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Peripatetic & Orthoepic Devices, 1998
Iron, sculpture and video performance
Master of Fine Arts Graduation Show


Two instruments, or devices, used for "perfect walk" and "straight speech" exercises.

 

 


Orthoepic Device (performance), 1998
Cast iron, steel helmet (24kg), cast "tongue" 2 m long
Master of Fine Arts Graduation Show

 

 


Peripatetic Device (performance), 1998
Cast iron, each hemisphere is 39 cm (diameter), 34kg
Master of Fine Arts Graduation Show

 

 

ABC, 1997
11 minute video
I.D.A. Gallery, York University, Toronto, Ontario

 

 

Memorabilia (Things worthy of remembrance), 1997
Steel and acrylic gel, 28 x 30 x 204 cm
Red Head Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

 

 

De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est, 1996
Van dyke on cotton, 6 pieces of clothing size small
Graduation Show 1996, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

This "Canadian garment" is made from over twenty rejection letters
sent to the artist from past prospective employers.  The letters are juxtaposed to
documents such as the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Canadian government's multiculturalism policy and the artist's Landed Immigrant document.

 

 

De Gustibus Non Disputandum Est, 1996 (detail)

 

 

O Canada (Performance), 1996
8 minute video on 2 TV monitors
I.D.A. Gallery, York University, Toronto Ontario

 


Untitled video installation, 1995
Graduation Show 1996, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario

There are four fragmented parts of the body that speak simultaneously in Polish (left eye), in Italian (mouth), in English (right eye) and in French (moving fingers). 
They all recount the story of displacement.

 


Untitled video installation, 1995

 

 

 

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