On June 4, 2012, I was one of the screenprinters who took over the stage of Trampoline Hall, an art lecture series in Toronto. Between the 3 lecturers (Chris Boni, Guy Halpern and Amelia Ehrhardt), fellow artists Ashley, Joanna and I screenprinted any flat objects brought up by audience members. Artists Casey, Annie and Dina coordinated the receiving and returning of the audience member's new art pieces.

An offshoot of Shannon Gerard's NanoPublishing course (offered at OCADU in Toronto!), myself and the other Biohazard Babes (and Boy!) brought some surreal art participation into audience members' lives. A big thanks goes out to Misha Glouberman for getting mixed up in the crazy live screenprinting world of the Biohazard Babes!

'Navigate' and 'Flight' Intaglio Prints

'Navigate'


'Flight'

Lithographs

'Circulate'


'Narrate'


'Breath'

My large-scale installation at Concordia of my digitally printed drawings and my papercuts took over the walls one building at a time.

Power Tower Stop Animation

Using drawings, papercuts, street soundscapes and my own take on sound effects, I've made a stop animation of my current building-beasts.



These drawings were scanned, digitally printed large-scale and installed at Concordia. The pieces were installed with double-sided tape, meaning each drawing and colourful network papercut could be re-arranged by the audience.

'Evolve' Book

As part of the altered book collection in the Toronto Reference Library, I had the opportunity to take an existing book and create my own work. Inspired by a visit to the anatomy Mutter Museum in Philadelphia, and the collection of anatomical pop-up books in the Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library in Toronto, I created a paper-and-acetate book of a female figure that has several layers of biological 'armor' that is slowly stripped with each turned page. The book can be checked out of the Toronto Reference Library in their Special Collection Artist Book room!

'Step' - Printing Footsteps

Worn boots are actually flat linoleum surfaces to printmakers, and so I took lino tools to my old boots.





Walking around the city, I left a map of my favourite walking trails step by step.

Usually disappearing as quickly as they are printed, my footprints will last a little longer than most.


My footprints reveal both my neighbourhood and my walking pattern, and only the part of the boot that gets enough pressure will print. The rest of the image is hidden on my boot itself, and only I can read the whole story.













Lotus fold books reveal the steps as you page through. The books and the boots are stored in handmade boxes, but the boots aren't quite retired yet!