Author: Emma Ongman

Categories
Exhibitions 2020 - 2021

Imbody

By Nicole Valkova

  • Thinking about slipping out of my body and throwing it in the wash
  • This is such a good photo
  • Mullet
  • A535 saved my life
  • I invite the guillotine
  • Never more tired than when I’m awake
  • but these people keep telling me to do “work” for my “degree” (2/2)
  • I have nightmares like this
  • I just want to go back to bed (1/2)
  • Taking a load off by putting a load on
  • Thinking about how good it would feel to drive a sword through my chest
  • Thinking about hiring someone to hold my head up (it is so heavy)
  • Flare-ups are preventable (you decide)
  • Twist I
  • Twist III
  • I MISS MOSH PITS
  • Twist II
  • Untitled
  • I’ll do it my damn self
  • Stop telling me I’m going to get arthritis (I’m not)

THIS IS A PUBLIC DECLARATION OF SELF_LOVE>

GO HUG YOURSELF>

MOVE YA BAWDY>

LOVE<

NV<#

special thanks to claire stu, kaila p, and the zavitz team (rachael, emma, emil, emily, mary, and nestor)

Categories
Exhibitions 2020 - 2021 Uncategorized

Screen Time


Emma Ongman

GLOBALIZED PANOPTICON
2021
GIF
THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE
2021
GIF
NEW TIKTOK DANCE TO LEARN AT HOME
2021
GIF

Screen Time is an installation that consists of three screen-prints of contemporary desktop computers with blank screens. Each serigraph is mirrored by a mobile device on a tripod with an animated GIF that exists within the blank space of the screen-printed screen. Generated by a digital video synthesizer, these GIFs reflect on some of the many ways time can be spent with screens.

Emma Ongman is an interdisciplinary artist interested in questioning structures of reality. She is currently inspired by the evolution of technology and its influence on human behaviour. Her recent work explores mainstream habits of media consumption and the potential of technology beyond its intended use. 

emmaongman.com | @emmaongman

Categories
Exhibitions 2020 - 2021

Everything Happens

Shay Donovan

  • Everything Happens, 2021
  • North Field, 2021
  • Stag, 2020
  • Forked, 2020
  • Gibbous, 2020
  • The Magician, 2020

Shay Donovan is an interdisciplinary artist creating representative artwork through digital drawing, textile work, and photography. Through the integration of occult symbolism, Shay works to create an accessible library of symbols found in the subconscious that any viewer can find and lose themselves in. 

More work can be found at shaydonovan.com or @shay_dono on Instagram.

Categories
Exhibitions 2020 - 2021

To the Moon and Back

Romario Smith

To the moon and back is the expression of the influence of the 90s anime, Sailor Moon, on LGBTQ2IA+ youth. A reclaimed space for the Queer characters and themes that were censored in the English dub when it was brought to North America and an appreciation for the process of creating such animations by spotlighting the typically fast-moving frames.

Transformation and unconditional love are themes that this show very strongly embody and that many people, especially in the Queer community can relate to. We transform ourselves consistently both physically and emotionally to adapt to societal pressures, strengthen relationships and hopefully become some version of our best selves. Explore subject matter that touches upon sexuality, transformation, censorship, religion, accepting spaces, a mother’s love and sacrifice. 

This character is one that truly loves unconditional, whether it’s romantic, familial, or platonic and fights for that love till the end. She is an icon that reminds us to love those around us unapologetically or as I prefer to say, to the moon and back.

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  • Dream brooch
  • Eternal brooch
  • Rosebud Window
  • Prism Moon Princess
  • Moon Madonna
  • True Self
  • Mother Serenity

In support of my upcoming show ‘To the Moon and Back’ I’m collecting donations for Egale Canada. Everyone who donates will receive 2 stickers of paintings in the show. Click here for more information ??

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