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Pop Dazzled by Everyday
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Pop Dazzled by Every Day and Abstracts of Light and Shadows presents a dĂ©coupĂ© visual narrative on YouTube. It’s a look back to glimpse the unknown ahead, built through a method I first encountered at the Art Gallery of Alberta. There, I learned to interlace recent and archived citizen‑free news stories with layered sound and shifting visuals. This process becomes its own art form: a fresh narrative born through the cut‑up technique—dĂ©coupĂ©, as the French say. The original Cut-Up method emerged from the dissection and reassembly of written text, transforming it into new sounds, images, and meanings. Rooted in the Dadaist experiments of the 1920s, it was William S. Burroughs who propelled cut‑ups into the spotlight in the 1950s and early ’60s. For Burroughs, they weren’t just technique—they were prophecy. Cut‑ups unlock hidden meanings, fracture time, and offer fleeting glimpses of what may come. Turn on all three YouTubes simultaneously. Whether approached as divination or creative ignition, listen and take in the moment!
Fred Shadows, reborn as the alter ego to Fred Vander-Hook-Line and Sinker. A figure who stepped straight out of the 70s, inspired by the anonymous wartime graffiti of Kilroy Was Here. Fred became my modern day satire, participating in Alberta's democracy as a form of free press. His son, The Heir to the Hook, baby boomer born and raised Wolfgang was once a long-haired hippy gas jockey, now reigns as my imaginary King Oil and Lube, carrying forward that mischievous lineage of the crown.

As has been tradition since 2020, paint was added to Skaters on Ice on each new years day beside the ice rink on the back lawns of the Alberta Legislature. 2026, an eagle in flight was added backside, a small gesture of lift in a heavy season. The tanks and guns were painted by the rink side behind the treeline on Remembrance day 2025, while the cannons fired. 
Faith - Democracy - Nature
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Cover Art: Fred Shadows