"Woke" and being awake.. more here:
Geoff Russ: Woke 1 was crazy. Woke 2 is worse and has already conquered Canada
"playing in punk bands"... writing government grants [ who knew? ] with the latest visiting Struts artist here: Open Studio Artist in Residence | Alex Apostolidis
" 12 August- 16 Sept 2026
Struts is pleased to welcome Alex Apostolidis, our next Open Studio Artist in Residence of 2026.
"Throughout my practice, I explore how gender and sexuality relate to capitalism through media, the status quo and interpersonal dynamics by combining archetypes and personal narrative to create image-based works across print, photography, video, performance, sculpture and site-specific installation. My recent practice has focused on video, exploring the notion of reimagining television as a space for DIY communal creation and education. This video practice is community-based, generally working with a large team more so akin to film production but I’m curious to narrow down and focus on simplifying these productions. I believe taking into account the larger contemporary efforts of broadcast and attempting to foster communal bonds with others to create a network is an act of reclamation of power in the broadcast landscape."
Alex Apostolidis is a queer multi-disciplinary artist with an image-based practice working in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montreal, Quebec). Using chaos and comedy as cloaking devices, they explore communal experience of mass media and deviance from cultural hegemony in broadcast media through performance, video art and photography via subject matter such as television and kitsch memorabilia. Apostolidis’ performance practice has spanned playing in punk bands, acting in plays and short films, and performing and directing their own experimental narrative durational performance pieces. They founded the ongoing video and performance project “IWant2BeOnTV” - which make videos and performances addressing power dynamics typically seen in cable television. Alex has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Photography at Concordia University. Notably, their works have been shown at Celine Bureau (2023) and Artch (2023), Art Souterrain (2022) Montreal, QC, Performance is Alive (2019), Brooklyn, NYC.
More information about their residency and how you can be participate in Alex's project coming soon!
The Open Studio Residency Program is generously supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Arts & Culture NB, and ArtsNB."
When Did Art Become So Totally Queer? When "Getting Funding" Decided Who Gets Boosted & Who Does Not... There is however ..... NEVER any money for a skatepark project though #BuildBackBeauty
Its been a long time watching the summers drift by with zero action on behalf of OUR youth who presented in the Town Hall to the elected officials regarding a new skatepark venue.. none of them are still involved in local politics shown below.. none of them did anything to help advance this project over the last 15 years.. amazingly..
Waiting how long? 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026... the truth is this project was a no-brainer but it has also been an era of crazy that has not subsided but instead has ramped up... I miss the good ol' days of normal sane folks.. maybe a miracle will return those days to us?
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