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Documenting the most innovative emerging traditional & mixed-media artists, with street level performance art, spoken word, phototography, comedy, burlesque and other culture. |
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
Maxi Boyd is a Toronto artist who has circumvented the gallery system by holding exhibits in her living room. Her latest show, The Church of Rock and Roll, held in October 2003 combines religious and punk music icons, such as Sid Vicious. Here is our feature video interview with her.
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
Fiona Smyth is best known for her contributions to EXCLAIM and VICE magazines, but she is also an established artist who has been exhibiting since the late 1980's. Fiona discussed the influences behind her latest works displayed at the Come As You Are sex shop in Oct. 2003.
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
The Gladstone Hotel recently gave room service of a different sort. It opened up it's rooms to a group showing by University of Toronto artists including Ellen Li, Laura Giger and Ziyad Ali. TO be SCENE's videographer Dominique Hui gives us a quick overview of what she saw, including a gummy bears porno film.
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
TO be SCENE's contributing videographer Dominique Hui interviews artists Bryan McBurney, Chan-yong Park, Oscar de las Flores and Nina Bunjevac from the "Shock And Awe" group exhibit at SPIN gallery. Themes of dislocation and violence are expressed through photographs, paintings, vicious aluminium dogs.....
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Monday, 24 July 2006 |
Despite his youthful appearance, Skecky Grey is one of the oldest and most crotchety comedians around. Having weathered the highs and lows of his tumultous career, which began with the radio comedies of the 1940s, he is today a very bitter and brilliantly demented entertainer.....
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