Books by Kay Higgins
An artist's book, originally published by Publication Studio Portland in 2010. First describing a... more An artist's book, originally published by Publication Studio Portland in 2010. First describing a project to photograph each instance of the ubiquitous type of detached house built in Vancouver BC from around 1960 until 1985 called the "Vancouver Special", the artist argues for more careful looking-at-of "everyday" architecture.
Drafts by Kay Higgins
When I was seventeen I got a part-time job at my high school. Twice a week when I had no class in... more When I was seventeen I got a part-time job at my high school. Twice a week when I had no class in the morning, I would go the the school office and pick up the key to a room that contained printing equipment, and also pick up some documents that needed to be copied that day. This was 1976-77, and photocopiers were not ubiquitous yet. In fact the school was only just then phasing out the use of mimeographs for their copying needs. In the room was a small tabletop offset press and an "instant" plate-making machine that looked like a very small photocopier. This machine made disposable printing plates, pinkish papery things that were vastly inferior to the metal offset plates that were more standard then, and much much less durable. You could sometimes get two hundred copies out of one of these instant plates before they got waterlogged with fountain solution and began falling apart.
Talks by Kay Higgins
An impromtu speech in response to the "exhibition" Fight for Beauty, assembled by Westbank, a Van... more An impromtu speech in response to the "exhibition" Fight for Beauty, assembled by Westbank, a Vancouver real estate developer. Fight for Beauty included maquettes and documentation of public art used in Westbank projects, guided tours by "exhibition hosts", and a self-guided tour with narration provided by the developer's principal owner, Ian Gillespie. The exhibition presented itself as a document of the struggle faced by developers to bring "beautiful" luxury developments to market, but was received by many artists as a demonstration of artwashing's role in civic displacement. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FBiFl6U8nE
Conference Presentations by Kay Higgins
Fascist Neo-liberalism and the Fate of Radical Democracy, SFU Institute for the Humanities, 2024
Solanas identifies a flaw in masculinity as the lack of femaleness, a lack that must be continual... more Solanas identifies a flaw in masculinity as the lack of femaleness, a lack that must be continually compensated for. Those (over)compensations produce the Dick, characterized by Dick moves. For examples of constructions of masculinity that potentially remain free from Dick behaviour, we can look toward transmasculine subjects.
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Books by Kay Higgins
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Talks by Kay Higgins
Conference Presentations by Kay Higgins