Artist Statement
Trying to live like the heroes we idolize is often one cruel joke after another. Leonard Cohen once said, “My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.” Human beings are all animals, but conscious animals, trapped within a labyrinth of neurosis, thoughts and needs. The ida of an arc to our lives – or narrative – is only of value when dead, and is usually decided by others anyway. A narrative is an obituary crafted in some good light because there’s no longer an obligation to deal with whoever died.
Once one accepts that we’re all driven by the same impulses, however, there aren’t any illusions. This booth embraces this empty, in all its splendor and tragedy. Love, anger, resentment, fear the absurd and neurotic all culminate in one grandiose spectacle. It doesn’t parade the beautiful or indulge in existentialist misery, but it does admit the guilty pleasure of looking into another’s private world. It’s natural to secretly find ourselves in whatever joy or tragic mess that’s put in front of us. Adventures we never really had, or epic failures we can relate to. These are the kind of things we keep to ourselves, which we don’t feel comfortable laughing at or identifying with in public. These thoughts, visuals, and soundscapes are the meaningful trivialities that make up the spaces in-between.
Artist Biography
Randy Cruz is a multi-disciplinary artist whose roots lie in video production and visual arts. He recently graduated from Ryerson University with an MA in Media Production, where he honed many of his production, communications and marketing skills. When he lived in Ottawa, he attended the Ottawa School of Art and learned how to draw. He is the former associate producer of Calgary’s New University Television where he did a little bit of everything. He loves to travel, is an avid boxing enthusiast and appreciates the element of surprise.
Peepshow – teaser from Randy Alexander Cruz on Vimeo.
Randy Cruz
Peepshow
Artist Statement
Trying to live like the heroes we idolize is often one cruel joke after another. Leonard Cohen once said, “My reputation as a ladies’ man was a joke that caused me to laugh bitterly through the ten thousand nights I spent alone.” Human beings are all animals, but conscious animals, trapped within a labyrinth of neurosis, thoughts and needs. The ida of an arc to our lives – or narrative – is only of value when dead, and is usually decided by others anyway. A narrative is an obituary crafted in some good light because there’s no longer an obligation to deal with whoever died.
Once one accepts that we’re all driven by the same impulses, however, there aren’t any illusions. This booth embraces this empty, in all its splendor and tragedy. Love, anger, resentment, fear the absurd and neurotic all culminate in one grandiose spectacle. It doesn’t parade the beautiful or indulge in existentialist misery, but it does admit the guilty pleasure of looking into another’s private world. It’s natural to secretly find ourselves in whatever joy or tragic mess that’s put in front of us. Adventures we never really had, or epic failures we can relate to. These are the kind of things we keep to ourselves, which we don’t feel comfortable laughing at or identifying with in public. These thoughts, visuals, and soundscapes are the meaningful trivialities that make up the spaces in-between.
Artist Biography
Randy Cruz is a multi-disciplinary artist whose roots lie in video production and visual arts. He recently graduated from Ryerson University with an MA in Media Production, where he honed many of his production, communications and marketing skills. When he lived in Ottawa, he attended the Ottawa School of Art and learned how to draw. He is the former associate producer of Calgary’s New University Television where he did a little bit of everything. He loves to travel, is an avid boxing enthusiast and appreciates the element of surprise.