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    • Optimism (2012)
    • I'm Tired Of Being Fucked (2011)
    • Untitled (Of Mice and Men Revisited) 2010
    • Bell Payphone Labs (2008-ongoing)
    • Crocodile Tears(Crying Cat) 2007-2010
    • Instant Gratification (2008)
    • Blowing Hot Air (2007-2010)
    • Going Down (2008)
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  • March 2013
    Not really sure what to say in the news department. The winter has been harsh; really harsh. I have also decided that the next step in my creative needs to be a bit more focused on upgrading some of my current skills and learning new ones through workshops and continuing education opportunities, and spend the money that would be studio rent on that. Plus, David is doing interviews/auditions for grad school and there's a real possibility we'll be moving come the fall. Minus the studio means I can pay off some debt a little faster and have a more realistic chance of traveling with him. So my Toronto studio space is opening up! As you can read from the previous post it's in Toronto in the Bloor/Lansdowne area. Contact me for more details.
   
  • August 2012
    Things have been going alright. Relatively up and down, and I may write a dedicated blog post explaining that. For now, I'd like to announce that this Thursday, August 30th, Toronto's only bicycle-led gallery hop Art Spin is stopping at my shared studio space. Yes, a school night.  Also the last Art Spin studio tour of the year. The biking tour will be passing by the studio sometime around 7:15pm. My colleagues Robert Hengeveld, Marcia Huyer, Nathalie Quagliotto, and Erika James will also have some work up for the tour.  There has been talk of a sound/performance project happening on site as well.If you haven't been by the studio already it's at 58 Wade Ave, Unit 10 - near Bloor and Lansdowne.
  • March 2012
    I was a guest at The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2012. It was a really interesting experience and I'm glad I was able to attend to help honor the winners. Special thanks to FADO Performance Art Inc for the board member development opportunity to be there.

  • February 2012
    The Toronto Arts Council has provided some funding to me to work on a new series of work. Thank you sincerely for this support. Their logo is on my thank-yous page. For a taste of things to come, watch this. There will actually be no fire involved and I wouldn't even touch this rad project with a 10-foot pole. But think horses....
  • January 2012
    Happy New Year everyone. I recently participated in a 3-day exhibition curated by Nathalie Quagliotto in honor of her birthday. Here are some of the details of what went down: http://www.akimbo.ca/exhibitions/?id=37659
  • November 2011:
    I am premiering a brand new work on Friday November 18th 2011, at XPACE Cultural Centre. It's been driving me a little crazy but it's coming together nicely. Here's a link to XPACE's website.
  • July 2011:
I'll be doing InterAccess Electronic Media Art Centre's membership e-newsletter called AXON. Mine is all X-File themed and searches for truth and meaning by interpreting the show in parallel to my own art practice. When I saw they linked to my website, I thought I better put this new one up since the old one's so embarrassing. But this site is still UNDER CONSTRUCTION and please feel free to let me know any suggestions or ideas. Here's the AXON link:
http://www.interaccess.org/axon_archive/index.php
 
  • THIS WEBSITE IS IN THE MIGRATION PROCESS FROM MY OLD ONE. MY CV ISN'T HERE YET BUT WILL BE SOON. VIDEOS COMING SOON TOO. THE FOLLOW IS 'OLD NEWS'

  • JANUARY 2010:
    Holy lag...long time no update. After a crippling slow summer, I am happy to tell you I'm preparing for a solo show that opens in Hamilton THIS FRIDAY January 8th. 7pm-11pm. More details are here

    April 2009:
    Responsive Space opens at Lonsdale Gallery, a small group show I'm in with Stanzie Tooth, Stacey Sproule and Alex McLeod. Alex made this website, and Stacey and Stanzie are both awesome too. It's a really unexpected show for a commercial space, and I'm not just saying that because I'm in it.
    See for yourself at http://www.lonsdalegallery.blogspot.com/

    MARCH 2009:
    Pearl Chen and I just did the Artist's Project in Toronto with our CFC project. Check out her link here: http://karma-laboratory.com/node/15

    FEBRUARY 2009:
    It's here.....http://bellpayphonelabs.com/.....and the CFC is over.
    Thank you Thank you Thank you Toronto Arts Council!

    JANUARY 2009:
    Oh shoot! I should of updated soooner! Friday January 9th was the opening of mis(place)d in Toronto where you'll see the crying cat for maybe the last time! I will be on the panel discussion on January 21st though. So feel free to come out and grill me then about why I make cats cry....

    NOVEMBER 2008:
    Production started at the CFC, and this project is going to be awesome. I'm collaborating with http://karma-laboratory.com/
    I moved, and I was published in HART (http://www.kunsthart.org/) from Belgium. Not my best work, admittably, and I'll blame the election for it.
    I still continue to blog...

    OCTOBER 2008:
    I just finished representing InterAccess at Harbourkids GEEKOUT this Thanksgiving Weekend. Hopefully I can post a link to the photos soon.

    SEPTEMBER 2008:
    Until February 2009, I will be a resident at the Canadian Film Centre in the Media Lab. Also, I am in a show that opens September 13th at 381 Redbull Projects, a gallery sponsored by yes, Redbull! It's a show with 5 other including Simone Jones. On display until October 25th!

    APRIL 2008:
    Finally done hybernating, in time for the Images Festival and other things. Fuse Magazine (www.fusemagazine.org) launched their April "Creative Cities?" issue featuring my Short-Fuse "Waiting for the Dust to Settle."

     Also wrote something for the InterAccess' AXON blog about CopyCamp (http://copycamp.ca) that happened in Late April in Toronto. I had the pleasure to attend and reconcile/embrace my relationship with policy and intellectual property.

    FEBRUARY 2008:
    I'll be at the Art Gallery of Mississauga February 5th and 6th presenting the PG version of "I wanna Make Electronic Art" to grade nine students from Cawthra Park Secondary School, for the "Mongrel Media" exhibition featuring Kristen Keller of http://www.kristenkeller.org and her army of robots.

    February 13th I'll be presenting the PG-14+ version of "I wanna Make Electronic Art" at InterAccess Media Arts Centre in Toronto.

    February 14th is Valentine's Day and FADO will be delivering Valentine-Oh-Grams to lovers across the GTA. I'll be doing some of the Valentine-oh-Phone grams, but of course.

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