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Activated Window - A Piece of a City

Activated Window – A Piece of a City

Upcoming in May 2012, I will be exhibiting a new public installation as part of Toronto’s Art on the Danforth festival and Labspace Studio’s A Piece of a City, curated by Annie Onyi Cheung, John Loerchner & Laura Mendes. A Piece of a City will manifest as “a neighbourhood-based curatorial initiative…(bringing) together a group of [...]

Stop the Running Nose

Stop the Running Nose

In September 2011 I had a good time running around with director Billie Mintz as production designer for a funny little campaign called Stop the Running Nose  for Contac Cold and Flu. I thought I’d take the opportunity to share it out here. The results were pretty hilarious, and the project definitely presented some unique [...]

At the Wrecking Ball V

At the Wrecking Ball V

From February 9th to 12th at the Lower Ossington Theater I will be participating in the dance festival At The Wrecking Ball V created by  Toronto-based dance artists Tina Fushell and Kate Franklin “to produce and promote the work of emerging dance artists.” In collaboration with Kate Franklin, Ryan Land, and Vasa Gataiance I am [...]

The Next Dimension: Holograms from the Institute for Optical Sciences

The Next Dimension: Holograms from the Institute for Optical Sciences

Brian Sasaki and myself are exhibiting a hologram in the upcoming exhibition The Next Dimension: Holograms from the Institute for Optical Sciences this coming november. Organized by the wicked awesome Emanuel Istrate from University of Toronto’s Institute for Optical Sciences, the show features 24 holograms created at the Institute. This will be one of the largest [...]

Knowwhere: an interactive go karting experience

Knowwhere: an interactive go karting experience

I will be performing in awesome Toronto Artist Annie Onyi Cheung‘s new work Knowhere: An interactive go karting experience on Sunday July 10th as part of VSVSVS sprawling 24 hour art expeince Eat Sleep Breathe (and Shit), curated by Maggie Flynn. I doubt I need to convince anyone how fun this is going to be, [...]

Activated Window – A Piece of a City
Activated Window - A Piece of a City

Upcoming in May 2012, I will be exhibiting a new public installation as part of Toronto’s Art on the Danforth festival and Labspace Studio’s A Piece of a City, curated by Annie Onyi Cheung, John Loerchner & Laura Mendes. A Piece of a City will manifest as “a neighbourhood-based curatorial initiative…(bringing) together a group of [...]

Stop the Running Nose
Stop the Running Nose

In September 2011 I had a good time running around with director Billie Mintz as production designer for a funny little campaign called Stop the Running Nose  for Contac Cold and Flu. I thought I’d take the opportunity to share it out here. The results were pretty hilarious, and the project definitely presented some unique [...]

At the Wrecking Ball V
At the Wrecking Ball V

From February 9th to 12th at the Lower Ossington Theater I will be participating in the dance festival At The Wrecking Ball V created by  Toronto-based dance artists Tina Fushell and Kate Franklin “to produce and promote the work of emerging dance artists.” In collaboration with Kate Franklin, Ryan Land, and Vasa Gataiance I am [...]

The Next Dimension: Holograms from the Institute for Optical Sciences
The Next Dimension: Holograms from the Institute for Optical Sciences

Brian Sasaki and myself are exhibiting a hologram in the upcoming exhibition The Next Dimension: Holograms from the Institute for Optical Sciences this coming november. Organized by the wicked awesome Emanuel Istrate from University of Toronto’s Institute for Optical Sciences, the show features 24 holograms created at the Institute. This will be one of the largest [...]

Knowwhere: an interactive go karting experience
Knowwhere: an interactive go karting experience

I will be performing in awesome Toronto Artist Annie Onyi Cheung‘s new work Knowhere: An interactive go karting experience on Sunday July 10th as part of VSVSVS sprawling 24 hour art expeince Eat Sleep Breathe (and Shit), curated by Maggie Flynn. I doubt I need to convince anyone how fun this is going to be, [...]

Gibraltar Point: A Living Laboratory
Gibraltar Point: A Living Laboratory

In May I had the pleasure of being invited to give a guest lecture and hang out with a group of super cool artists participating in O.C.A.D.‘s new summer course Gibraltar Point: A Living Laboratory. The course, organized by the amazing and super fun Tara Cooper was a partnership between O.C.A.D. and Artscape: Gibraltar Point [...]

Something More Concrete
Something More Concrete

I am currently exhibiting artifacts from the East End Expedition Series at the Annual O.C.A.D. Sculpture/Installation Thesis Exhibition – Something More Concrete. The show is really amazing, and features 36 totally radical makers, sumarizing their year of efforts at the end of their Undergraduate journeys. I really recommend that anyone interested in 3D work check [...]