Thank You
A huge heartfelt thank you to my communities for participation in my epic projects. I couldn’t do it without you.
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CURATORS
Luna Allison and Sarah Manns: Ottawa Dyke March
André Azevedo: MIX NYC
Laura Boo and Johnny Forever: Faux Pas, Montreal/ Bent, Vancouver
Bring Yourself Fest: Bristol
Bronno, Tre, Chase, Ahmed, Jordan: TRIGGER festival, Toronto
Michelle Bush: Eastern Edge, Newfoundland
Renee Castoguay: In + body, VAV Gallery, Montreal
Alvis Choi: Queers Can’t Wait, Seoul, Bangalore, Hong Kong
Yvette Choy: Turning to Night, Le Petit Versailles, New York
Elle Chronique and Laura Krahn: Toronto Dyke March
Troy Davis and Laurence Laurence: La Semaine des Queers Radicaux
Noelle Duncan: Queer Prophecies, National Queer Arts Festival
Fake Jazz: Vancouver
Ashley Fortier and Josh Valentine: Pervers/cite Montreal
Oliver Frost: Act Art, London, U.K.
get bent: Manchester
Miriam Ginestier: Edgy Women, Montreal
Anne Golden: GIV, Montreal
Kris Grey: Queer Objectivity, Stamp Gallery, Maryland
E. Hearte: Struts Gallery, Sackville, New Brunswick
Kate Henderson: Bildweschel Glasgow/ CCA
Onya Hogan-Finlay: La Centrale and The Bookmobile, Montreal
homoagogo, Olympia, Washington
Homocrime, London, U.K.
Ingo: Club Wotever, London and El Rio, San Francisco
D.Kimm: les filles électroniques and Phenomena Montreal
Sasha Kleinplatz and Andre Tay: Short & Sweet, Festival TransAmériques
Karin Kroll and Christina: Bildwechsel Hamburg/ Villa Magdelena
Amy K: Deep Lez, Montreal/Vancouver
Jane Jin Kaisen: OPEN Beijing
Ted Kerr: POSITIVE ASSERTIONS, Visual AIDS, New York
Moynan King: Hysteria, Buddies in Bad Times, Toronto
Velveeta Krisp: Signal and Noise, VIVO, Vancouver
Vanessa Kwan: FUSE Vancouver Art Gallery
Stephen Lawson and Shauna Janssen: Hemispheric Institute Encuentros
Sophie Le-Phat Ho & Katja Melzer: Les HTMlles, Montreal
Mary MacDonald: Eastern Edge, St.John’s Newfoundland
Dayna McLeod, De la part des vaincus, Nantes, France
Steven Henry Madoff: SVA, New York
Julie Matson: Ladyfest Vancouver
Jill McDermid: Grace Space, New York
musée d’art contemporain de montréal
Heidi Nagtegaal: Hammock Residency, Vancouver
Sarah Jenny, Avory Agony and Samara Hennet: Hey Queen, Brooklyn
Mascha Nehls: Entzaubert/ Silver Future and Weltweiter Frauenkampftag, Berlin
Amy Nugent: Out on Screen, Vancouver
Nuit Blanche: Montreal
Queeruption: Amsterdam, Berlin
Milo Rainbow: MIX NYC, New York
Asad Raza: Nuit Blanche, Toronto
Red: SPAM NYC
Helen Reed: Portland Art Museum
Vanessa Richards: Parade of Lost Souls, Public Dreams, Vancouver
Andrea Joy Rideout: Edgy Redux, Nuit Blanche, Montreal
Caitlin Rose and Lex Non Scripta: Best Revenge, San Francisco
Jen Rosenblit: Danspace, St.Mark’s Church, New York
Clive Rumble: Buttcracker Cabaret, Amsterdam
Aliza Shapiro: Floating World, New Jersey
Shoreditch festival: London, U.K.
Adrian Sinclair: Museum of Vancouver, London
Sarah Spike and Jenny Craig: GREASY GOOSE, Montreal
Annie Sprinkle and Beth Stephens: The Purple Wedding, L.A.
Mylene St. Pierre: Montreal’s First Official Dyke March
Maya Suess: Harvestworks and VENT Festival, NYC
Jordan Tannahill: Queer Death Drive Video Hole, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Maiko Tanaka and Helen Reed: Double Bounce, Toronto
Danielle Tremblay: la galerie du nouvel-ontario, Sudbury
John Wild: Space Hijackers/Anarchecture Week, London, U.K.
Marcin Wisniewski: Videofag, Toronto
Ian Wojtowicz: The Betweeners, SKOL Gallery, Montreal
COLLABORATORS
Michelle Bush*, Kimura Byol*, Christopher Coope, Angela Gabereau, Sarah Hart, E. Hearte*, Raphaële Frigon*, Hannah Jickling*, Jen Kovach*, Amy K*, Luisa Jojic, Zuzu Knew, Claire Lykes, Lamathilde*, Mascha Nehls*, *Alexis O’Hara*, Shayo*, Sidria Fancy Pony*, Amanda Ream*, Erin Reid*, Morgan Sea*, Sequinette, Ariel Speedwagon*, Yoshi Khwaja*, Pippi Zornoza
(*some of whom I have worked with in groups as well)
COLLECTIVES I HAVE FOUNDED
burnout films
BYO Cabaret
Collective Itch
The Throw-ups
Women With Kitchen Appliances
EDITORS
Gwen Haworth, Pete Karkut, Yoshi Khwaja, Maplo, Travis Reeves, Veronique Soucy, Morgan Sea
WEB AND GRAPHIC DESIGNERS
André Azevedo, Tif Flowers and Neng Wu
PHOTOGRAPHY
Dana Aleshire, André Azevedo, Becky Bothwick, Michelle Bush, Ingo Cando, Grace Chu, Ruth Clark,Tinker Coalescing, Devon Crosby, Logan A. Curley, Michael Deguzman, Tif Flowers, Raphaële Frigon, Lisa Graves, Kate Henderson, Yoshi Khwaja, Diana Le Nezét, Kim Maurice, Ronika McClain, Nikol Mikus, Day Milman, Heidi Nagtegaal, Kristyn O’Reilly, Alexis O’Hara, Nicole Ayla Myles, Ben Owens, Ronit Porat, Charlotte Prieur, Sara Race, Melanie Radloff, Chris Rochelle, Fenner Rumble, Julian Shendelman, Renaud St. Amour, Katie Stewart, Julie Andrée T, Morgan Sea, Veronique Soucy, Yoko Todo, Erin Ward, Tanja Tiziana
VIDEOGRAPHERS
André Azevedo, Chantal Allard, Zoe Brown, Ingo Cando, Amy K, Tobi, Jackie Rumble, Anna White, Morgan Sea, Renaud St. Amour, Shayo, Lynne Trepannier, James Velo
SUPPORT TEAMS/ SET UP/ COSTUMES
André Azevedo, Ask Nicely, Jesse Blanchie, Rebecca Blankhert, Michelle Bush, Val Desjardins, Jillian Deri, Jenn Dickman, Emily Fearon, Audrey Ferrie, Felix Foxglove, Sarah Fuchs, Devon Gallegos, c.t. horne, Zuzu Knew, Gaël Krajzman Johns, Georgie, Lamathilde, Leanne Lapspace, Russell Louder, Kestryl and Sassafras Lowrey, Bridget Meagher, Heidi Nagtegaal, Felix Namasté, Amy Nugent, Ben Owens, Alvis Parsley, Sarah Sharkey Pearce, Leila Pourtavaf, Amanda Ream, Caitlin Rose, Mee Rose, Jackie Rumble, Marike Seem, Amber Short, Mary Short, Ariel Speedwagon, Teresa Sudeyko, Dig Vargas, Brecklyn Walters, Neng Wu
SOUND MENTORS
Lamathilde, Sherry Ostapovitch and Kathy Kennedy
PERFORMANCE ART MENTOR
MAKE UP AND WIGS
Krystal Griffin, Julie Matson, Amber Short, Tina Stewart
CO- CURATORS
André Azevedo, Christina Bildwechsel, Yvette Choy, Micheal Deguzman, Troy Davis, Kate Henderson, Amy K, Noam Lapid, Yoshi Khwaja, Anna White
VIDEO DISTRIBUTOR
Groupe Intervention Vidéo, Montréal: giv@videotron.ca
SPONSORS/ FUNDERS
Material for the Arts/ Petit Versailles, Tennis Court, Carol’s Costume Corner, Canada Council for the Arts, Home Depot, Indie-go-go Donators, The Kiss Store, Berjou’s Angels, Lace Embrace, and Eva B.
Thank you to my loving supportive parents Mary and David Short for always believing in me.