Zealously Abecedarian

This piece was done as part of a show responding to the Vancouver Olympics its the official abecedary of the games with all the words A to Zed being drawn from media about Vancouver and the Olympics. It was presented complete with references. This is the third abecedary project I've done and I'm looking forward to doing more of them in the future as it is a format I'm crazy about!

It was a low-fi and analog response to a games that was both highly technological and extremely digital. The materiality of the work, paper, paint, ink, newspaper clippings, has an archival quality that contrasts with the very transitory nature of the games and of Vancouver's perception of the games and its lasting effects on the city.

The words were all selected from media, and were chosen as what I thought were the interesting and important aspects of the games and how they impacted Vancouver as well as Vancouver's unique responses to hosting an international event.

Just Looking!

"observe enthusiastically between things"

" look man appropriately"
"Jump over leisurely"
"hurry once slowly"




This is a series of images taken as part of an intervention serious that my friend Rina Liddle and I have been working on here and there for a while. It involves showing up in a high profile, heavily documented space in Vancouver, and convincing people to participate. When they agree, they select one word from each of three boxes- a verb, an adverb, and a noun, object or direction. They then have to perform the action and take a picture. We allow the participant to interpret the action any way they like, and to take a picture at any point during their performance.
The point of the piece is to disrupt the programming (anticipated and accepted behaviours) of a space, and by having people act differently in the space to have them represent the space differently.

Pictures from work with dance

This is a montage of images of people interacting with my 'choreographies' in English Bay. It was great to get so many people trying out the steps and dances! Photos by Benoit Faure. (source http://sept15attdc.blogspot.com)


This is a flyer put together for the exhibition that features someone trying out one of my dances! (source http://sept15attdc.blogspot.com)

Putting some art on the web

So I've decided it's necessary to post some of my work online, finally. This is a selection of paintings I've worked on over the last few years, and included in my show Rapt.