compulsiveobserver.bsky.social
Installation artist. Perfume fanatic. Chronically ill. Concordia University PhD student(disability studies + performance studies + practice-based research.) Ex jammer, current failure. She/her Montréaler in Edmonton. https://linktr.ee/ChloeLum
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Nope! That’s another thing people don’t realize, you can be a professional at the thing without being great at the thing, be also great takes many, many shapes.
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Yeah, you are there to build skills, learn how to problem solves, learn to balance a workload.
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You take classes, you get grades. You either pass or fail your classes. No instructor is going around ‘I proclaim you to be an excellent artist, and you over there to be a terrible one.’
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I have no idea what that means or how it relates to clearing the sidewalks.
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It’s so gross, like I get that they are aiming on a general audience who may not know Weiland by name but shot like this is exactly why audiences don’t know massively influential artists by name.
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This is not a conversation, this is your normalizing threats of a hostile takeover by a facist regime. Get your head out of your ass and think about the safety and sovereignty of your fellow Canadians. This is absolutely disgusting and has no place on our national broadcaster.
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In Montreal we have fleets of sidewalks plows, why they haven’t been used yet in a super central neighborhood that is densely populated and also has lots of offices is weird AF. As far as I know, heat is not part of our municipal snow removal toolbox.
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I’d be very surprised if it was at McGill as they don’t have a visual art program.
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I consider her a mentor I’ve never met. Absolute legend who experimenting wildly throughout her career and died far too young.
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(I have no idea what’s up with that weird link to nowhere on my post. Anyday Bluesky, we are all ready and crying out for an edit button.)
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Yass indeed. Right now it has me feeling kinda weird.
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This should be a given. I know with the snowfall we had it can take a bit but nothing being cleared in a super dense central neighborhood a week after the first blizzard? It seems absurd.
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Its terrible on St Laurent and the sidestreets are just impossible.
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Fibro messes with my balance, and walking on uneven, slippery surfaces causes symptom flares for me. At least I can walk on it if I need to, many people can’t and I imagine are trapped in their homes. No way could one maneuver a wheelchair or walker on that buildup of snow.
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I assume the theatre did. They have a communications person. I haven’t heard if any outlets bit or not.
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The theatre rhythms are so intense for me! I think even before being ill, these rhythms will poop me out!!
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Yay! Please say hi!
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Like last night we briefly stopped by a party a friend was having at his studio, and now I have unbearable pain in my arms and difficulty moving my shoulders. Truly the most ridiculous disease.
I’d expect my legs and back to hurt from standing or the steep stairs, but no, my arms are on fire.
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It’s really cool and also really weird how an invitation from strangers at a respected venue can change the course of your art practice and life for almost two years.
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Yay! Happy you will be there!
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A viable alternative can’t come fast enough! I like here, but something that has the more local + friends, family, colleagues function is very much needed.
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I’m posting and it feels like I might as well be throwing flyers at cars.
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I’ve never used Reddit do no idea what the vibe is but I think our show might be a bit niche, it’s an experimental play by two visual artists about living with chronic illness
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And the structure of getting the word out before Facebook; flyers, posters, email lists, message boards, alt weeklies are either no longer effective or are not really things anymore.
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He’s an eugenicist. I’m surprised to have seen some folks in the chronic illness community take his statements about chronic illness at face value.
Not to say that this isn’t incredibly disappointing as research builds on research and finding cures and treatement is an international project.
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Like career civil servants are like ‘Some gamergate-assed intern says I need to let him into the secure systems so I better listen.’ Like WTF? Does no one have a spine?
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I thought the whole American mythology was about resisting tyrant not helplessly giving the tyrants the keys to the control room. Nevermind the face of DOGE people are acquiescing so willingly to are a bunch of the dorkiest undergrads you’ve even seen.
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Exactly how I feel.
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What do you think the OQLF is going to do to you?
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Gorgeous!!
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Also META platforms are broken, local culture journalism barely exists, and I’m too sick to really have friends or go to many places.
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I know BlueSky probably isn’t the best place to find local audiences, but I figure some people on here must be in Montreal *and* interested in seeing a weird play about being so chronically that your days blur together *and* willing to come out to see the show.
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Yes the insults were about the work. To an active, successful working artist who is also a tenured university professor. The high school teacher was acting like it was time for the most insulting and least productive crit session of all time.
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It’s one of the more bizarre online exchanges I’ve ever seen.
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Those of us who have long COVID still need a cure. That said RFK jr is the last person who will make that happen.
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A handful of folks called out the insults and the art teacher became indignant. Mind you my colleague is about the same age as me, mid to late 40’s, so high school was a minute ago.