September 14 – October 12, 2024
Steacy Easton and Eli Nolet
In elided text, Easton and Nolet engage with the ephemera as trace – the remnants and things that are left. Utilitarian ephemeras and objects, meant for mechanical reproductions and communication necessities, are recontextualized – the labour of what was omitted congealing as residual emotion and ornamentation.
Curated by Adrien Crossman, this exhibition is the second in a series of three that pair an established artist with an emerging Hamilton based artist in which artistic affinities are shared. The artists work together in collaboration toward the installation of a month long two person exhibition at Orchid Contemporary.
Steacy Easton (they/them) is a writer and visual artist, originally from Edmonton, who has lived in Hamilton for more than seven years. They have written on gender, sexuality, and country music for publications including Slate, NPR, and the Atlantic Online. They have books on Tammy Wynette for University of Texas, an upcoming volume on Dolly Parton’s White Limozeen for Bloomsbury’s 33 ⅓ series; and an erotic kunstlerroman for Coach House, Daddy Lessons. They have shown work in Hamilton, Toronto, Montreal, Alberta, and New York. They have made durational performance art in Hamilton, Toronto, and Halifax. Their work is in public collections in Edmonton, Burlington, and Hamilton; plus in the library of the National Gallery of Canada. They were the 2022 Artist in Residence at the Martha Street Studio in Winnipeg.
Eli Nolet (they/them) is a queer trans settler-Indigenous artist and arts worker from the occupied territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas (otherwise known as Hamilton, Ontario). Their work explores how technology, DIY publishing, and affective materiality can function as vessels for queer potentiality. Across their practice, Nolet is interested in investigating the many layered histories of queer culture and desire, and questioning the binaries of visibility, legibility, and normativity.
Eli Nolet (they/them) is a queer trans settler-Indigenous artist and arts worker from the occupied territories of the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee, and Mississaugas (otherwise known as Hamilton, Ontario). Their work explores how technology, DIY publishing, and affective materiality can function as vessels for queer potentiality. Across their practice, Nolet is interested in investigating the many layered histories of queer culture and desire, and questioning the binaries of visibility, legibility, and normativity.