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I am a writer, artist, and filmmaker living in the Pacific Northwest … at the moment. My work and love of travel have led me to six continents, including Sub-Saharan African, the source of my childhood fantasies. I still hold a fondness for Tarzan, but when trekking in the bush, hiking mountain trails, or exploring a new city, I prefers the company of my husband Kevin.
I honed my powers of observation early on, and later applied them to artistic endeavors. Although it didn’t happen overnight, I discovered that seeing and hearing a bit more than the average person can be beneficial. As an artist, my work has exhibited in museums and galleries across the United States and abroad. My experimental films have won accolades and awards and have screened in more than thirty international film festivals, from Sao Paulo to Berlin, Los Angeles to Rome, London to Romania. Through my work, I explore the dynamics of girlhood, notions of identity, and the role technology plays in our relationship with nature.
In my capacity as an independent curator, I founded LiveBox, an eight-year project that introduced new media arts to communities at a time when few new what media arts was. For the past four years I have been a member of the curatorial team for the Experiments In Cinema Film Festival held annually in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I received a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, a Masters of Business from the London Business School, and a fellowship in writing from the Vermont Studio Center. And I am very proud to be included in the Brooklyn Art Museum’s Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art.
Website: https://catforster.com/chasing-tarzan/
Readers have asked about the impetus that compelled me to write the book. There were two catalysts: my own daughter’s battle with bullying, and a family trip to Africa. She was eleven at the time, an age when I too struggled with bullying. Her presence and Africa awakened childhood memories of an imaginary playmate and protector, Tarzan, and my schoolyard nemesis (dubbed Hunter in the book). I imagined Tarzan peeking out of the bush, riding elephants, saving us from hungry lions, charging hippos, and stealthy crocodiles. A series of drawings ensued. Text emerged and eventually took over.
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