LISTEN: Art Show & Tell, of a Point of Order, add a little ice cream, my just reward. A young woman, lingering with a tattooed crowd in downtown Edmonton near the library, complimented my artwork. After finishing my rapidly melting ice cream in the 24°C heat, I walked over to her gang to show the backside, titled Disorder. Suddenly, a young man lunged at me. "Get the f*** away from here!" he snapped. Before I could react, the group's matriarch—Mama Tattoo—spoke up. "I like your painting," she said, her voice steady. The young man’s demeanor shifted. He looked at the artwork again, his expression softening. "That's an amazing piece of art," he admitted.
Art is Freedom, Listen...
🎨 Cut-Ups: The original method involves dissecting and reassembling written text to create a new text and, consequently, a new sound and image experience. The roots of this concept can be traced back to the Dadaists of the 1920s, but it was writer William S. Burroughs who brought it to the forefront in the 1950s and early 1960s. William S. Burroughs saw cut-ups as a powerful tool for literary experimentation, unlocking hidden layers of meaning and offering glimpses into the future. Featured inside the old Art Gallery of Alberta, AGA, whether as a form of divination or a creative technique, cut-ups intrigue writers, artists and dreamers alike. Play 1 to 3 randomly
🎨Pop Pop Dazzled by Every Day and Abstracts of Light and Shadows Presents Listen, from a Découpé Visual Narrative Cut Up on YouTubes. A look into the past to see the future unknown. I’ve taken recent and archived citizen-free news stories and interlaced them with various sounds and visuals. This process transforms a new art, crafting a fresh narrative akin to the cut-up technique (or ‘découpé’ in French). HOMME MADE - DUNDEE LAW
Enjoy freedom, thank a veteran
A time to serve, and a time to play
Left Stage - Exit Right
Free from Artifice
🎨 Painted live at Sunday's Alberta Prosperity Partnership rally: Freedom Opera of Roses — two young artists and me, brushing hope into bloom. Peaceful. Defiant. Strong and Free.
