Ambivalence Blvd
Multiple sites, 1999 - ongoing
Psycho-geography, humour and performance ethnography are layered into conflicted political and cultural territories

©art Zone
Multiple sites, 2005 - ongoing
Performative mobile architecture signifying a network of trans-cultural exchanges

Grabbed (Seats of Power)
Bjornson Kajiwara Gallery, Vancouver, 2004
Diptychs flensing relationships between political performance and performance art

Emergency Measures
Artspeak Gallery, Vancouver, 2003
The Armchair Terrorist at Vancouver LIVE: Biennial of Performance Art

Seats of Power II
Morris & Hellen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2003
Performative installation and critique of media convergence

Seats of Power I
Morris & Hellen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver, 2003
Both a performative and static sculpture: mobile territory for the Armchair Terrorist

Principles of Occupaiton
Fine Arts Gallery, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 2002
Promenading and positioning the body as site: challenging principles of occupation

Armchair Terrorist
Sites various, 2001 - present
To play with hegemony, the Armchair Terrorist is now at large: a mobile brokerage for creative dissent

Lookout for the Future
Everdale Place, Hillsburgh, ON, 2002
Proposed land art project and earthship for environmental and educational learning centre

Co-ordinating Plots
The Stride Gallery, Calgary AB, Canada, June 2000
Immersive engagement with oxymoronic wilderness spaces

Illuminating Language
911 Media Arts Center, Seattle. Feb-Mar 2000
Sculptural neon & text installation

Luxury Avenue
Solo Touring Exhibition, B.C. Canada. 1998 - 2000
Lightbox installation illuminating residental housing developments

The Delight of Confession Prolongs the Pleasure of...
CEPA Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y., Oct - Dec 1996
Stereoscopic installation exploring identity and liberation

Shameless / The Confessionaire
C. & G. C. H. E., Cheltenhm UK, Group show, June 1996
Stereoscopic installation incorporating confessional hearing aid

Wonder?
The Female Image Public Art Project, UK, Apr - Aug 1994
Large format photos appropriating the Wonderbra and attendant advertising campaign






All Material © Dick Averns 2006