Summer Shows!
hello!! haha remember me and my impulsive decision to make this as a way to keep ya'll updated on my ~work~
These last 2 years have only further cemented to me how important my friendships are to me. I don’t know where I saw this, but there’s a quote from my pal jes sachse where they say “art is relationship building” or something like that. I think about why i do this a lot, especially in moments where i feel burnt out and tired and very emotional. I had an existential conversation with my coworker Marty Macpherson one day about this and he shared that he loves when he makes art for someone. not like a demographic or whatever they teach us in art school, but a specific person. Like making a screamo song about his friend Paul is what makes him feel the most full. And lemme tell you I HELD ON TO THIS. I thought about all the weird art I’ve made for some people in my life and what fuels me and guides my creative decision making with those pieces is the endless feelings and moments from our relationship. I made a few pieces for Project 40’s final show in relation to this. They are a Tkaronto based Asian art collective that I’ve admired for so long. I feel so grateful and honoured to be in their final show with so many talented artists!
I’ve been scratching my long-standing itch for textile work by mending and repairing my loved ones clothes. Mostly socks, but there are some fun ones out there. I have some internalized stuff about how i view this work, where logically & emotionally I know it’s filled with time and love and care, and another part is like, isn’t this just arts and crafts? can’t anyone do this? why do *I* get a space in a show to do this? (impostor syndrome 101) Trying to remember that so much of art is context and curation, and that the gallery space isn’t the be all end all space either, and that I don’t need to privilege it so much. In fact this showing of these pieces are merely an intermediate space between me and the original owners of these pieces. And just open for public display for a brief moment, and what I truly love is that the sickest people trusted me with their clothes to work on them.
Come check it out if you can, it’s a great show with many great artists’ work!!
Virtually at: https://tacla.ca/precarious-joy/
In person at: Hearth Garage (Ulster & Bathurst) til Aug 28
Thursdays and Fridays: 4 PM – 8 PM
Saturdays and Sundays: 11 AM – 5 PM
Also, this is a continuous project/hobby. I’d love to fix the holes in your socks/gloves/pants etc. pls send them my way!!
I’ve also been working on the camera and lighting team a TV show in the first half of this year and honestly am really proud of the work I did on it. This was my first venture into film corporate full time context and it was so hard from what I’m used to. The burn out was horrible and I for a solid 4 months felt like my competency and intelligence was constantly questioned and openly challenged. Though I have met the most amazing people on this project and I want you to see all their beautiful hard work as well. While watching pls remember that there were beautiful talented people sanding the handrails on all the sets, or making tiny limes out of clay, or moving the puppet by 0.5 millimeters before taking 1 frame, or making mini ties and sewing on mini pockets for every costume. It’s streaming on AMC+ right now which will work for those of you in the states, but until then… here is a link just turn on your ad blocker… hahahaha https://123movies.net/watch/Nx4l8eyx-ultra-city-smiths-season-1.html
The last thing is that I’m going on this 1200km bike ride to Montreal and back. I’ve never done an endurance sport like this where I’m biking almost 100km a day everyday for a week x2… so i’m excited and really scared to see how it plays out. I’m going with my dear friend Heather on the way there, and my other dear friend (and one of my oldest friends!) Hannah on the way back. I ask from you some good wishes, recommendations for things to do in Montreal on the first week of September, and any good tips you may have :) Also really really want people to send me playlists/albums to listen to or else I’ll be playing Tyler the Creator for 30 hours straight
write back if you please! thank you for reading and for being my friend. giving you tonnsssssss of love and safety to you