HOMUNCULUS⁣ .⁣ Over the next few weeks, as we get closer to the opening of "HOMUNCULUS, or the planets seen through my childhood window," I will be sharing images from the exhibition. For now, here are the adult characters from Le Petit Pri
HOMUNCULUS, or the planets seen through my childhood window⁣ .⁣ OPENING: Wednesday, May 8 | 5-9PM⁣ ON-VIEW: May 1-16, 2019⁣ .⁣ Northern Contemporary Gallery ⁣ @northerncontemporary⁣ ⁣ .⁣ Featured exhibition at the 2019 Scotiabank CONTACT Festival⁣ .⁣
HOMUNCULUS⁣ .⁣ The biggest influence on my newest project is the book "Le Petit Prince."⁣ .⁣ The Little Prince, French Le Petit Prince, fable and modern classic by French aviator and writer Antoine de Saint-Exupéry that was published
HOMUNCULUS⁣ .⁣ I just returned from a journey through the Swiss mountainside and somehow ended up at the beginning of it all... my childhood bedroom. ⁣ .⁣ Once the feelings are nostalgia faded, I was left with a feeling of shame. Here I was, sitting
HOMUNCULUS⁣ .⁣ After filming Wanderweg, I fell into a deep depression. I was directionless. Lost. Unable to find myself on a map.⁣ .⁣ I returned home to my childhood room like many of us do in our late twenties. Adults in body, sure, but our minds ca
HOMUNCULUS⁣ .⁣ This project begins with a view from my childhood bedroom. This was where I sat alone pretending I was anywhere else. I used my imagination to travel to far-off mountains and to the edge of our solar system. There were no limits. I was
WANDERWEG . The final shot of me is standing in front of a window. I close the window, take off my hat, and turn the camera off. The journey is over. . However, the image of the window has remained with me. . Perhaps the next project is just on the o
WANDERWEG⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ Near the end of the film, I juxtapose the moment of me finding the letter with the moment when I hid the letter. The two hands of the same clock coming together. A moment of simultaneity. ⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ From the moment I hid the letter, I had
WANDERWEG⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ When I wrote the letter to myself, I didn't know when I would read it. In a way, it was a way to end a life-changing year... but I always knew that the letter would be the beginning of something new. ⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ ⁣⠀ #pal
WANDERWEG . I hid the letter inside of a clock, which was then placed in the attic of a house in the mountains. I wrote the letter for my future self...but I didn’t know when that would be. . Finding it felt like a compression of time. My past
An excerpt of "Wandering in Relativity" a film review by Pat Mullen⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity features a bunch of complex concepts that an artistically minded person like myself will never fully comprehend. The gist
WANDERWEG⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ My original plan for Wanderweg was to walk across Switzerland and film myself along the way...⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ Well, that didn't happen. I failed on my first day walking after realizing I couldn't carry my backpack for 30km per day. Silly me.⁣⠀
WANDERWEG.⁣ .⁣ When I wrote the letter to my future self, I hid it in a clock.⁣ .⁣ ⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ .⁣ ⁣ ⁣ ⁣ #paluzzi #photography #art #photobook #filmphotography #yow #yyz #contactphotographyfestival #contactfestival #contactphotography #myot
WANDERWEG⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ This film is a "reflexive road movie," meaning that is is a road movie ABOUT a road movie. It is highly aware of itself.⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ These are some key moments when I address the camera and remind the viewer that I am making a fil
WANDERWEG⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ As I mentioned in a previous post, Caspar David Friedrich's compositions were something in my mind when I went to go back the film. ⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ These "wanderer shots" were inter-cut throughout the film. There are 26 cantons in Sw
WANDERWEG⁣ .⁣ Before returning home after my exchange year in Switzerland, I wrote my future self a letter and hid it in a house in the mountains. Five years later, I returned with a backpack and camera to read the letter. This film is a document of
UNTERWEGS, or the thoughts of a lonesome traveller⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ This is my last post about my first book. It's only fitting to end with the artist who inspired a generation of travellers –– including myself! The romantic paintings of Caspar Davi
UNTERWEGS, or the thoughts of a lonesome traveller⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ Following my year abroad in Switzerland, I spent the next six years studying at the University of Ottawa (@uottawa), culminating in a Master's degree. My thesis contained two parts: an artistic
UNTERWEGS, or the thoughts of a lonesome traveller⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ Music has always played an important role in my work. When a particular series of notes or lyrics hook me, I can listen to them over and over and over. Eventually, the music becomes intertwined
UNTERWEGS, or the thoughts of a lonesome traveller⁣.⁣⠀ .⁣⠀ "Conscious of the fact that the photograph often stands for memory, we can create images with this in mind, placing the self within the landscape gently but deliberately, engaging with i