Through the Window

Wild Women

In this second episode of Wild Women, listeners are invited into the magical realism of German-Canadian painter, Christiane Pflug. Her painting, Kitchen Door With Esther ignites childhood memories, taking the listeners from an isolated kitchen to a wilderness within reach. We journey to the Toronto ravines, to the vault of the AGO and find the trees are speaking …
Concept by Martha Ross
Written and Performed by Martha Ross and Coleen Shirin MacPherson
Original Music by Amy Nostbakken
Theme Music by Mitchell Akiyama
Sound Design / Editing by Christopher Ross Ewart
Sound Engineering by John Millard
Special thanks to the AGO and Georgiana Uhlyarik and to countless individuals who helped us along the way. To Vivian Meyer and Elizabeth Martin who co-wrote ‘Female Gazes’ where we first learned about Christiane Pflug; thank you Ann Davis for her relentless work, to Ursula and Esther Pflug.. This podcast was made possible by the Digital Now Grant through the Canada Council.