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Friday, March 16th, 2007

8pm to 11pm: Digital Twist: New Works on Nakedness by Johannes Zits 8pm to 11pm: Naked Reception at Spin Gallery

Digital Twist brings you a game of naked Twister and digital prints of streakers, exhibitionists and other provocative individuals. March 8 through to April 8 at SPIN Gallery. The exhibition celebrates the naked body in a series of images downloaded from the internet and then digitally manipulated. The work presents people and situations that question shame, guilt and social decorum. Attention seekers, free spirits, and those championing a clothing-free alternative are captured in scenarios ranging from the titillating to the celebratory and the ordinary to the weird. The environments surrounding these naked bodies (all public spaces) have been distorted by multiple layers of exaggerated pixilation and squares of pure colour. Traditional media representations use digitization to censor or deface the naked body. My digital images keep the body intact while distorting and obscuring everything else. The intent is to emphasize the subversive act and encourage critical thinking about the free will of the individuals with respect to their body within a rigid social frame. This show also depends on the idea of sharing. The performers and the photographer have all donated their time and effort in order to make this event happen. Even the way information is shared on the internet shaped how this exhibition has been conceived. On opening night (Thursday March 8th), come see Zits and others bare all in a game of Digital Twister. The performance begins with five people being covered from head to toe in different coloured body paints. Over the course of the game, and after many points of physical contact, the players each transfer some of their colour to Zits, who, having begun unpainted, ends up smeared. Says Zits, "This is not just a party game: It also takes into consideration the relationship between the artist and his collaborators while encouraging a positive attitude towards nakedness." Please RSVP if you want to come. Spin Gallery www.spingallery.ca 1100 Queen Street West at Dovercort, 5 blocks east of Dufferin. MAP

Sunday, March 25th, 2007

7:00pm: TNT Life Drawing with David T.

Do you draw? Would you like to? Why do you think you can't? And how much creativity do you think you would free up answering all of the above in a room full of naked men? Drawing opens up places in the mind that we keep shut down most of our waking lives. It connects eye, mind, and hand in new ways. It helps us look at the world afresh, and more intensely. It's about process and being in the moment, not about judging the product. What happens when the artist becomes the model and vice-versa? Do they goad each other into striking uninhibited poses? Devour each other with their eyes? Try reciprocal life-drawing and find out why a stick-man requires an extra line when he's naked! Whether you're a skilled artist, or can barely hold a crayon, this event is for you. TNT members $4, others welcome $6, plus $6 one time for life drawing expenses. In the Christie/Dupont area. For more info, and to ask if you can come, write to David T. at