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P I Z Z A vs S O U P
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Skaters on Ice, with Tanks
and Guns on the Road
Pop Dazzled by Everyday
Free from ARTifice
Left Stage, Exit Right
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Birds of a Feather
A Renewal in the Making
Art is Freedom
Pop Dazzled by Every Day and Abstracts of Light and Shadows presents Infastructure, a découpé visual narrative on YouTube. It’s a look back to glimpse the unknown ahead, built through a method I first encountered at the Art Gallery of Alberta. There, I learned to interlace recent and archived citizen‑free news stories with layered sound and shifting visuals. This process becomes its own art form: a fresh narrative born through the cut‑up technique—découpé, as the French say. The original Cut-Up method emerged from the dissection and reassembly of written text, transforming it into new sounds, images, and meanings. Rooted in the Dadaist experiments of the 1920s, it was William S. Burroughs who propelled cut‑ups into the spotlight in the 1950s and early ’60s. For Burroughs, they weren’t just technique—they were prophecy. Cut‑ups unlock hidden meanings, fracture time, and offer fleeting glimpses of what may come. Turn on all three YouTubes simultaneously. Whether approached as divination or creative ignition, listen and take in the moment!
I N F A S T R U C T U R E
YouTube Art: Meet Fred VanderHook- Line and Stinker, reborn as his legendary alter ego Fame Fred Shadows. A figure who stepped straight out of the bold lines of Andy Capp and the cheeky graffiti of Kilroy Was Here, Fred became a living satire—participating in democracy and practicing free press with wit and defiance. And then came his son, baby boomer born and raised Wolfgang. Once a long-haired gas jockey of the 70s, he now reigns as King Oil and Lube, carrying forward that mischievous lineage with crown, staff, and smoke—an heir to satire, authority, and resistance.
