interstice;

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the empty/full dichotomy takes part in all visual art. emptiness introduces an active discontinuity which allows for a complex organisation of visual elements, thereby facilitating interpenetration and internalization. the outgrowth of a piece into space, either through diptychs or panoramas, amplifies the structure of emptiness. classical composition rules no longer apply; the parts engage in a new dialogue that is revealed by a void where, seemingly, nothing happens. symbolically, emptiness becomes a code with underlying meaning, an ambiguous code leading to multiple interpretations.

january 7th - january 31st 2010
at the ottawa school of art
35 george st, ottawa, canada

la dichotomie vide/plein participe à toute forme d’art visuel. le vide introduit une discontinuité active qui permet aux éléments de s’organiser de façon complexe. il en facilite l’interpénétration et l’intériorisation. l’éclatement de l’œuvre dans l’espace, sous forme de diptyque ou de panorama, exacerbe la place du vide. les règles classiques de la composition cessent de s’appliquer; un autre dialogue s’engage entre les parties de l’œuvre, médiatisé par des zones où, en apparence, rien ne se passe. au plan symbolique, le vide devient un code qui sous-tend le sens de l’œuvre, un code ambigu menant à des interprétations multiples.

du 7 janvier au 31 janvier 2010
à l'école d'art d'ottawa
35 rue george, ottawa, canada

vie de famille;

carbone et moi.

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marine élémentaire;

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anterograde amnesia;

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(& sadly go round,
& sadly go round.)

counting the years, we recount them. we put a youth to our mouth, we mend the hearts, we warm up to dots, we craddle waves, vaguely. with every year, new youth, old hearts, periods aligned wistfully and strung along the same skies. we all know about the januaries, the junes. i cut in half all my beginnings, all my beginnings begging to end.

(from the blood spilt on my chest,
to your fingertipped nose:
this goodbye was without a word.)

breaking nails & status quos;

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dorothy;

reccuringly,
but not clock-wise,
i ask you how it is
under the sun.

i see shadows on the ceiling,
but the setting always comes
too soon.

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décover;

i am featured in this month's décover magazine!

you can pick up your free copy at the following locations,
starting november 4th and onward.

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hortus econtra;

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suspended animation;

hibernation/electric love.

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ελπίδα στο χάος;

pour k.,
all my love on this day (of you)
& all of the days to come
just close your eyes

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one ticket to the sea;

contemplation des minutes
avant la grande plongée sous-maligne.

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pixels and caffeine | caféine et pixels;

in collaboration with les journées de la culture, you are invited get your portrait taken by me on saturday september 26th at la maison de la torréfaction, a tiny little café located at 412 gilford, in montreal. i will be there from 11am to 5pm.

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dans le cadre des journées de la culture, vous êtes invités à venir vous faire photographier par moi le samedi 26 septembre à la maison de la torréfaction, un petit café situé au 412 gilford, à montréal. j'y serai de 11h à 17h.

phantom voltage;

late(r) summer;

& so it is that
with autumn comes
a thin film of dry
sheated around
the throat.

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anatomie féminine:

la mer rouge,
(ou mare internum)
les eaux de verre,
le thé russe,
les trompes de salope.

anaphylaxis: against protection;

anaphylaxis:

an acute systemic and severe allergic reaction in humans and other mammals.
the term comes from the greek ανα ana (against) & φύλαξις phylaxis (protection).

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you have beaten on strange
walls with the paper weights
wrapped around your severed
lungs

spun, spun

with words of the psychic
stabbing wounds at the bones

my feet linger with every
tip of the toe and my lips
are chips of stone
trickling at the sight

against protection
but not without

the angel's darling needle;

couples are wholes and not wholes,
what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant.

from all things one and from one all things.

(herakleitos)

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l'usufruitière;

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24 secrets in the water;

i treat my friends to love and to mason jars.

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les temps transparents;

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ephemeroptera: dyadic incantations;

come one, come all.

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meryem yildiz et annie stephens présentent, dans le cadre des soirées cheap as candy, ephemeroptera: incantations dyadiques.

telle la vie des éphémères et pour un soir seulement, venez observer les photographies dûment choisies d'annie et de meryem: une double proposition dans un nid d'énigmes magnétiques et de mystique transitoire. l'évènement délectera vos yeux, mais aussi vos sens, car vous serez invités à céder à vos caprices ou peut-être même à vous confesser...

le collectif m-theory interprétera des pièces jazz sur scène, suivi du dj hunky dory, dont les mélodies s'harmoniseront à l'ambiance de la soirée.

joignez-vous à nous pour cette occasion exceptionnelle le jeudi 30 juillet au syndrome, 5777 st-laurent, coin bernard. l'exposition se tiendra de 22h à 3h.

(& les dipsomanes seront gâtées: la bière en fût est à 1,50$ et les shooters à 2$!)

événement facebook: ici

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annie stephens & meryem yildiz, in collaboration with cheap as candy thursdays, present ephemeroptera: dyadic incantations.

akin to the lifespan of mayflies, and for a single night only, come peruse carefully chosen photographs by meryem & annie: a dual proposition in a nook of magnetic enigmas and ephemeral mystique. the event is a feast for the eyes, but also for the senses, as you are invited to indulge in peculiar whims or even to confess...

the m-theory collective will perform live jazz pieces, followed by dj hunky dory, whose melodies will befit the mood for the rest of the evening.

come join us for this exceptional occasion on thursday july 30th at syndrome, 5777 st-laurent, corner of bernard. the exhibit will begin at 10pm and will last until 3am.

(& lushes will be pleased: beer on tap is $1.50 & shots are just $2!)

facebook event: here

please send more yellow birds;

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à la mer;

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à la mer,

on a l'écume aux lèvres
et le sel au creux des yeux.

parachute drop;

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if you cannot see it,
it is not because you are blind,
but because you are right.

switching hungers;

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pinching red the thinest skin on my wrist
is the only way to be chiefly aware
of the line between the is and is not.

petits goûts;

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i blew a hint, a feather passed;
like months, it was stitched.

now, now i look very deep inside the well. i wonder about the many seeds i have thrown to perdition. inside - in daturas, in mentzelias, in ipomoeas - the blooming of my will. they are arcane motes; specks in the dusk, with hearts in the heart of all hearts.

i kept, and i will keep seeing you,
long after the eyelids fall.

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pure, but not from concentrated.

light in & light out. an unrelenting strobe, or a scope. toes & the tons they carry. i could be one with the earth, but i am 12 floors above the ground. les voix qui s'élèvent ne sont pas les miennes; elles sont méconnues et pourtant s'harmonisent à la lumière. i am in the midst of it. all the years ago & all the years to come. no noise for this quiet, no quiet for this noise. in my cochlear pool i swim, i travel distances.

for you, to rest.

my chin against my knees.

interpretations;

the breathing forest



death of a sailor



the great escapist



stranger than the sea

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posters/postcards i made for thisquietarmy,
to be sold on his upcoming european tour.