Interval: After Foundation
Video works capturing Toronto’s shifting architectural states—where preservation and development intersect. Originally on Foundation, now re-presented as a platform-independent archive.
Remembering Netzwissenschaft: The Lost Resource of Early Internet Art
In the early days of the internet, before social media platforms and algorithm-driven feeds, discovering digital art and net-based creative practices required intentional searching, niche knowledge, and often a bit of luck. For a decade, from 1997 to 2007, Dr. Reinhold Grether’s Netzwissenschaft served as a crucial guide through this emerging landscape.
Revisiting The Clinic: 30 Years Later
From 1992 to 1997, the Symbiosis Collective operated on the edges of Toronto’s art scene, staging site-specific exhibitions in abandoned buildings and disused sites. Founded by artists Michael Alstad and Steve Topping, Symbiosis emerged in the early 1990s as part of a broader surge of independent, artist-run experimentation across the city.
Seven Daze at InterAccess
I’m pleased to be presenting a new digital artwork, Seven Daze, as part of InterAccess’s fundraiser exhibition flashDRIVE curated by Miriam Arbus in their new programming space in Toronto. This piece — a fragmented, week-long visual diary — charts the algorithmic encounter of my Instafeed, capturing the disjointed rhythms of attention, desire, and digital drift that structure our daily lives online.
safdingels
I released my first open edition NFT on the foundation marketplace. Editions on Foundation are smart contracts designed to mint a specific NFT as many times as possible, for a limited time of 24 hours. After 24 hours, minting is closed on that edition contract forever. The ‘safdingels’ image is an enhanced video still taken from the ‘king toronto‘ mp4 – a 1of1 NFT that is also available on foundation. The work is part of the ‘liminal city’ series – observing, documenting, abstracting transitional architectures in Toronto’s urban landscape. I get into the context/history of the 511 King site – which is being retained as a heritage facade in the much larger complex – on this twitter thread. The architect of King Toronto – Bjarke Ingels – was inspired by Moshe Safdie’s Habitat 67 building in Montreal. The 24hr open edition minting starts at foundation Apr 25, 2023 at 12:00pm EDT
RUI plaza
I recently dropped my first NFT on the Ethereum blockchain at the Foundation marketplace. I began minting NFTS in 2021 on the open-source tezos proof-of-stake blockchain (greenNFT) which has far less environmental impact than other networks. In September 2022 Ethereum transitioned to a proof-of-stake blockchain which reduced Ethereum’s energy consumption by 99.95%. I love the Tezos communities at objkt.com and teia.art but thought it was time to test the waters at an ethereum based marketplace. RUI plaza is a 1of1 NFT that is part of a series exploring, documenting and abstracting transitional architectures in Toronto’s urban landscape. The collector of this NFT will receive a signed 20×36 video frame print that I enhanced and upscaled using topazlabs AI software.
metaprideland auction
The metaprideland NFT art charity auction is live on the front page @opensea for the next 24 hours. I’m happy to donate my work to help raise funds for crucial LGBTQ+ charities like the Trevor Project, Trans Hotline, Lambda Legal, and OutRight Action International. The exhibition can also be viewed in key metaverse spaces Decentraland The Sandbox, and Voxels. The physical event was launched at Avant Gardner Brooklyn NY.
clean NFT auction on objkt.com
I’ve been exploring the NFT art space these last several months and have created and collected several on Hic et Nunc – a decent digital art community that uses the open-source tezos proof of stake blockchain which has far less environmental impact than other networks. I recently decided to try the auction platform on OBJKT.com which is ‘offering the possibility for H=N artists and collectors to sell their NFT’s by auction, which is a feature that has not yet been included to H=N itself.’ Please visit my objkt.com listing where you can currently bid on the NFT object which closes on September 22nd, 2011.
Queerstory app receives award of excellence!
I was honoured to receive the award of excellence for the Queerstory App at the Heritage Toronto Awards! A big thanks to collaborators Janet Hethrington & Camille Turner (pictured), Marc Serpa Francoeur & Robinder Uppal – Lost Time Media, Michelle Breslin – Lost World Sounds and Ira Fich.