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SEX, PHYSICS
and
the EVOLUTION of MAN
by Michael Toke
@ MILK GLASS Co.
1247 Dundas Street West
June 21 - July 15
opening June 21, 7pm
SEX, PHYSICS and the EVOLUTION of MAN
I remember when I was a kid I went around "the townhouses" asking all the housewives if I could have the cardboard their new pantyhose were wrapped around; hot pressed and glossy on one side, dead flat on the other, rounded corners and perfect for drawing in this skipping dashed way with the new black marker I had discovered. These new EVOLUTION of MAN drawings remind me of the joy I had drawing when I was young and the hopeful wide eyed vision I had for the world and Canada. Canada a beacon of light and progress guiding the world into the future was written on my face. I don't see that look anymore or better to say I see people trying to keep an idea of that face, but glimpsed underneath I see contortions and ticks at the way the world is; an exasperated wince quickly covered up as if to reel in an escaping beast of disillusionment and disbelief.
These new drawings are on a painted fresco like surface, dead flat, skipped and dashed with archival ink they are meant to be studies for an envisioned visage of what we hide underneath our beautiful ones.
The EVOLUTION OF MAN series is accompanied by works from the 2001 "Visions of Photonic Love" exhibition and other related works about the emergence of light at the beginning of the universe and its connection with the orgasm. These works arose from interviewed discussions with physicist Dr. Howard K. C. Yee at the University of Toronto and the subsequent video "notes on a nameless film".
"an attempt to describe the indescribable boundary between the known and unknown universe through interview and visual obliteration; at certain levels of complexity all visualization degrades into mathematics" was written on the DVD sleeve.
This video was awarded "One of the Best Filmmakers Under 25 in Canada Award" which came with a $2500 prize and a trip to Ottawa to meet with the Governor General and Minister of Arts and Culture with 10 other so awarded filmmakers. It was to theirs and my great disappointment to inform them that I was 37 at the time. The exhibition that was derived from this video was originally showed at Edward Day Gallery and then expanded for the Scope Art Fair in New York. Only 4 of these black works remain from the original exhibitions with some studies, other related works and the instigating videos they form a lovely stage backdrop of lust wandering for meaning, reason and purpose in the universe. They were originally accompanied with the phrase:
"Out of the blackness emerged joyous information to wet our lips; but in cruelty its beauty only left us wanting for more as its image slowly faded away."
I believe to approach hard strange and elusive ideas you must use peripheral vision and Newtonian half measures; random cultivation is the path to expression and enlightenment.
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Body Hair is back!
Candid, taken on my little Olympus XA2 35mm pocket camera loaded with AgfaPhoto Vista Plus 200 35mm film from Poundland.
Having some fun with a strobe
Lighting info: 2 strobe either side of camera at 45deg to me, fired by wireless trigger which can be clearly seen in the photo unfortunately
about this image. i KNOW i have seen it before, but i can't recall for the life of me whether that was in a dream/daydream (which happens to me with a lot of my pictures) or whether i have seen it in a book or even here on flickr. if the latter is the case and it was on your or one of your contacts' photostreams, please let me know and i will delete mine!
otherwise: have a wonderful day- i know i will, my inlaws are on their way here, woohoo!!!!
The Evolution of the Geek.
(Infographic)
Source: www.flowtown.com/blog/the-evolution-of-the-geek?display=wide
From the post on www.ZOMGitsCj.com
Totally random archive offering today, this shot just made me think of that famous illustration of apes evolving to humans.
And…..
Still no sign of my newest contribution to the evolution of our species :)
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Finally got out to enjoy the new automotive season. Decided to do a last minute shoot with a few friends and this is the result.
I saw this Turtle climbing a tree the other day and the glow coming from the back light caught my eye. I call this image "Evolution" because I don't see Turtles climbing trees every day and I thought that by the time this slow poke gets to the top, it might already be a monkey.
Best viewed large on black.
Europe, Portugal, Porto, Dona Maria Pia and São Jão railway bridges (uncut)
There's some 120 years between the construction of these two railway bridges in Porto. Quite an evolution. For info info about them, check out the following post.
More bridge evolution (this time in Rotterdam):
Evolution is: here
Evolution (2) is: here
Evolution (3) is: here