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Holes Holding Whole; Idle Time

“An Introverted dot Net is dreaming in bed: underground, on the earth, with the body, in another pocket of time—unearthing, digging in, digging deeper, soft resting—we are horizontalvertical with bodyawake, earsawake, tasteawake, smellawake, voiceawake, eyesawake, wideawake!”

A project by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough

Cast your curse on anintroverted.net, and explore the extended collaboration between artists Amanda Boulos, Ella Dawn McGeough, and Erica Stocking including residency, exhibitions, various events, and publications. In this net, Four Watches of the Night turns to hold Holes Holding Whole and spreads into IdleTime.

An Introverted dot Net is dreaming in bed: underground, on the earth, with the body, in another pocket of time—unearthing, digging in, digging deeper, soft resting—we are horizontalvertical with bodyawake, earsawake, tasteawake, smellawake, voiceawake, eyesawake, wideawake!

Image by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough
Above: Image by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough
Image by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough
Above: Image by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough
Image by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough
Above: Image by Erica Stocking, Amanda Boulos, and Ella Dawn McGeough

This project is supported by EQ Bank as part of an ongoing partnership that highlights Canadian digital art practices, featuring commissioned works showcased in print and through expanded digital formats.

Erica Stocking is an artist working with sculpture and performance to recognize, reorganize and practice relations to, with, and in the world. She is based in Tkaronto/Toronto and is currently a PhD candidate in Visual Arts at York University. 
ericastocking.com
@eea_s

Amanda Boulos engages with fragmented oral national narratives from Palestine, Lebanon, and Canada to explore how those histories can morph into a future Palestinian diaspora. She is an Assistant Professor of Painting and Drawing at OCAD University, a member of the plumb and programmer for the Toronto Palestine Film Festival.
amandaboulos.com
@amooboo

Ella Dawn McGeough negotiates sticky sites of affection & infection, influence & inheritance, obligation & commitment, encounter & entanglement, inside & outside, you & me, they & we. Their doctoral research drew on the vast potential of beds, human and otherwise (York University, 2023). They are an Assistant Professor and Area Chair of Sculpture for University of Saskatchewan’s School for the Arts
elladawnmcgeough.com

This article is published in issue 42.2 of BlackFlash magazine. Get this issue

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