Visual – dissonance productions

2023 Visual

Anal-acts of Kungfu-cius

ANAL-ACTS OF KUNGFU-CIUS is a pun on "Analects of Confucius" considered the core teachings of Confucius and locus of East Asian thought and morality, that originated China and spread to…

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nūbēs obscura

Shortly before his two week backpacking traverse of Baffin Island in 2022, Stephen received the diagnosis his glaucoma had worsened rapidly and he had lost a significant chunk of his…

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2022 Visual

W(rit)ing

False Infrared images of abstract aerial landscapes reminiscent of splashed ink, doodles, hatching on paper - as they are etched onto the surface of the earth. CREATED BY:

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2021 Visual

deBorder

Abstract landscapes using splashed sumi and acrylic inks on xuan (rice paper) mounted on cotton rag paper - simultaneously playing on the french meaning "to spill" and the english context…

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2020 Visual

E.Mo.

E. Mo. (Mountains) uses Expired paints to create Expressionist landscapes to evoke the places embargoed during quarantine. CREATED BY:

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2020 Visual

PASCAL

PASCAL (People Against Skin Color And Love) is a pentaptych of fluid paintings that express the zeitgeist of current BLM (Black Lives Matter) struggle during Pride month - paralleling the…

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2019 Visual

KunstFach

Playing off the homonymic puns of Kunst (art) and Fach (compartment) and German compound words, Stephen creates new German compound swear words pertinent to the experiences of contemporary life using…

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2018 Events Music Visual

Aye Few Clamored

An anagram and extension of

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2018 Installation Visual

Bleu

BLEU is Blue, BLEU is also a measure used in machine translation between languages. Blue is sex and seedy, blue is sad and depressed. Using digital false-color infrared photography, Stephen…

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2017 Film Installation Music Visual

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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2017 Installation Visual

TO Canada with love

Canada's sesquicentennial (150th) has largely been the typical excess of

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2017 Visual

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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