Péloton, March 2021 @ UCalgary School of Creative & Performing Arts
Thoughts and photos from the year end performances at UCalgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts - the only company I work with that has produced staged work in 2021 so far, and whose creative solutions to mandated distancing continuously blew me away. Celebrating the resilience of the performing arts community.
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“Artist in Studio with Model (2020)”
Reflecting on the past year, this homage to Sam Haskins was my first real piece of pandemic art - and it hasn’t stopped since then. I’ve been one of the few and truly fortunate artists in Calgary this past year that have been able to say things have only improved.
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Exciting news! My first creative release of 2021, CUBE, is getting a solo exhibition!
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How COVID has spurred dancers to find a 'sense of togetherness that has never been present before'
I was commissioned to create a photo essay for the CBC on the topic of my choosing. The request was for local stories from the Calgary community - something I’m passionate about. As ‘the arts guy,’ I immediately looked to performing arts for inspiration.
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I’m doing an Instagram takeover next week for Calgary Economic Development! Its gonna be a super cool week and I’m looking forward to talking about my work and creative lives, as well as sharing my favourite parts of our city.
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I just discovered this morning that I received a Top Pick designation in the Community Votes Calgary 2020 Awards that were voted on last month! How cool is that?? Super dope recognition that proves I can beat out the big guys - looking at you, Walmart! lol
A huge thank you to all of the lovely folks that voted for me! :)
And a big shoutout to Platinum Winner - Angie Anderson Photography! While I’ve only had the pleasure of meeting Angie once, I’ve been following her boudoir business for a while now and she does some seriously great work. Check here out here.
Happy Tuesday everyone! :)
Cube no.1 // @cindy.ansah
CUBE (2021) is a personal exploration of emotional states as they relate to re-learning how the world worked in the early stages of the pandemic. Isolation, anxiety, existentialism, and claustrophobia examined through dance and movement; exacerbated and distorted through use of an ultra wide angle lens. An un-reality developed to look inward.
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Project InTandem 2.0 (dir. Meghann Michalsky & Sylvie Moquin), March 2020.
Art finds a way. Reflecting on the best work of the abridged theatrical season in Calgary. This gallery is a testament to the perseverance a community of people that love what they do and who’s work was suddenly interrupted.
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Just a small piece of how crazy, eventful, overwhelming, and epic 2020 ended up being.
I feel like one of the incredibly small number of fortunate people that gets to look back on 2020 and call it a GREAT year overall… I got married, was named Best of Calgary’s Best Photographer, taught Lightroom for the first time, produced my first play, received my first Arts grant, released three years worth of backlogged creative work, and much more…
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A friend asked me for an opinion on a cheap lighting kit she’d found, almost embarrassed to admit that it was what she was looking at. It reminded me a lot of where I got started with lighting ,and so I wanted to share that story.
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We’re fighting for our careers and our lives. Stop calling us lazy artists.
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Hot off the presses! We now have an edited cut of the live show! If you missed the live performance nights, not to worry, its right here :)
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My studio turned into a performance venue for three weeks in September 2020
The whole pitch for doing Like Tom Cruise Loves Running into 2020 was “we’ve got this play, its a three-hander, its age and gender neutral, and they each stay inside of a tape square on the floor.”
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It me! Part of the Best of Calgary Class of 2020 !
Guess what! I’m your Best of Calgary 2020 winner for Best Photographer!! AAAAAHHHHH!!! This is amazing news and I want to thank you so so much for this gift! It couldn’t have come at a more important time and I am immensely grateful.
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Custom road cases built by the extraordinary team at Pickering Woodworks
I was almost positive that I was going to lose my studio due to the covid shutdown. Plans were set in motion to start paring down equipment, and other parts were earmarked for storage. The most difficult element to work out though was what the hell to do with the 500lbs of aluminum and acrylic that makes up my Lumination set?
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Without really realizing it, I’ve made a career out of admiring and documenting fellow artists - on stage, online, in class, and everywhere. From an arms length, there’s almost always been a component of my work that has been directed to celebrate others.
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Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi
I had a great time working on this awareness campaign by Vertigo Theatre to bring attention to the necessity of vigilant masking practices, combined with a hopeful message for the theatre community, which was among the hardest hit by the pandemic.
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Self Portrait of Tim in Studio with Model (2020)
Its fitting that this ended up being the last creative in my studio: a long term goal, a model shoot, and a self portrait. A vanity project, of which I seldom gravitate toward. Inspired and guided by creative influences on many levels.
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This is one of the faces I make
I’ve spent an embarrassing number of years of getting in my own way for no good reason at all. I am finally freeing myself from the weight of imaginary people’s opinions.
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BTS at Vertigo Theatre (photo by Jaime Vedres)
The time has come to just be myself, the artist. So I thought a re-introduction was in order.
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