Residence Time:

2018.9.1-9.31

Artist Bio:

Alvin Luong is an artist working with video andinstallation that convey fabricated personas and stories. The artist harnesses techniques used in mass media and entertainment to create satirical dialogues dealing current issues such as gentrification, climate, and war. Some of the institutions that the artist has shown work at include Gallery 44 Centre for Contemporary Photography ( Toronto, Canada), TIFF ( Toronto, Canada), Sluice( London, UK), and Freie Kunstakademie Baden-Württemberg ( Fellbach, Germany). The artist is co-director of Bunker2 Contemporary Art Container a non-profit artspace in Toronto for experimental culture, and founder of Bad Debt a political economy workshop based in Toronto with Verso Books.