prime ministers
Leadership abhors a vacuum. Is it only nostalgia that sees something more substantial in political leaders of the past than the present?
JOBLESS MEN KEEP GOING
Pamphlet of stencils based on depression era photographs and some suggested actions to perform
SWIZZLE
Swizzle sticks inspired by Paul Butler's Reverse Pedagogy event at the Venice Biennial and others.
YOU'RE HISTORY
The failure of the international aid system got some critical attention in 2008, prompting me to repost this project.
FREE SIGN PROJECT
What does "free" mean today? Free to own? Free to borrow? Free to work? Free to capitalize? Free to "liberate?"
PAYDAY
Window installation at the Convenience Gallery in Toronto, emulates the storefront of a payday "cash store." Payday lending has exploded locally and is unregulated, allowing lenders to extract exhorbitant rates and fees.
N
Artist's multiple/book - Word pairs like this 'n that, up n' down, etc. are printed on current issues of consumer magazines. In this case, the March '08 issue of The Walrus, edition of five.
2008 Exhibited at Eyelevel Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia
REAL ESTATE
Illustrating the proportion of advertising to editorial in art magazines and other publications.
2007 view jpegs
SLOGANEER
During a residency at the Banff Centre, fellow residents were asked to write slogans for the Centre, which coincidentally was undergoing re-branding. A workstation was set up – an electric typerwriter laoded with a continuous roll of paper – and residents produced this document.
2006 view pdf
THE WORLD IS A CARTOON
Noticing frames around things in an increasingly cartoonish world.
2006 view jpegs
VOCATION/VACATION
Being creative requires discipline, unlike play. On the other hand, play requires imagination, unlike discipline.
APHORISMS
Sometimes you feel like you ought to say, but don't. Other times you do say but shouldn't have. These cards refer to the specific contexts in which they were created and distributed.
1982-2006 view jpegs
MAGAZINE WORKS
Magazines are wonderful containers, abundant with riches yet ephemeral, objects of desire one moment, discarded the next. These works treat or use magazines in many different ways.
1997-2006 view jpegs
PIANO DROP
Celebrate art's birthday on January 17 by dropping a piano. Can't wait 'til then? Drop one now.
2006 visit the webpage