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April Mary Lynn White

Noodle: How to smile?

2022

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  • a map of downtown st. john's with a smile drawn using the roads

    Smile walking plan/route

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves stands in front of a blue building

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves stands in front of a building

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk, tangled in a yellow fire hydrant

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk, behind are colourful houses

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk, trying to limbo under a construction thing

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk next to a person wearing blue

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves sitting on a red chair surrounded by people gathered for a party

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on a downtown road crowded with people

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on a road crowded with people

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves crouching to greet a golden retriever

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on a road, trying to kick its own arms

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves walking on the sidewalk, with the bright blue and cloudy sky in full view

    photo by Ash Hemmings

  • A mascot-like figure with a square head and blue sweater with very long sleeves stands in colourful streamers

    photo by Ethel Brown (@mplusephotography)


Performed for Eastern Edge Gallery’s annual HOLD FAST Contemporary Arts Festival, “How to smile?” invited festival-goers to join a dangly-armed real-life cartoon human thing named Noodle on a walk in downtown St. John’s and contribute to a large scale smile 🙂

The smile is a familiar expression, something we sometimes force on our faces to show publicly that we’re fine even if we’re not. At the same time, this smile is reflective of the happiness and love I feel for St. John’s as one of my homes. Our emotions are nuanced and complicated and I would like to create space for considering that with this performance.