Photograph by Alison Boulier 2018 Peaceful Protest is a part of Open Season, one of the Ten Different Things projects. http://www.tendifferentthings.ecuad.ca Two sculptural protest signs face each other across the net as the audio of a tennis match is played. Inspired by “The Battle of the Sexes”, an absurd televised match between Billie Jean King and Bobby […]Read Post ›
Photograph by Alison Boulier 2018 Drawing from various terminologies of “court”: a tribunal presided over by judges and magistrates, an area marked for sports, and an establishment of and for sovereignty, Open Season is a launch of a court of sovereign absurdity. A game of tennis was once a Game of Palms, historically a […]Read Post ›
The Oxford Dictionary defines Late Capitalism as the “…current stage in the development of capitalism…characterized by the dominance of multinational corporations, globalization, and consumerism, and as having permeated all areas of social and cultural life.” In this spirit, we sold art objects in a store-like setting poking fun at consumerism, excess, fake/real media, advertising, current events, […]Read Post ›
A magical residency near Albany, New York in summer of 2017 brought dozens of talented artists together from around the world to contemplate the concept of Constitution from multiple perspectives (political, body, dance, performance, drawing, painting, sculpture). Our individual and collaborative expressions culminated in a community Festival. I created two pieces: Fake News (white paint […]Read Post ›
Part of Underground Assembly These repurposed vending machines disrupt conventional notions of gallery space and art economies. This gives us the rare opportunity as artists to play the roles of curator, business owner and fabricator, all in a small container. A satirical view of the business of art from the perspective of new artists, the […]Read Post ›
94 Calls, 60” x approx 110’ (variable), glassine paper, sharpie, rope, rock, 2017. Dear Justin, 10” x 50’, postcards, plastic, thread, sharpie, 2017. In 94 Calls, I write the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Calls to Action backwards with my non-dominant hand in a gesture of vulnerability and a willingness to see the world from a […]Read Post ›
Shopping cart, felt, thread, tree branch, steel, concrete, salt, matches, 60”h x 120”w x 120”d, 2016 Using the destructive language of western colonization, I create innocent, humorous, “feminine” spells to fix impossible world problems often created directly by patriarchal power imbalances. Magical thinking is defined as an “irrational belief that one can bring about a […]Read Post ›
