The Gradient Gaze

Vicky Christou from her solo exhibition The Gradient Gaze currently at Bau-Xi Gallery, Toronto:

FloodZone

Part of this year's Contact Photography Festival, Anastasia Samoylova's FloodZone is currently showing at Toronto TTC's Davisville Station:

Northern Night vs Ocean Drawing

Ann Mackintosh Duff's Northern Night currently at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto:

One of Ed Pien's Ocean Drawings currently at Birch Contemporary, Toronto:

Time Machine

Landon Mackenzie from her solo exhibition Time Machine currently at Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto:

Freemark vs Michalik

Fiona Freemark from her solo exhibition Sunset Watch currently at Dianna Witte Gallery, Toronto:

Tess Michalik also showing at Dianna Witte now:

Collecting Dust

Ryan Van Der Hout from his solo exhibition Collecting Dust currently at United Contemporary, Toronto:

Dorex

Connie Wilson from her solo exhibition Dorex currently at Franz Kaka, Toronto:

Florescence

Joy Wong from her solo exhibition Florescence currently at Open Studio, Toronto:

NGPA 22

Currently showing at Toronto's Arsenal Contemporary are the winners of the New Generation Photography Award 2022 ...

Marisa Kriangwiwat Holmes's Trying To Make Something Out:

Clara Lacasse's Breach:

Séamus Gallagher's Face Not Recognized 1:

Pathétique

I have been listening to the second movement of Beethoven's Pathétique, Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor Op. 13 almost everyday lately.  This is my favourite version, just a single pianist Éric Heidsieck, without a grand orchestra.  I must admit that the sound quality of the video is rather mediocre but I really like the pace, which is a bit faster than most other pianists' playing.

Video from bbpianos's youtube channel

A pleasant day in March:

Chromatic approximations of the number π

LUNA is an annual one-evening-only event at Toronto's Crescent School celebrating the arts.  This year's iteration, LUNA Nova, is the first time in three years that this event returns in-person on-site.  Chromatic approximations of the number π is my project for LUNA this year.

π is known to be an irrational number, which means that it is a non-terminating non-recurring decimal.  As it is not possible to exactly represent π with all its digits, we can only approximate it.  My project explores approximations of π using colours.  Here are some snapshots of my project from this past Thursday ...

The "low resolution" paintings:

One of the "high resolution" digital drawings:

Rational approximations of π and the distribution of primes

I found recently this very interesting video that reveals an unlikely connection between rational approximations of π and the distribution of prime numbers.  Enjoy!

Video from 3Blue1Brown's youtube channel

The Falling Sky

Adapting an old black and white photo of a burnt dwelling by Claudia Andujar, Gisela Motta & Leandro Lima's projection The Falling Sky of a burning illusion is currently showing at Trinity Square Video, Toronto:

You x2

This song came out in 1991 but I’ve never listened to its resonating melancholy as much as I have in the recent weeks when my father passed away and my aging mother is coping with life.

You by the Dutch band Ten Sharp:

Video from Mia's youtube channel

The instrumental version:

From MrKostasDRS's youtube channel

Between The Woods And Frozen Lake

Keiran Brennan Hinton from his solo exhibition Between The Woods And Frozen Lake currently at Galerie Nicolas Robert, Toronto:

The Tangled Garden

My Instagram account was hacked on March 17, and I haven’t been able to access it until just recently when I regained control of it again.  As I see that the risk of my account being hijacked again is very low, I have now gradually restored its use.  For more than six weeks, I have halted all activities on social media, fearing that the security of my other social media accounts might also be compromised.  I now feel safe enough to return.  Thank you all for your continued support.

A lot has happened in these past weeks.  I was tormented from a family loss.  But I did manage to have a few gallery visits.  Here's one.  Luis Jacob's The Tangled Garden series from his solo exhibition Borderline Cases: Two In The Bush currently at Patel Brown Gallery, Toronto: