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A Perfect Day

A clear, operatic voice is heard singing a cappella, a 3 minute song on loop. It has an analog quality but has been converted into an mp3. The mp3 has been sent to a transmission facility in Florida and broadcast by a third party into space via high-frequency radio. A small book accompanies the recording, one volume and bound in chipboard cover that includes the title of the work and the artist's name. Measuring 5.25"x5" and with 76 white pages, it contains on the first page text, and on the following pages a tight, black continuous scribble. In the back of the book is a white CD, again printed with the title of the work and the artist's name.

93.7

This work appears in an interdisciplinary journal, which measures 6”x9”, on pages 25 through 33. On white paper, the first page of the work contains a small box of text in the centre of the page. The next page contains an image that takes up approximately 75% of the page. Each following page repeats this pattern of text, then image.

Contenders

A silent video that lasts for approximately five minutes, that consists of images of women in varying states of upset, each for 10 seconds. Though the images are still, there is motion as the camera pans out. The image quality changes as video progresses, improving in quality. The expressions of the women also change, becoming more performative with each image.

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 == '''A Perfect Day ''' ==
-''A Perfect Day'' (2013) is comprised of two parts: a high-frequency radio transmission of a song, and an accompanying book.  The song, entitled A Perfect Day, was written by Carrie Jacobs Bond in 1910 and is sung, a capella, by me. Through the use of high-frequency radio, the transmission reaches outer space. The book contains a CD with my recording of the song, the lyrics, and a visual translation of the transmission, in the form of radio waves.
+A clear, operatic voice is heard singing a cappella, a 3 minute song on loop. It has an analog quality but has been converted into an mp3. The mp3 has been sent to a transmission facility in Florida and broadcast by a third party into space via high-frequency radio. A small book accompanies the recording, one volume and bound in chipboard cover that includes the title of the work and the artist's name. Measuring 5.25"x5" and with 76 white pages, it contains on the first page text, and on the following pages a tight, black continuous scribble. In the back of the book is a white CD, again printed with the title of the work and the artist's name.
 == '''93.7''' ==
-''93.7'' (2013) is a narrative print-based work that includes text (song lyrics, rodeo statistics, country chart listings, horse lineages) and images. It appears in an interdisciplinary journal called inter/tidal. The story presented alludes to my secret love of country music, and tells of my thirteenth birthday party, including a drive with my father to the suburbs of Vancouver to rent a karaoke machine for the event.
+This work appears in an interdisciplinary journal, which measures 6”x9”, on pages 25 through 33. On white paper, the first page of the work contains a small box of text in the centre of the page. The next page contains an image that takes up approximately 75% of the page. Each following page repeats this pattern of text, then image.
 == '''Contenders''' ==
-''Contenders'' (2011-ongoing) is an ongoing video work consisting showing screenshots of television show The Bachelor. Each image shows a different runner-up contestant at the very moment she is informed that she’s lost both the competition and love of the man who's affection she’s been fighting for. The silent video shows the images in chronological order, each for 10 seconds, and uses the Ken Burns effect. As a new season airs and is completed, another image is added on to the end of the video.
+A silent video that lasts for approximately five minutes, that consists of images of women in varying states of upset, each for 10 seconds. Though the images are still, there is motion as the camera pans out. The image quality changes as video progresses, improving in quality. The expressions of the women also change, becoming more performative with each image.