72″w x 47″h, 2017 Created in 2002, the Hobo-Dyer map is an equal area representation presenting a more accurate view of surface area that also provides an inverted south/north orientation to literally challenge our view of the world. Looking at the world in this alternative way invites a disruption to our belief that colonial countries […]Read Post ›
Acrylic, aluminum, steel; 80″h x 50″w x 2″ Parallax Love encourages us to contemplate our limited human capacity to comprehend multiple perspectives and to open up to broader ways of seeing. The definition of a parallax is “the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions”. […]Read Post ›
Photograph by Alison Boulier 2018 Part of Open Season, one of the Ten Different Things projects. 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 Riggs in 1973, the protest […]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 ›
Recipient of DTES Small Arts Grant group award 2017. Part of Underground Assembly DTES Small Arts Grant video 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 […]Read Post ›
