Praxis – Page 3 – dissonance productions

2015 Visual / Photography

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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2015 Events / Performance Installation / Site Writing

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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2015 2017 Events / Performance

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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2015 Visual / Photography

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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2014 Events / Performance Film Music

DELILAH JUKEBOX

DELILAH JUKEBOX (aka DJ) toys with the notion of loops, repetition, and dichotomy (like the A-B sides of a vinyl record). Delilah is not just a woman, she is the…

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2013 2014 Installation / Site Visual / Photography

FERO-CITY

FERO-CITY is a photo series/installation dealing with the resurgence of anti-LGBT hate crimes in North America, particularly in NYC. The title plays on the meanings of fero as iron, and…

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2013 Events / Performance Film Installation / Site Music Visual / Photography

F * ART

A meta-project counterposed to the general dross of art academia, "community", criticism and the reified and commoditized big "avant-garde" art events of 2013 in Toronto (the indulgent twee tableaux of…

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2013 Events / Performance Installation / Site Music

DEALT

DEALT is an endurance operatic political performance installation piece which collides Carmen with corporatism and commentary to illustrate the impacts and suffering from the collusion of politics and corporations. During…

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2013 Events / Performance Music Visual / Photography

NO ROAD

NO ROAD forms the core of Stephen's triptych of guerrilla performance art pieces around monuments entitled FRANKFURTWERK comprising of NO ROAD,

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2013 Film Music

INTER-MEZZO

INTER-MEZZO is an experimental triptych of independent yet inter-related shorts that treats the voice as a metaphor for political voice. Stephen Chen traces his journey as a male mezzo, faced…

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2013 Film Music

INTER-MEZZO (DEEP THROAT, HIGH PALATE)

INTER-MEZZO is an experimental triptych of independent yet inter-related shorts that treats the voice as a metaphor for political voice. Stephen Chen traces his journey as a male mezzo, faced…

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2013 Events / Performance Music

I-CON

I-CON is an extended piece of performance art that raises the issues and fetish of iconicity, refracted through gay (musical) icons. Through performative tactics, it attempts to question the implicit…

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