Photos & Art

Nothing like second hand yarn finds!

Fri, 31 May 2013 15:46:33 -0400

Nothing like second hand yarn finds!

7knotwind: RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind Bind shows a woman who has to deal...

Fri, 24 May 2013 18:49:36 -0400

RYOKO SUZUKI—Bind
Bind shows a woman who has to deal with her female sexuality. In this series, Suzuki bound herself with pigskin, which had been soaked in her own blood as a symbol of womanhood. Suzuki has said this work speaks to her transformation from a child to a woman and addresses both the anxiety and ignorance she felt at this point in her life

MARINA ABRAMOVIC— Balkan Baroque
The original piece was performed in the Venice as part of the Biennale— Abramović sat cleaning the bones, amid blood and stench. The enormous, seemingly impossible and bloody task plays on her suffering, the artist’s inability to express or comprehend the enormity of the crimes and violence that make up her cultural history.

ORLAN— carnal art
Orlan has undergone numerous plastic surgeries in an attempt to make herself look like her computer-generated collage, built from idealized figures from art history. The point, however, is not simply for Orlan literally to become a work of art—each operation is treated as a performance piece in its own right. Orlan only allows herself to be given local anesthetics and thus is able, from the operating table, to direct the transformation of the surgical theater into her personal performance space.

MARY COBLE— blood script
Blood Script was a live performance piece that took place at the PULSE Art Fair at Pier 40 in New York City, New York in 2008. The artist meticulously documented inscriptions from three previous performances and compiled a list of over 200 hateful words and phrases that had been written on her in marker, by viewers, in various languages. For Blood Script, the artist had 75 of the most common words tattooed onto her skin, without ink. Using decorative letters, she attempts to play with the dichotomy between the beautiful visual form of the words and the ugly meanings they convey semantically.

*for ISSUES & IMAGES: flesh + blood lecture
a selection of female artists using blood as a medium in the production of art

With (at Banh Mi Boys Sandwich Shop)

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:54:39 -0400

With (at Banh Mi Boys Sandwich Shop)

Slowly learning to enjoy being a snuggle buddy.

Sat, 11 May 2013 14:01:43 -0400

Slowly learning to enjoy being a snuggle buddy.

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Sat, 30 Mar 2013 11:15:52 -0400

likeafieldmouse: Ismail Bahri - Blood Ink (2009) Tiny, careful...

Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:57:16 -0400

likeafieldmouse:

Ismail Bahri - Blood Ink (2009)

Tiny, careful droplets of black ink “drawing” the pores and wrinkles of the artist’s subjects, like traces of time.

Button store on Spadina

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:13:59 -0400

Button store on Spadina

Future projects!

Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:13:11 -0400

Future projects!

farstuff: Self-portrait, this is what I carry (minus the cat...

Sun, 17 Feb 2013 11:06:17 -0500

farstuff:

Self-portrait, this is what I carry (minus the cat paws)

Someone got some new toys for Christmas.

Tue, 25 Dec 2012 15:48:48 -0500

Someone got some new toys for Christmas.

#christmas tree

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:51:08 -0500

#christmas tree

Sat, 22 Dec 2012 09:49:32 -0500

#christmas tree

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Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:18:29 -0500

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Tue, 18 Dec 2012 19:01:26 -0500

Opted for a small yet real tree. Decorations next.

Mon, 17 Dec 2012 18:48:15 -0500

Opted for a small yet real tree. Decorations next.

Studio 212 - dead sound room (at Canadian Broadcasting...

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:30:45 -0500

Studio 212 - dead sound room (at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC))

Studio 212 (at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC))

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:29:44 -0500

Studio 212 (at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC))

Thu, 13 Dec 2012 08:28:43 -0500

Studio 212 (at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC))