Praxis

Gone Dyke

Gone Dyke

GONE DYKE is a multi modal work of performance/poetry/music/photography/video that explores the queer in landscape, and the queer as landscape via the Klondike Gold Rush. At its core is an…

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960 720 dissonance productions
Freudian Lip

Freudian Lip

While researching and putting together

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2957 2153 dissonance productions
Screwed

Screwed

SCREWED is a hybrid visual/performance piece that manifests and explores the intersectionality of the artist's personal and professional obstacles and disappointments.

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3968 2232 dissonance productions
Lieder Ohne Kunst

Lieder Ohne Kunst

LIEDER OHNE KUNST (Songs Without Art) is a retrospective of the alt-Classical songs/cycles Stephen Chen had composed and performed as part of his subversive recital practice, whereby politics and performance art…

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1400 1400 dissonance productions
Performing Art

Performing Art

PERFORMING ART blurs the boundaries between the Art Object and the Process of Art; bracketing the fetish of documentation and the "iconic moment" in performance art, as well as subverting…

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3681 2726 dissonance productions
BROADS WAY

BROADS WAY

S(h)ifting through a century of song and significance. A performance piece that traverses and intertwines a century of Broadway songs and LGBT history which shifts the fey stereotype of gay…

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2042 1331 dissonance productions
Psalms 63 & 69

Psalms 63 & 69

In response to the "religious liberty" laws and in the grand tradition of the Christian zealots misquoting scripture to justify LGBT discrimination, Stephen Chen takes a leaf from their bible…

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700 402 dissonance productions
Flog the Flock

Flog the Flock

Playing off the herd mentality of the type of christian, right-Wing, flag-waving discourse against the freedoms and rights of others. the artist creates a series of sassy quote posters to…

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900 600 dissonance productions
THE HARPY AND THE HARE

THE HARPY AND THE HARE

A political bedtime story. A fable for children and adults alike on preserving democratic rights and freedom of expression amidst the contemporary climate of oppression in North America. Inspired by…

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640 445 dissonance productions
CENSURED IN CANADA

CENSURED IN CANADA

CENSURED IN CANADA was originally launched in 2014 to create a space for Canadian-based artists & works marginalized and rejected by Canadian festivals and institutions – whether it was due…

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960 540 dissonance productions
CORPORA-SCION

CORPORA-SCION

Playing off the pun of corporation as corpora (work) - scion (slave). the artist draws from his own frustrations and experiences working in corporations to create a series of sassy quote posters…

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956 720 dissonance productions