Wrik Mead is Canada’s prolific poet-priest of pervert pixilation. His films are psycho-dramatic by inclination, first person narratives of desire and accommodation. They’re a mix of painstaking pixilation, fairy-tale allegory and queer-identity and are preoccupied with the materiality and the tactility of film itself. In 1997, Toronto based PleasureDome presented a retrospective of his films and then it traveled across Canada. In 2006, the CFMDC released a DVD compilation of his work as part of the Artists’ Spotlight Series. Recently, he was included in The Sharpest Point: animation at the end of cinema (2005) and the OMSKBOOK, which was published in 2007 by the London, based artist collective OMSK.
Wrik graduated from O.C.A. in 1988 and recently returned to his studies in 2004 and received his MA at Goldsmith’s College, University of London (UK). He currently lives and works in Toronto and teaches in the Integrated Media and Photography Departments at the Ontario College of Art and Design.
14 FILMS EN DISTRIBUTION
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FILTH
2004 / Betacam SP / n&b / sonore / simple écran / 4' 00 / 19 € distribution : Betacam SP ou Fichier sur serveur |
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GROTESQUE
2002 / 16mm / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 8' 00 / 26 € distribution : Betacam SP |
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MANIPULATOR
2002 / n&b / sonore / simple écran / 4' 00 / 20 € distribution : 16mm |
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HAND JOB
2001 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 3' 00 / 19 € distribution : 16mm |
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CAMP
2000 / 16mm / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 12' 00 / 37 € distribution : Betacam SP |
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HOOLBOOM
1999 / 16mm / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 4' 00 / 20 € distribution : Betacam SP |
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STAGEFRIGHT
1999 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 5' 00 / 21 € distribution : 16mm |
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CUPID
1998 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 3' 00 / 19 € distribution : 16mm |
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GUISE
1997 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 9' 00 / 28 € distribution : 16mm |
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FROSTBITE
1996 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 12' 00 / 37 € distribution : 16mm |
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(AB)NORMAL
1995 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 18' 00 / 55 € distribution : 16mm |
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CLOSET CASE
1995 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 3' 30 / 19 € distribution : 16mm |
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HAVEN
1992 / Super 8mm / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 2' 30 / 18 € distribution : U-Matic |
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WARM
1992 / couleur / sonore / simple écran / 4' 00 / 20 € distribution : 16mm |