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Image credit: The Invisible Hippo of Grief: An Adoption Story, by Donna Szoke (2026)
Winners and Losers is created using original video footage recorded by Paul Wong. This work shines a light on a piece of recent Vancouver history that many would prefer to forget: the 2011 Stanley Cup Playoff riots. The video puts together recordings of gatherings in the downtown core in and around the hockey arena; these… ⊕
Letter To My Tribe addresses a question: Why don’t more Jews and Israelis speak out about Palestine? Over many years my mother and I have had numerous arguments which form the backbone of this video essay. Interviews with journalists, activists and a rabbi are interwoven with documentation of actions in the West Bank,… ⊕
METHodologies is a video intervention produced as part of a research study of chemsex (the sexualized use of methamphetamine in gay-, queer-. and trans-male sexual practices) in Toronto. This video seeks to expand beyond the common demonizations and shame tactics that prevail in public discourse about chemsex, to provide a more… ⊕
2022, 10:17 minutes, colour
tapecode 2183.04
Becoming Mighty Real explores an intergenerational, serodiscordant relationship through the lens of the disco (music and physical space) as a form of queer world-making. Two men speak to the issues through a glory hole. The glory hole acts as a sexual portal and a form of confessional. The soundtrack comprises spoken word and… ⊕
2020, 07:09 minutes
tapecode 2183.03
When I'm turned on, there's always that red light lit. When my body is on record. How can self-risk-taking be put to work in relation to aesthetic self-creation? HIV and AIDS are not over.This video is part of Zealley’s disco mirrorball video (the others are Becoming Mighty Real and METHodologies: A Chemsex Video).