Sharing here just a brief sample of the excellent work created by all!

Thank you to everyone who came to see the show at the Mahon Hall Annex and left such generous words. Your responses meant the world to these young artists.
💬 “So love your visuals and storytelling. Thank you.”
💬 “This is such a creative project. Thank you for sharing it!”
💬 “Excellent collection of photos. Be proud of your visual and written work!”
💬 “Just terrific words and images. Thank you!”

With deepest thanks to: 🙏 CampSnap for generously providing cameras at a discounted rate in support of screen-free learning and youth creativity 🙏 Salt Spring Island Elementary School for their enthusiasm and partnership 🙏 Salt Spring Arts Council for the Artist in the Classroom program and for including this exhibition in the Spring Art Show 2026

📷 Get your own screen-free CampSnap camera, $5 off with this link: https://www.campsnapphoto.com/ANNIKASIEMSEN

15/04/2026

Excited to share a capture of my new work. Available to see in person at the Salt Spring Arts Council Spring Art Show ‘Digital Ecologies’ up until April 26th.

Invasive Light
Digital photograph, lenticular print on Dibond
2026
30 × 38 in Edition of 2

Invasive Light examines the ecological interference of Scotch broom through a moving image created by digitally transforming one photograph into another. Realized as a large-format lenticular print, it captures the plant’s dual nature, both luminous and invasive, within a shifting visual field that parallels its spread across coastal landscapes.

The image presents the plant’s explosive yellow bloom in motion, shifting with the viewer. The lenticular surface enacts invasion, spreading across vision and refusing to resolve. It activates perception through movement, demanding bodily participation in its proliferation.

Scotch broom spreads aggressively, overtaking native ecologies while dazzling the eye with radiant colour. This tension between attraction and disturbance is held in suspension. As the viewer passes, blooms rupture into abstraction, evoking sensation over subject. Invasive Light asks how perception itself can be overtaken, how spectacle can camouflage disruption, and how brilliance can obscure consequence.

‘As a recipient of the 2026 Susan Benson Fund for Visual Arts, I am grateful for the support from Salt Spring Arts Council.’

Lenticular Printing done by Softmotion 3D
Video documentation by spencerjgraham

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17/12/2025

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Snapped some very freestyle shots on a recent four day whirlwind trip to Mexico City, (my city of birth!). Thanks for in...
17/12/2025

Snapped some very freestyle shots on a recent four day whirlwind trip to Mexico City, (my city of birth!). Thanks for inviting me along to be your roadie

I recommend taking one of these inexpensive digital CAMPSNAP screenless disposable-looking cameras on your next trip. Worry free, distraction free, joyful outcomes. Had to chose just 60 of my favorite shots out of 640. So fun to have this camera around my wrist and often snap photos incognito style. Light and Fun! I’ll share a discount code in next group, such an influencer. 😉 Viva Mexico! 🇲🇽

Just to give a third option in the colour exploration. I don’t think this one is it, but all good things come in threes ...
15/05/2025

Just to give a third option in the colour exploration. I don’t think this one is it, but all good things come in threes so. Greens more electric, highlighter yellow more synthetic. Less motion blur more saturated pallette, hyper real. Whatever I end up exploring will meet in the middle of these and play with a combination of digital and analog elements. Nice to be inspired by these vibrant yellows.

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