Active Citizenship
Free News Sharing
Social Artistry
Pop Dazzled by Everyday
Pop Dazzled by Every Day and Abstracts of Light and Shadows presents 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 can unlock hidden meanings and offer glimpses of what may come in the future. Turn on one, three or several YouTubes simultaneously, watch and listen. Whether as divination or creative ignition, take in the moment and enjoy.
A Slice of Pizza & Cheddar Broccoli Soup
Fred Shadows & King Oil and Lube
Fred Shadows, reborn as the alter ego of Fred Vander-Hook-Line and Sinker. A figure who stepped straight out of the 70s, inspired by the anonymous wartime graffiti Kilroy Was Here. Fred became my modern day satire, participating in Alberta's democracy as a form of free press. His son, The Heir to the Hook, baby boomer born and raised Wolfgang was once a long-haired hippy gas jockey, now reigns as my imaginary King Oil and Lube, carrying forward the lineage of the crown.
