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Story Wind, the Canes Win, One Game Away from Lord Stanley Cup. Elbows up for Team🍁US. Wearing, 2017 XL O'Canada Black and Blue, T-Shirt: 2026, Left Stage, Exit Right, Free from ARTifICE, Tribute to Chicago's Virgil Abloh's Figures of Speech, and Edmonton's Dennis Edney. XL
On the traditional territory of Treaty 6, on Crown land inside Violet King Henry Plaza during Canada Day week in 2021, I reached a gentleman’s agreement by handshake with Alberta’s Sergeant-at-Arms, Chris Caughell, witnessed by Assc. Sergeant-at-Arms Tom Bell. We agreed that should any personal artwork displayed on my clothing within the Alberta Legislative Assembly be viewed as distracting inside the house of the people, I would cover it with a jacket or sweater for the duration of the sitting in the gallery.
This mutual understanding concluded the “ 2020, Freedom to Express and Listen” art project, including its reference to restrictions on speech and attire. The project had drawn inspiration from Virgil Abloh’s 2019 exhibition Figures of Speech. I continue to exercise my right to observe and report from the public gallery—now in my ninth year since 2017—wearing the simplified “LISTEN” label as my commitment to practice free expression.
