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2017 Music

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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2017 Visual / Photography

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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2016 Events / Performance Music

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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2015 Film Music

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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2015 Visual / Photography

Flog the Flock

Flog the Flock confronts herd mentalities embedded within contemporary sociopolitical discourse—particularly within segments of right-wing, flag-waving rhetoric that silence the rights and freedoms of others. Through a series of bold,…

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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

Corpora-Scion critically inhabits the linguistic and psychological topography of corporate culture. The title plays on corpora (work) and scion (slave), signaling how ostensibly aspirational corporate structures can entrap competence within…

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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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