All you have to do is show up
Performance during opening reception of THINK A LOT exhibition, with performances of DIELECTRIC and efemme.

September 19th, 2025
Audain Gallery in the Visual Arts Building, University of Victoria.

Abstract:
All you have to do is show up was the accompaniment #performanceart piece to the THINK A LOT exhibition at the Audain Gallery.
In being encouraged to more directly include my #performanceart pieces into my thesis, while still feels strange, they are integral components to my artistic practice, language and history. This piece was me “getting ready” for the show.
At the time I was also teaching as a professor in Video Art, a studio class, with a bit of theory sprinkled in. I emphasized that most of their grade will come from being present in the room. That can be the hardest part. That’s why it’s most important.
In any room I am in, it’s a struggle for me to get there. If I’m there, I want credit, in that, I want you to know how much I care. As a parent – I found it impossible to show up in an art and music world that could not accommodate my new identity. It’s hard for me to get programmed as an artist when I can’t go to the music shows or gallery openings that I used to find so easy to attend. I keep strange hours. There is a lot in this piece that was fun and funny and is in dialogue with my other films titled “Getting Ready 1&2” > oh I love to talk. 

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