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on April 04, 2018

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#TEAMKIKI

#Teamkiki (For Institutional Use Only) .gif, 2:20 2018 #Teamkiki is a collection of .gifs created as documentation of past performances and video works, the initial intention of these pieces were not to be seen as an “art object” but rather proof/documentation. Within my process, questions of performativity, ephemerality and Black subjectivity were raised. In looking at the Viral Video, The Meme and .Gif and the problematics of the term ephemerality troubles and complicates the realities of a Black artists presence within the institution and whilst circulating work on net-based platforms. In juxtaposing the ephemerality of performance and reperformance to the Regram the quality of the content begins to deteriorate as does the authorship creating vulnerable work exhibited out of reach of its intended community. The process of going “Viral” can be seen as a form of consensual appropriation, with ever remix, Regram, reshare a quality is lost but what is gai...

The Truth Booth: Art is the New Steal: Appropriating the Hamilton Landscape, 2016

The second iteration of the Truth Booth offers Hamilton participants Gentrification Acceptance Therapy and Toronto participants The Myth of the Creative Class Grief Therapy. Challenging topics of Neoliberalism, the creative class, gentrification and the role artist play in nurturing these factors. The facilitators within the booth are called Truthrz, playing on conspiracy Theory culture the Truth Booth uses brochures to and canvassers to educate the public. The Truth Both: Art is the New Steal, 2016. Hamilton Art Crawl. Performance Brochure Front The Truth Both: Art is the New Steal, 2016. Hamilton Art Crawl. Performance Brochure Back

So You Think You Can Truth

So You Think You Can Truth , 2016 The performance-lecture offers the audience a step by step of a lecture on operating your own Truth Booth, facilitating you own Gentfircation acceptance therapy and how to look for early signs of neoliberalism. This performance operates as an institutional critique presenting the field research collected from the Truth Booth performances. So You Think You Can Truth, 2016. Art Gallery of Ontario Performance. So You Think You Can Truth, 2017. CANADA LAND: Imposter Podcast Performance. PowerPoint Slide Detail " Go Solo", 2017 So You Think You Can Truth, 2017. CANADA LAND: Imposter Podcast Performance. PowerPoint Slide Detail "Ask Not, Richard Florida ", 2017

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