This book is a collection of Spanish poems which I have translated into English to the best of my ability. Raised speaking both English and Spanish at home, the gaps in my vocabulary are revealed as I attempt to decipher these artistic passages. Even with a perfectly fluent translator, these forms of communication can never be paired bijectively. This book then alludes to all the poetry that has been inevitably lost in translation.

This book is a response to Sheila Heti’s The Middle Stories.  After reading a story, I drew an image corresponding to the text.

Near the corner of Dufferin St and Florence in Toronto, I found a notebook believed to belong to a younger child. I scanned the notebook page for page, in order, had it printed and plan to return the new version to its original home.

The class slowly accumulated in a corner just outside the door of the University Center. They held their position for a select amount of time before dissipating like nothing happened. Here are the stills from the video that was taken.

This performance by Andrea and Alex involved cheering for everything that happened at a social event. At the Artists Bowling party, the artists cheered whenever someone got a strike, bowled a gutter ball, or poured a beer. The performance lasted the entire event without pause, using pre-recorded audio to assist in constant applause. This resulted in elevating unsuccessful or banal occurrences, while devaluing the excitement of a cheer-worthy accomplishments.

Cheering for Everything by Andrea and Alex from Andrea Aleman-Pastor on Vimeo.

Dad and David Visiting

2010, Video, 7 min 22s. Edition of 5.

Dad and David Visiting was produced while my father and his boyfriend were visiting us from San Francisco. They were sleeping on a mattress on our floor. When I was walking past them one morning I realized the beauty of the scene and grabbed my camera.

From Adad Hannah’s website

My parents had two weddings in 1991; a traditional Indian wedding in my grandparents backyard, and a traditional Christian wedding at a chapel. They hired the same company to document both events. This video places each documentation side-by-side, highlighting the differences between each cultures display of marriage, as well as the way in which the videographers chose to document the weddings.

*I am currently working on clearing up some copyright issues with YouTube in order to figure out how to legally play the audio track of the video. My apologies if the sound cuts out or if there is no sound at all.*