tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-230604912024-03-18T20:11:46.872-07:00Steve ToppingSteve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-39969397860396994962016-07-05T08:58:00.002-07:002016-07-05T08:59:00.343-07:00Stage plans... and FHPP application images<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-18905948624154660022012-06-10T14:47:00.001-07:002012-06-10T14:47:32.215-07:00Reading Canada Backwards<br />
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4LX52AGy5g&feature=youtu.be">Now On YouTube</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g4LX52AGy5g&feature=youtu.be">Reading Canada Backwards <span id="goog_1149806731"></span><span id="goog_1149806732"></span> </a>----------Technique: pixilation/ stop motion, shot:1995, Super-8 (black and white Tri-X)<br />
The important thing about this film is that it is proportional to the landscape from Vancouver to Halifax, Canada. It's shot at a rate of 3 frames per mile and so one can compare the geography of the county.... the film as a map. The film is 12000 frames of film long. I shot 90 single frames of film, at 30mile intervals, for the length of the country (4000 miles, 6000kms) using the spacing of telephone poles to keep the film moving at a constant rate.<br />
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At the time Reading Canada Backwards was made, I had much experience riding freight trains, having crossed Canada many times, I started the trip with idea to see all the landscape of Canada during the day; the camera was only there to document. I thought it would be a challenge but never did I think it would prove nearly impossible. I had to catch a new train every morning, illegally in full daylight and get off before nightfall.<br />
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While shooting this super-8 film I carefully held the camera parallel with the train and level with the horizon with the help of a speed level strapped the the camera. I never looked through the viewer of the camera during shooting as I saw film making as a perversion of the real, in the moment experience of holding down a freight. Just to say that the film had life of it's own during this epic voyage across the country. There is no editing in this film.... all the frames are present.... only spliced together from 5 rolls. My idealism failed during the making of this and I was quickly drawn in by the project of completing the film and not by the project of witnessing the entire country. It took one month of shooting to complete. I was asked to leave railway property but was never arrested (on that trip.) I rode every summer for eleven years from 1990 to 2001 and have travelled more than 50,000 miles by freight train.<br />
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Sound: The original sound was blues guitar over looped rail road sound samples and was intended to calm the viewer while watching the hyper-kinetic and super-boring images, however, I think silence works better.<br />
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There were very important contributors to this project beyond who is mentioned in the film titles. I would like to thank:<br />
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Joelle Hann<br />
Liaison of Independent Film Toronto (L.I.F.T.)<br />
Deluxe Film Lab<br />
The Ontario Arts Council<br />
Greg Woodbury<br />
Jet Fuel Coffee Shop<br />
Jaxon McDade<br />
The Edison Electric, Vancouver (Alex Mackenzie)<br />
Vancouver International Film Festival (John Dippong)<br />
Quartier Ephemere and (now) Fonderie Darling, Montreal<br />
Festival du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal<br />
The Kyber Art Centre, Halifax<br />
and the kind and generous Helen Hill, may she rest in peace.<br />
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I hope you enjoy the film on YouTube,<br />
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Steve Topping,<br />
.....on the 17th anniversary of beginning this film.<br />
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<br />Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-10438939122352347502011-01-28T11:33:00.002-08:002012-04-01T19:34:07.783-07:00Rimouski Aero-Glisseur/ Ice Parabolic Reflector<div><br />Here is project I did in <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Rimouski&sll=48.433333,-68.516667&sspn=0.146014,0.363579&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Rimouski,+Rimouski-Neigette+Regional+County+Municipality,+Quebec,+Canada&t=h&z=12">Rimouski</a> through a residency at <a href="http://www.caravanserail.org/">Caravanserail</a>. Great town, wonderful people who are obsessed with ice, ice fishing and le banquise (ocean ice sheet) that forms every year. Le banquise acts as an extension of the public space of the city of Rimoiski. The ice sheet is moving up and down with the tide, sometimes by 4-5m so one must know what one is doing or at least listen to someone who does.</div><div><div><br /></div><div><div>I made a machine that casts blocks of ice with one convex parabolic surface. The curve is accurately made by slowly spinning the form while the blocks freeze. Inter-cooled air from a blower lifts the form with 50kilos of water and helps the freezing process and aids in the formation of clear ice. Excess pressure from the blower is released by jets on the end of the form for the slow, even spin.</div><div><br /></div><div>Once formed, the blocks can be stacked to create a low or a tall wall which can be used to reflect one's voice to another "transmitter" and to another person.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7wW5gJEj7zmiUfbmG-eC2G-He-VudlpmcDGMuBOq7lgiy5ESozPlPop41rGJB0fdLjulsG1zUMfQWE2yl9y8iOG03YQitjzXe3Mfv45cqo8q0T-4UeBF2xL8J_fu3kiiOxCi/s1600/DSC_0395.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW7wW5gJEj7zmiUfbmG-eC2G-He-VudlpmcDGMuBOq7lgiy5ESozPlPop41rGJB0fdLjulsG1zUMfQWE2yl9y8iOG03YQitjzXe3Mfv45cqo8q0T-4UeBF2xL8J_fu3kiiOxCi/s400/DSC_0395.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567326548812837618" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu6Vp8OeJ2neUW0wmD3Gsi4f3t9Rey-dGe_Y_NKDD0A33fB7G_tRIL47rnt-bGgEwcgEonR7z76Fbz3oS8NDD_44aQCZy1C5loxebKz1mH87AyGx90QE8__YHIbjxLxChIJnqj/s1600/DSC_0839.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu18ejtVOUVEv_Ktf992gfEchb7frcZZjugprUnQPGtHwVIW7faKyt-NpGZPVWUxoZn0c8sl1sfteOvEWN4KeTLiKtagcEtdd4J5gXzK_QxKlt-1c6wGHkNqVehE8qMPAckkde/s400/DSC_0203.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567325680448681234" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div></div></div><br /></div></div></div>Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-92024108920020666032009-10-17T20:48:00.000-07:002009-10-17T21:37:37.628-07:00leaf blower<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-84VmRfZeZj5-stVj_JjTIV2Y6e0FAlNpq2nO0LW9eTQZIXjwPYBrWeJHz1T-nLoT6lVGvQjup5kI3yWbFq7ORZsPXRYijS3Niiju6WehDufRvLOlm2FwSEfxWytX77KZWg0/s1600-h/01350025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix-84VmRfZeZj5-stVj_JjTIV2Y6e0FAlNpq2nO0LW9eTQZIXjwPYBrWeJHz1T-nLoT6lVGvQjup5kI3yWbFq7ORZsPXRYijS3Niiju6WehDufRvLOlm2FwSEfxWytX77KZWg0/s400/01350025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393790314698331074" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6temSWEN3g1UmOlgd8ii_nxyA1NSMiHO88QLbpkhQN9qoe_E5l_B-40CjorEK8uHbzEoTmUK_7NNI8IYzkeFxsv39MGDR7Aq9JOzzE7sNzC6pxjIC3dEbpadC7X9TCv_ta0S/s1600-h/01340007.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgA6temSWEN3g1UmOlgd8ii_nxyA1NSMiHO88QLbpkhQN9qoe_E5l_B-40CjorEK8uHbzEoTmUK_7NNI8IYzkeFxsv39MGDR7Aq9JOzzE7sNzC6pxjIC3dEbpadC7X9TCv_ta0S/s400/01340007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393790303655553458" border="0" /></a><br />These are some pictures from the latest show here in Montreal's <a href="http://popmontreal.com/art/en">Art Pop</a>; a part of <a href="http://popmontreal.com/en">Pop Montreal music festival</a>.<br /><br />I have been trying to harmonize my building practice with my artwork lately so when curators Kit Malo & Julien Ceccaldi first approached me about the show my response was to work in relation to what the show needed. I proposed I work with them and the artists to plan, layout and divide for the exhibition. The purpose was to resolve spacial and acoustic issues with the time line/ budget at the same time to use sculptural materials that could be reused when the show was done.<br /><br />It went so smoothly I thought it necessary to plan another semi-functional sculpture in the form of work tables and seating. However the need was there to make it movable so I set out to resolve a longstanding peeve of mine: How to build large mobile furniture without wheels.<br /><br />No wheels since the furniture moves when you don't want it to just as much as when you do.... unless you build in costly and laborious mechanisms to lock or retract them.<br /><br />So I tried out the old hover trick and I am satisfied that it has not yet run out of uses. Each bench has an electric leaf blower or a vacuum machine blower and a rubber gasket and can float several people plus it's own weight.<br /><br />Thanks to Jhave Johnson for the video.<br /><br /><iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz0GNGMTMWUu7HoLA28JaNEDdea3ajC7FmG-8I3uzC-7oJVq51cpcRBmK9cnJTWtQHyOoV1W78AVaQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br /><br /><br />Here are some images of the divisions we made.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC5gj9_Mht6h99UXygggU54px5vLWtMoeU6wvKgO34MrcDpzbT8eEmCBV-2aCSkf4vRjvKrfrBbRXv9qN9pRWXoylNa6O9KZ7xxskOUzmyxp56wA2-pgKRexjeTpEuEPXAVU0M/s1600-h/01350009.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO6Ev5zb9npIyxXAqxnXpnfNgjU6l-PDnE-0c1OmARDgvqnME4TbjHVofXXCjwIhyWXupO2EwtR7HlV12ui9rlzlHqhxgdKDh-k9EWkmLiJejJIvJ5xbsalEHUjRee2NfB-xVr/s400/01340016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5393793119245278786" border="0" /></a>Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-54064269926389405962009-02-25T19:38:00.001-08:002009-02-25T19:41:51.079-08:00Hot Seat<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUD7lHCdcwo8GJt3yzBTqCaqGxNb3G_PI_S-gYzx9xMhLWHPNHBBxKjAuFPP2YNiNquiQ7wPIYhrYTk9mxSQ6J1DG5S5pgylN3pJIjUEA4u-cfmlCo9TXx3lYamhbjR3F4axUN/s1600-h/f1030025.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUD7lHCdcwo8GJt3yzBTqCaqGxNb3G_PI_S-gYzx9xMhLWHPNHBBxKjAuFPP2YNiNquiQ7wPIYhrYTk9mxSQ6J1DG5S5pgylN3pJIjUEA4u-cfmlCo9TXx3lYamhbjR3F4axUN/s400/f1030025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306945705876437794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOASgwZswCNhP8BpHGZxFhFVNevXAALtl_AOOw-AQSjrfrHMzm8k41WQKbpo1Tw-hrNpS9JLZcLTZSDAyq7xWYvkPC7XtLYfojhovTj4FjuwHQKk9XE6XSX-4wPFaVQ3BKaQvh/s1600-h/f1030022.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOASgwZswCNhP8BpHGZxFhFVNevXAALtl_AOOw-AQSjrfrHMzm8k41WQKbpo1Tw-hrNpS9JLZcLTZSDAyq7xWYvkPC7XtLYfojhovTj4FjuwHQKk9XE6XSX-4wPFaVQ3BKaQvh/s400/f1030022.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306945700134498258" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3Q7aoajH9FHZAb5N9CPQflP4FStzJ2FMP4iUdQSI44kI5Y9R390L1aYt9xCrIxHvh7txPjCr9cD-HpoHFOQTeTGO_9fYzpQHpJOb5V8iAJQpyGwvqsR9YN80rHUzpiLNj7sr/s1600-h/f1030021.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg3Q7aoajH9FHZAb5N9CPQflP4FStzJ2FMP4iUdQSI44kI5Y9R390L1aYt9xCrIxHvh7txPjCr9cD-HpoHFOQTeTGO_9fYzpQHpJOb5V8iAJQpyGwvqsR9YN80rHUzpiLNj7sr/s400/f1030021.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306945699951477682" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Member show about food called "artartar."<br /><br />My thing was this thermostat controlled heating device that challenged the prevailing wisdom with regards to efficiency and light bulbs during the winter by turning the exhibition into a Betty Crocker oven. 60x100watts makes a 6000w hot seat.Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-51595850829882591542008-11-23T08:57:00.000-08:002009-02-25T19:43:04.068-08:00SubstituteA1C has only one window in the gallery space. One of the two pane spaces in the window was covered with plywood so I decided to use the space for a <a href="http://glassstacks.blogspot.com/">glass sculpture</a>. The window was at knee level on the side walk outside but on the ceiling in the gallery. The window was illuminated for most of the day and the light was intended to be blocked by passers-by. Thanks especially to Dave Hopley of <a href="http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=147457540">Living Planet</a> for donating most of the glass and <a href="http://www.stmichaelsprintshop.com/">St. Micheal's print shop</a> for filling the remaining 3" at the end with scratched up old palates.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCu3tLy05LSHHKYumsr4GwIiRy3HyKRFkyBxEff272sVc10gz9gjn-nabt4E3zJVclqxOnQrNMNxNuWGl9m9gaC9AXKJ7WG8CSRCK1OsqkadNAC1PFFiUu96GK-4CUr-eWaDa0/s1600-h/img_5371.jpg"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCu3tLy05LSHHKYumsr4GwIiRy3HyKRFkyBxEff272sVc10gz9gjn-nabt4E3zJVclqxOnQrNMNxNuWGl9m9gaC9AXKJ7WG8CSRCK1OsqkadNAC1PFFiUu96GK-4CUr-eWaDa0/s400/img_5371.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271901820306733250" border="0" /></a><br />"Substitute" at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=38357842528&ref=mf">A1C</a>, StJohn's Nfld. A1C is a new Artist run initiative that spawned from the <a href="http://www.rca.nf.ca/">RCA at LSPU</a> hall.Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-1158800544313995882007-04-03T17:52:00.000-07:002007-04-06T09:41:27.219-07:00spYder at the Cinémathèque QuébécoisHere is my recent construction on show at the <a href="http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/affiche/expositions_en_cours.html">Cinematheque</a> until April 30th.<br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><br /></span><br /><h1 style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><u>The Great SpYder Steeple Chase, Super-8 Race</u></h1><br /><br /> <p class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzeGA1ytT-c82iNQzS3_DLQUIc8phyphenhyphenbdB1fKF06npd6gvNxynL-4PAHb44c0XzHuaNbiXxshc4K17W1gZhPAfaZ5BWNoOjYj9bUj-IXMpQTtrjzG8ew9GzYGCIJn469oI0kV8I/s1600-h/P3280032_1.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; 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float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS5xZObQrGhlY9fCjNbGnEdiVgDn3sXtUOzKcRHPfyuxBdz6_Sfv2QXAtRZLmj1tnwnruhUVUZE_MRrQ4HajV2pizCISD3ngwaLD1Q-YnIkJBOAs_2AWpb4iUedNKacYjLzJkj/s320/Capsule047_1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5048493077975532322" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br /></p><p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><br />The armature for this exposition is designed to illuminate, provide power to each viewer’s motor and house all commissioned super-8 films.<span style=""> </span></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p>It allows people of different heights to view them while keeping the scale of the armature as compact as possible. But importantly this structure is logical creation and it’s aesthetic is intended to read as such. It is also built to function as a kind of spectacle for exposition but the spectacle I hope remains firmly on the ground.</p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal">Steve</p> <p style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);" class="MsoNormal"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <o:p></o:p> </p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style=""><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">There were a great number of people who helped me out ......<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Keith Pattington (electronics design and fabrication) <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Anni Lawrence and <a href="http://www.traiteuranni.shorturl.com/">Anni Lawrence Catering</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><a href="http://www.loadedpictures.ca/">Sergio Kirby</a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Kate Lawrence<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--><!--[endif]--> Pierre Giroux<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Janis Tiefenbach<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Joakim Jasenovic<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Jon Claude Bieschke<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);">Wright Daniel<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><a href="http://www.quartierephemere.org/">Quartier Éphémerè/ Foundry Darling</a></span></p><p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><a href="http://www.mainfilm.qc.ca/en/information.html">Main Film</a></p><p style="margin-right: 126pt;"><a href="http://www.cinematheque.qc.ca/index.html">Cinémathèque Québécois</a><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: rgb(255, 204, 0);"><!--[if !supportEmptyParas]--> <!--[endif]--><o:p></o:p></span></p>Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-1144517556006625152007-04-02T10:25:00.001-07:002012-04-01T18:48:16.367-07:00Flatlander the film<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjkYXlE9ZXlPtY8-41ijbvCl7cSXDyRyCj6-rtTaN-0aGcCIujk1aqdUGm2PshYBj3lpkaAilAvdc4s4VDvio46g8Xx4436lnm2RIfat8oTj2DoKibebzPGQ1gsw_ot83gw37/s1600-h/SW+1200edited.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfjkYXlE9ZXlPtY8-41ijbvCl7cSXDyRyCj6-rtTaN-0aGcCIujk1aqdUGm2PshYBj3lpkaAilAvdc4s4VDvio46g8Xx4436lnm2RIfat8oTj2DoKibebzPGQ1gsw_ot83gw37/s320/SW+1200edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5188885858485225874" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);">For the winter of 2005-6 I spent a total of two months up in the region of Labelle, Quebec. </span><a href="http://www.artnature.ca/"><span >Boreal art/nature</span></a><span><span > invited me to do an artist residency in the cabin on a few hundred acres of conserved forest. I produced </span><a href="http://flatlanderflim.blogspot.com/"><span >these still images</span></a><span > and shot a 16mm experimental film called </span></span><a href="http://flatlanderflim.blogspot.com/"><span >Flatlander</span></a><span><span >.</span><br /><br /><br /></span>Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23060491.post-1141065174763444322007-04-01T16:38:00.002-07:002012-04-01T18:16:41.944-07:00CV<p class="MsoNormal" style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: -40.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: -49.5pt; text-indent: -22.5pt; "></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1.27in; text-indent: -1.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; "> <span><span><span><span><u><b>Steve Topping</b></u></span> Artist, builder and the technical Director at Founderie Darling in Montreal</span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><b>toppingstop@gmail.com</b></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span>http://stoppin.blogspot.com</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><b>CV:</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><b>Solo Exhibitions</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 100%; "><span style="font-size: 8pt">2009, August 5-15</span></span><span style="font-size: 100%; "><span> </span></span><strong><span><span><span><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; ">Festival Acadien de Caraquet, </span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal; "><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; ">showcased artist in production</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><strong><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">2009, Sept 30-Oct 4 </span></span></span></span></span></strong><strong><span><span><span><b><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Art Pop: Pop Montreal</span></b></span></span></span></strong><strong><span><span><span><span style="font-weight: normal"><span style="background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">, featured artist</span></span></span></span></span></strong></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2008, June 5- 30</span></span><span> </span><span><b>Rock and Roll: Selected Contemporary Art in Newfoundland</b></span><span>, A1C Gallery, St. John’s, NL</span> </span></span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: -0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2008 Jan 19- Feb 6 </span></span><span><span><span><b>ESPACE BLANC 4 : </b></span></span></span><em><span><span><span><span style="font-style: normal"><b>MARQUER LE PAYS</b></span></span></span></span></em><em><span><span><span><span style="font-style: normal">, </span></span></span></span></em><em><span><span><span><span style="font-style: normal">Caravanserail, Rimouski, QC</span></span></span></span></em></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Residency and exposition of art on the ocean ice sheet</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1.27in; margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: -1.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; "> <span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span lang="fr-CA">2007, Mar 07-Apr29</span></span><span lang="fr-CA"> </span><span lang="fr-CA"><b>Capsule Memoir</b></span><span lang="fr-CA"> , Cinematheque Quebecois</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1.27in; margin-right: -0.25in; text-indent: -1.27in; margin-bottom: 0in; "> <span><span lang="fr-CA"></span><span lang="en-US"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>An exhibition of 28 super-8 film-loops (30sec) in a machine of my creation. </span></span></p> <p lang="en-US" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2006, Jan15-Mar 23</span> <b>Flatlander</b>, Boreal Art Nature, Labelle, QC</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Reflective thumbtacks in trees made to be level with one another for 2km </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span lang="fr-CA">2005, Feb15-Mar 15</span></span><span lang="fr-CA"> </span></span></span><span><span><span lang="fr-CA"><b>Les Domes de Glaces, Lachine Cannal, Montreal<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></b></span></span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Construction of domes of ice 6m x 2.5m high as public pavilions. </span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Coll. w/ Ana Rewakowicz. Co-produced and with </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Quartier Ephemere</b></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2004, June 18-20 </span><b>SpliceThis!</b> <b>International Super-8 Film Festival</b>,</span></span><span style="font-size: 100%; "> Toronto, ON </span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: arial; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Featured artist, photo exposition, video installation, film</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2003, May 1-29 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><b>Box Expo</b> <u>Gallerie Skol</u>, Montreal QC</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2001, Feb 8-Mar 9</span> <b>Upstairs</b>, <u>Solo Exhibition gallery</u>, 787 Queen St. West, Toronto, ON</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">2000, Sept 03-31</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Rain Paintings</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, Rogue space, </span><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Eastern Edge Gallery</u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, St John's Nfld. </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><b>Group Exhibitions</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 100%; "><span style="font-size: 8pt">2002, Oct 6-Mar 30</span> <b>Against Time</b> <u>Armando Museum</u>, Amersfoort, Netherlands -</span><i style="font-size: 100%; font-family: arial; ">Reading Canada Backwards</i><span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: arial; "> film</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">2002, Sept 13-Dec 7</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "> </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">The Dwelling</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, </span><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Optica</u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, 372 St-Catherine West, Montreal, QC</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">2001, Oct 2-Jan 20 </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">The Infinite Between</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "> </span><u style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Confederation Art Centre</u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, Charlottetown, PEI</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">and Mar 15-Apr 14</span> <b>The Infinite Between</b>, <u>Gallery 44</u>, Toronto, ON, -</span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Reading Canada Backwards</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "> film.</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: arial; ">1997, </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">Mar 28-April 19 </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Headquarters/ Man-Size</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "> with Marie-Paul MacDonald, Adrian Blackwell, Ken Hayes, Kika Thorn, Joep van Lieshout -</span><i style="font-family: arial; ">Reading Canada Backwards</i><span style="font-family: arial; "> film</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><b>Interventions</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">2000, Mar/April </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">The Anti-Loft Symposium</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, Toronto, ON</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">-Symposium on post studio practice organized by Marie-Paul MacDonald and Ken Hayes. Interventions included was my Anti-loft living space in Montreal</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; "><br /></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">1997-98, June </span><b style="font-size: 100%; font-family: arial; ">U-Haul Film Festival</b><span style="font-size: 100%; font-family: arial; ">, Toronto, ON</span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">U-haul truck w/ screen inset in the back door. Back projected S-8 films stopping at different neighbourhoods/ communities.</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span> Collaboration. w/ Eric Aurandt</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; "><br /></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 8pt; ">1997, Nov-April</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "> </span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">Snow Shack</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, Cartier, ON</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span> The Snow Shack was constructed as a winter shelter on “Crown land” </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">near Cartier, Northern Ontario. It used only radiant heat and foil insulation.</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span> <span><span><b>Film Festivals</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -1.27in; font-size: 8pt; ">2004</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; text-indent: -1.27in; "> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><b style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; text-indent: -1.27in; ">Splice This! Toronto International S-8 Film Festival</b><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; text-indent: -1.27in; ">, Toronto, ON, Featured artist, </span><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; text-indent: -1.27in; ">Reading Canada Backwards, Box Expo</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; text-indent: -1.27in; ">, photos</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2002 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><b>Anti-Matter Film Festival World Tour</b>, Victoria, BC, <i>Reading Canada Backwards</i></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2001+02<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><b>Blinding Light Film Festival</b>, Vancouver, BC, <i>Reading Canada Backwards</i></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin-right: -0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span>1998</span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="font-size: 100%; white-space: pre; "> </span><span style="font-size: 100%;">“</span><b style="font-size: 100%; ">Splice This!” Toronto International S-8 Film Festival</b><span style="font-size: 100%;">, Toronto, ON</span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2000</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Anthology Film Archive</b>, New York, N.Y. (16mm),</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">1999</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><b>Bandits-Mages</b>, Bourges, France, <i>Reading Canada Backwards</i></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; widows: 0; orphans: 0; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span lang="fr-CA">1998</span></span><span lang="fr-CA"><b> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Festival du Nouveau Cinema</b></span><span lang="fr-CA">, Montreal, QC (16mm),</span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span lang="fr-CA">1997 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span><span lang="fr-CA"></span><span lang="fr-CA"><b>Vancouver International Film Festival, </b></span><span lang="fr-CA">Vancouver, BC, </span></span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><i style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; "><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>-Reading Canada Backwards</i><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: 100%; ">, Premiere of 16mm version</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span> </span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><b>Publications</b></span></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span lang="fr-CA">2006</span></span><span lang="fr-CA"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span lang="fr-CA"><u>Fuse Magazine </u></span><span lang="fr-CA">Vol. 29, pgs 24-35 (Collective Dab)</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2005</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u>Unboxed: Engagements in pulic space</u>, Gallery 101, Ottawa, ON </span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.25in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ISBN 1-896183-13-1</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2005 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><u>Super Super 8, Experimental Works for Educational Environments</u></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>DVD special edition published by Canadian Filmmaker’s Distribution Center</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2004</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u>LaDemeure</u>, Optica, Montreal, QC</span></p> <p lang="fr-CA" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2002-2003</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Skol (centre des arts actuel) 2002 - 2003</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span lang="fr-CA"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“On Box Expo” - Daniel Hall</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span lang="fr-CA"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“La Piece Cinetique” - Caroline Martel,</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span lang="fr-CA"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>“224 Words/Minute” - Marie-Paul Macdonald</span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span lang="fr-CA">2002 <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span></span><span lang="fr-CA"><u>Transportable Environments</u></span><span lang="fr-CA">, Marie-Paul Macdonald, "Wearable Environments" </span></span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.5in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span lang="fr-CA"></span><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>ISBN 0 419 24250 3</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">1997</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Headquarters/ Man-Size ISBN<b> </b>0-9682465-0-8</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><b><span>Articles</span> </b></span></span> </span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2003</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u>On-Site,</u><u> #10</u>, “The Reality of an Inflated Utopia”</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2003</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u>On-Site</u><u>, #10</u>, Marie-Paul Macdonald, “Romantic Nomads”</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2003, May</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u>Montreal Mirror</u>, Christine Redfern</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2000</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><u>Mix Magazine</u> Vol.26 No.2 Fall Vince Tinguely “Interview w/ Anti-Loft artist”</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2000</span></span><span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span><u>Anti-Loft Symposium</u></span><span>, online publication, Michelle Marek, <a href="http://www.anti-loft.org/">www.anti-loft.org</a></span></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <h1 class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; "><span><span>Artist Presentations</span></span></h1> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2004, Jan</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Concordia University, Montreal, QC</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2003, May</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Skol, Montreal, QC</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2002, Oct</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Optica, Montreal, QC</span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">2002, Oct</span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Armando museum, Amerhestfort, Netherlands</span></p> <h1 class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; "><span><span style="font-size: 8pt"><span style="font-weight: normal">2000, Mar</span></span><span style="font-size: 8pt"> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span><span></span><span><span style="font-weight: normal">The Anti-Loft Symposium, Toronto, ON</span></span></span></h1> <h1 class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; "><span><span><span style="font-size: 8pt">1997, June<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span></span> <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>L’ Hopital Ephemere, Paris, France</span></span></h1> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span><span><span style="font-size: 9pt"><b>Relevant Experience</b></span></span></span><span> </span></span> </span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -1in; margin-bottom: 0in; "> <span><span><span>Collective Dab: </span></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 0.01in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><span><span>A collective of architects and artists who practice urban planning jamming to influence development interests toward more radical and creative solutions. </span></span><span><span lang="zxx"><u><a href="http://collectifdab.ca/#"><span><span>http://collectifdab.ca/#</span></span></a></u></span></span></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -1in; margin-bottom: 0in; "><span><br /></span></p> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -1in; margin-bottom: 0in; "> <span><span>Articule Artist run centre, Montreal, QC: Board Member (2006- present) and Programming Committee (present)</span></span></p> <h3 class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; "><span><span>Boreal Art/ Nature Artist run centre, L'Assomption, QC</span></span></h3> <p class="western" style="font-style: normal; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; margin-left: 1in; text-indent: -1in; margin-bottom: 0in; "> <span><span>Eastern Edge Artist run centre, St-John’s, NL, exuberant volunteer</span></span></p><p style="font-style: normal; font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 100%; font-weight: normal; "></p>Steve Toppinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06501101206551587584noreply@blogger.com0