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A rolled chord of sunlight unfurled. 2022.
There is something particularly special about the quality of light in Mohkinstsis and Southern Alberta. Softly radiant or blindingly intense, the range of its luminescence is one of the most beautiful things about this place. Out of reverence and affection for the sun’s refraction on our plot of rock comes a new body of work […]
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No such thing as a sure thing. 2021-2022.
Originally designed to serve as room dividers and covid-19 partitions. Both the creation, and intended installation of this work was a series of misfortunate events — proving the old adage that ‘there is no such thing as a free thing’. Materials: Red Oak, Vinyl Acrylic, Brass, PVA Glue, Aniline Dye, White Wax, Osmo-x, Pressure. This […]
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Calcium, Plaster, Tooth, and Pearl. 2020.
In consideration of the land the Brutalist building (that houses Contemporary Calgary) sits on, the concrete that made it, and the river sand that made the concrete, this piece was incubated. Referencing Baroque ornamental plaster work which decorates an emphasizes pieces of architecture of ‘Some Importance and Grandeur’ in Europe, this piece humors the same […]
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Selection occurs from the onset — Persistence in continuum. A soft moon turns hard, then turns to a planet. Its star collapses and a new formation persists. 2017.
Commissioned for the 2017 Alberta Biennial, For the Time Being. One dot on a line in the quest for persistence.
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the opposite of a look is a kiss. 2020.
To look and touch are two sides of the same objective. Sometimes a person’s objective is simply to look but do not touch, or touch but do not see. Enter the multipurpose tool; joining a mirror – to look and reflect, with the emblem of a kiss – to touch. A reminder that the opposite […]
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ZEMPEKS | Zip Elan Mana Power Energy Ki Spirit. 2020.
A Three Part Experimental Radio play on the subject of energy featured on CJSW 90.9 FM on Paula Fayerman’s show NOISE. This project is produced through Spark Science Centre‘s inuagural Energy Transitions Artist-in-Residence Program. As part of Spark Science Centre’s Energy Transitions Artist-in-Residence program I spent my residency focusing on the topic of energy. Increasingly […]
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between play. 2018.
Between play is the accumulation of a few different movements — Through workshops offered to Western Canada High School students engaging and educating students about sound and performance art two things were produced. First sound art piece that is a collage of field recordings students gathered along the construction ridden 17th Avenue. Secondly, a series of […]
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Strange Territory. 2017.
Short collaborative film by Ashley Bedet and Jessie Short commissioned by RT Collectives micro-granting project Partners in Crime. Strange Territory follows Shim, a transparent eyeball, in this meditation on the intricacies of pleasure and desire. Erotic fulfilment could very well be equal parts exploration as it is knowing your own self and desires, ridiculous as that playful examination can […]
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self described rock. 2017.
Paper, Bow River Water, Ink, Elastic Band. Edition of three. Commissioned by Alana Bartol and Sarah Nordeen for Quarry Park Legacy Piece. Cross sections of marble or granite* look strikingly similar to photos of galaxies – indicating the millennia of specific environmental factors which illustrate a rocks history. Similarly these rocks unfold to present the […]
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BLUE aka World Expanding Fear. 2014.
The illusive blue often seems to resemble wind. How do you explain wind to a friend who maybe never knew there was a word for wind? Of course they’ve felt it, right? Is it presumptuous to assume every bodies felt wind/ knows blue? This is what my bio looked like at the time and if you really […]
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