Relevant Experience

Residency Project November // C.V.

 

Throughout November I looked for images in the FARR collection that reminded me of my various work experiences. I reproduced them & wrote some prose including the cover letters (see older posts). Each image is footnoted. I apologize to all the original artists for appropriating their work but my drawings are meant to be references, and are meant to steer people to these books. (yeah! these ones in the picture below.) 

Works Cited

Ben Jones. Dan Nadel, editor. New Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn NY: PictureBox, 2008

Ryan Dodgson. Buildings & Bodies. Toronto ON: Perish Publishing, 2013.

Julia Weizel. Brain Damage (mind Map) in INTER-. Montreal QC: ASFASA, 2010.

Kit Malo and Erik Jerezano. The Melt-Man Party, 2007

Cendres Lavy. Untitled Drawings in nailbiter 2 an anxiety zine, 2011

Raphaele Chappe. My Adventures in Computer Camp in FAQNP’s A Queer Nerd Publication. Issue 2, Computer Camp, Brooklyn NY: Weather Pattern LLC 2010, pp27-29.

Patrick Lundeen. 2012 No Kins Press

Adrian Tomine. Sleepwalk and Other Stories. Montreal QC: Drawn & Quarterly, 2007.

Adrian Tomine. Scrapbook. Montreal QC: Drawn & Quarterly, 2004.

Gabrielle Bell. Cecil and Jordan in New York stories. Montreal QC: Drawn & Quarterly, 2009.

David Collier. Hamilton Sketchbook. Montreal QC: Drawn & Quarterly, 2002.

Exhibition, Robert Rauschenberg in Black and White, Paintings 1962 -1963, Lithographs 1962-1967

Woodblock Prints by Kioshi Saito, edited by Barry Till. Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1990

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Autobiography of a C.V.

Residency Project November // C.V.

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Gymnastics Coach, 1999-2000

We taught children, ages 3-10, how to flip around in various ways, and maybe more importantly, how to fall down.

Gift Shop Sales, 2000-‘01

I had a talent for creating displays combining cherub shaped candles, fancy garlic presses, cherub shaped soap, oven mitts that said things like “hot tamales” on them, ceramic cherubs, fake fruits, garden stones shaped like cherubs, etc.

Clothing Retail, 2002-‘03

It was expected that whenever a customer tried on jeans we would wait outside the change room and then as soon as they emerged, we would bend down and fold the legs of the jeans up to the length of a proper hem. This startled most people but it was strict store policy.

Works Cited

1. Cendres Lavy. Untitled Drawings in nailbiter 2 an anxiety zine, 2011

 

2. Ryan Dodgson. Buildings & Bodies. Toronto ON: Perish Publishing, 2013.

3. Ben Jones. Dan Nadel, editor. New Painting and Drawing, Brooklyn NY: PictureBox, 2008

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How to write a cover letter

Residency Project November // C.V.

How to write a cover letter

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Residency Project November // C.V.

Residency Project November // C.V.

Hey, it's me, your November FARR resident:

If you were like, "what's your project about?"

I'd be all like, "the CV is a kind of autobiographical archive that I struggle to make sense of. It has to be revised for different opportunities; jobs and experiences are omitted or embellished or lost in revisions. I would like to make sense of this record, and of how I have managed to keep buying the pens I like, the books I carry around, the food I need to eat, and the rent I am supposed to pay."

By which I mean, I am going to create an illustrated version of C.V. with footnotes. The books I use as sources for my illustrations all live in the FARR. Come on over already, wouldya?
 

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Well October, and my residency at the FARR has come to a close.  It's been a wonderful adventure, and I can't wait to share the work I have created with you at my artist talk and workshop later this winter.

I have also been working on a zine detailing the research I have done, and what I have learned about how to build your own philosophical toys.  You'll be able to pick up a copy shortly at the Fine Arts Reading Room.

Thank you for reading, and checking out my work, and a huge thanks to the FARR community for the support.

With love & illusion,

bekky O'Neil

www.bekky.ca

How to Build a Zoetrope - Part I (An artist's journal)

How to Build a Zoetrope - Part I

(An artist's journal)

1. Assemble Materials

2. Mathematics

3. Cut and Paste

4. Structural Integrity

5. Aesthetic Considerations

6. The Blank Canvas 

+ Stay tuned for Part II of our journey - 

where the young artist will finish the piece and attempt to bring drawings to life!

With love,
bekky O'Neil
www.bekky.ca

So - what is a Zoetrope?

 

Dear dear Friends of the Fine Arts Reading Room,

Greetings!  My name is bekky O'Neil and I will be the artist in residence at the FARR through the month of October.  Here is a little about me and my project, just to introduce what I'll be up to : 

bekky O’Neil is a multidisciplinary artist, animator & director.  She is a graduate of Concordia University's Theatre Department and holds BFA Playwrighting. bekky is currently enrolled in Film Animation at the Mel Hoppenheim School of Cinema.  Over the course of her residency at the FARR bekky's project Philosophical Toys: Tactile Art & the Animated Image will explore the rich history of early animation objects, and the marriage between art and science which made them possible.  (www.bekky.ca)

You can find out more about me and my work at my website (above) and you'll be able to follow my progress with my project Philosophical Toys right here on the FARR Residency Blog - as well as on Instagram at @philosophicaltoys (www.instagram.com/philosophicaltoys).  I'm really looking forward to delving into the project - and hope that you enjoy the journey.  My work will be on display shortly at the FARR (in the EV Building of Concordia University's Sir George Williams Campus), but until then - here are a couple of inspiring videos I think you might enjoy.

Some gorgeous footage of an antique Zoetrope in motion.

Mark Simon Hewis' incredible animation telling the story of one man's life in a giant Zoetrope.

With love and illusion,

bekky