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Image credit: The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story, by Donna Szoke (2026)
2025, 05:55 minutes, colour
tapecode 575.70
This audiovisual performance transforms video feedback into both sight and sound through an analog-digital feedback loop. Using a vintage camcorder aimed at a CRT television, the artist generates evolving feedback patterns. The video signal is simultaneously diverted to audio inputs—visual information literally becomes… ⊕
Two-channel video installation with stereo soundNight Stroll explores queer desire and cultural identity through the lens of the Chinese love song "Ye Lai Xiang" (Fragrance of the Night). Censored by the Republic of China in the 1940s due to the singer’s complex identity, the song—performed by Li… ⊕
2024, 10:18 minutes, colour
tapecode 2168.00
I’ve spent my whole life listening to and often recording interviews with different members of my family and extended community. One of the phrases I hear most often is “on and on and on” as a way to conclude a point; or to extend it. Anishinaabe often talk in circles, or maybe to be colonized is to see how… ⊕
Opals metal gravy weaves dream narration with images of animals to explore queer kinship across distance and time. Moving across distance, time, and species, dreams become a way of transmitting love, connection, and knowledge between worlds.
Inspired by the space-age design and utopian aspirations of the 1970's, Overshadow 1 reimagines an iconic geodesic dome as a planet in a strange eclipse. The illusion created obscures this vision of the future with images of contemporary life shot by the artist's then teenage daughter. The audio score by Nik Beeson samples from… ⊕
