An Entry on Invasion

The Western was hunched over an encyclopedia, raptly scanning a timeline.

The etymology of the word invasion mostly suggests stability across thousands of years. It is a corridor of belligerence slicing through chaotic time. Going back, far back, origins seem to simplify into chunky basics. All of the overtones and connotations of experience are rolled back to the uncomplicated balls of dirt we used to toss around, as words. Go in.

Text commissioned for an artist catalogue that was never published.
PDF: Michael-EDDY_entry-on-invasion_2019

 

published March 17, 2020

From Napkins to Nappies

Suffer Dad subliminal socks from Kmart

A text I wrote reflecting on Flotilla, the biannual artist-run centre conference that took place in Charlottetown in September 2017, to which I contributed on the curatorial committee, is finally available here: https://www.flotillaatlantic.com/michael-eddy/from-napkins-to-nappies

Aussi bien qu’une version française: https://www.flottille.ca/michael-eddy/from-napkins-to-nappies

published March 14, 2019

Repairing a mural

Lijiang Studio is well known for its Mural Project, among other things, however some of the images on the walls have been weathering pretty drastically since their first application. On a recent visit we asked if we could refurbish a particularly prominent mural on the He family’s outside wall.

published May 30, 2018