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. By translating ephemeral, screen-bound moments into a looping visual composition, Seven Daze reflects on how algorithmic systems shape not only what we see but how we feel time pass. The work includes surprise pop-up fragments from local artists G.B. Jones, Elana Herzog and the late great Kelly Mark.
InterAccess is one of Canada’s most important centres for electronic media art and this exhibition marks a return to a place where I’ve had a long and meaningful history – especially in the early 00’s when the lovely and smart Kathleen Pirrie Adams was at the helm of the gallery when it was at 401 Richmond Street in Toronto. Over the years, I’ve collaborated with the organisation in partnership with Year Zero One and Subtle Technologies on exhibitions and projects, including Signal, Pixel Plunder©, Substance, and Transmedia.
Founded in 1983, InterAccess has played a pivotal role in the development of electronic and networked art in Canada. Its origins are linked to Telidon — a groundbreaking but now largely forgotten Canadian innovation. Developed in a federal research lab nearly a decade before the launch of the World Wide Web, Telidon was a networked computer graphics system that allowed users to access and interact with information from home. Using a television, a telephone line, and a specialized decoder box, Canadians could explore everything from weather updates to community art projects — an early vision of the internet before the internet. The online exhibition is accessible in English and French from April 24, 2025 to April 24, 2030.
InterAccess emerged from this techno-utopian moment, and its mandate evolved as artists began to explore the creative possibilities of networked systems, interactivity, and digital tools. Decades later, its mission remains just as vital. In an era when algorithmic media increasingly governs how we perceive the world, InterAccess continues to be a space for critical experimentation and collective inquiry.
I’m excited to contribute to this new chapter of the organization with Seven Daze, and to support its ongoing programming with this fundraiser event. The exhibition features works by a fantastic range of artists, and I encourage everyone to check it out, support the space, and reflect on how far we’ve come — and where we might go next. The work can be purchased at the gallery or online at Metalabel
flashDRIVE runs from May 1 – 17 at InterAccess, Tues – Sat 11 – 6pm, 32 Lisgar Street, Toronto
Seven Daze is available on metalabel.
Michael Alstad | Faisal Anwar | Artificial Nature (Haru Ji & Graham Wakefield) | Thoreau Bakker | Philippe Blanchard | Evangeline Y Brooks | Nathan Bruce | Dashiel Carrera | Mitchell F. Chan | Zebv Diez | El Ekeko | Victoria Fard | Nick Fox-Gieg | Arnie Guha | Quinn Hopkins | Melissa Johns | Vladimir Kanic | Faisal Karadsheh | Ryan Kelln | Jonny Klynkramer | Benjamin Lappalainen | Wilfred Lee | Maheenblues | Willy Le Maitre | LOPHIE (aka Laura Sophie) | Annette Mangaard | Adrienne Matheuszik | Ben McCarthy | Alex McLeod | Shihab Mian | Lorna Mills | Tara Rose Morris | Akshata Naik | Nanotopia | Matt Nish-Lapidus | Luc Palombo | Oliver Pauk | Pegah Peivandi | Ali Phi | Pray First Diva | Geoffrey Pugen | ROBBOT 5000 | Miles Rufelds | Tristan Sauer | Jordan Shaw | Lisa Smolkin | Casper Sutton-Fosman | Daniel Tapper | Carson Teal | Jane Tingley | Diana VanderMeulen | Nava Messas-Waxman | Erica Whyte | Tobias Williams | Xuan Ye