2025 People Assets Development for curated show Therecordshow33rpm, High Notes Cafe 2057 Dundas Street West Toronto. June.
The Cape Breton Development Corporation sponsored a recording of Cape Breton miners. It was recorded by a local independent label Waterloo Records. Through archival research of images associated with the project I created a collage. I wonder if it was a kinder era when development corporations worried about culture creation. Is this an attempt to humanize the working class? Is it an attempt to humanize resource extraction? By adding a Tom of Finland image it invites us to think about representation of masculinity.
Review of People Assets Development in Billie Mag, 2025
2016 Triptych: Nothing could be proven for Daddy Show at E. L. Ruddy Toronto
Text from my mother’s complaint in the divorce proceedings against my father are juxtaposed against photographs taken by my father and a photograph of my father to create this triptych
Ken Moffatt in the window of Kathryn Mulherin Gallery, Queen Street West, Toronto in front of Accessories text art
2016 D Vocat and K Moffatt, Accessories, Window Installation at Kathryn Mulherin Gallery, Toronto.
Situated in the front window of the Kathryn Mulherin Gallery Queen Street West, Toronto, November 2016. The text piece read “That was my contribution, T shirts and accessories” This phrase is taken from Ken Moffatt’s interview with Arturo Vega in 2015. It is striking for it’s understatement since Vega designed the iconic Ramones t shirt and the stage set for all of the Ramone’s performances.
Vega Series: left to right, Entire series in Daryl Vocat’s studio, Walking Down the Street Crying, Living in a Cave Fighting with God
Ken Moffatt and Daryl Vocat at Videofag, Kensington Market, 2015.
2015 D. Vocat and K Moffatt, Arturo Vega series. Series of five prints for the Arturo Vega: Nothing is true, everything is permitted show.
This series of prints is based on interviews between Arturo Vega and Ken Moffatt held in Vega’s loft in New York City where he lived and worked with The Ramones. Vocat and Moffatt pulled direct quotes from the interviews and combined them with images from Vega. In the same way Vega borrowed images for his design for the Ramones promotion, merchandise and stages sets, we borrow Vega’s images and combine them with the interview text
2015 K Moffatt and S McLeod with L Barnoff, M. Panitch, H. Parada, S. Todd. Why, why, why can’t I feel comfortable? Toronto Metropolitan University (TMU) School of Social Work Permanent Collection Gerrard Street West.
Based on a series of interviews with social work educators about their experience of new managerialism in universities across Canada, quotes were pulled and painted in oil on long canvases to be put in university settings. The above is located in the main hall of the TMU School of Social Work in Toronto Canada
2015 K. Moffatt and H. Bain, Arturo Vega video loop for Arturo Vega: Nothing is true, everything is permitted Art Installation Videofag, Toronto, November
2015 H. Bain and K. Moffatt Interview wall installation, for Arturo Vega: Nothing is true, everything is permitted Art Installation Videofag, Toronto, November
Lilac Wine, Playbutton, New Museum May 1, 2012
With Nick Dangerfield, from Oda Immersive Curator of Playbutton at Opening, New Museum, May 1 2012
2012 K. Moffatt and S. Telek, Lilac Wine, Playbutton/ New Museum, New York
2009 Imaginary Father, Installation in refereed art exhibit. Daddy at Naco Gallery, Toronto.
2005 Decoste and Moffatt. The Stag Club. Art installation at Zsa Zsa Gallery Toronto Canada, Thursday June 23.
Patrick Decoste and Ken Moffatt staged an installation at Zsa Zsa Gallery on Queen West. Drawing on the image of the stag and the concept of the men’s club we created a commentary on masculinity, imagery and space. After a slow reveal with paper covering the windows of the gallery as if a night club or men’s club was moving into the neighbourhood we staged an opening night that was unlike any that was seen in men’s club due to gender exclusivity
Photo credit Patrick DeCoste
2004 K. Moffatt and P. DeCoste. The Che Project. Refereed art exhibit, Propagandista at Toronto Free Gallery
The looping powerpoint designed by Patrick Decoste was created from a series of phtotographsof Che Guevara taken by Ken Moffatt in Toronto during the years 2002 to 2004. These street images included poster, signage. clothing and accessories. When possible the people wearing the an image of Che Guevara were asked the meaning. Even when Che Guevara was decontexualized from its origins of the leader of the Cuban revolution or not known by the owner of the image, his image represented a form of rebellion for the respondents.
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