Levin Ifko
THIS IS A VIDEO OF ME SINGING IN THE SHOWER, 2020
THIS IS A VIDEO OF ME SINGING IN THE SHOWER, is a video of me singing in the shower. The work uses karaoke-inspired text as a way of exploring my thoughts and feelings in the moment about what it means to perform an idea of oneself. Initially, this work was made using a one-day-project framework that I use to give myself the opportunity to make things that are messy, in an effort to continue making. After filming, I watched and re-watched the video while writing down my thoughts about it. These thoughts quickly ended up being a self-conscious reflection turned self-reflexive statement on the way I perform myself.
Levin Ifko is a multi-disciplinary artist, writer and musician based in Mohkinstsis (Calgary), who is interested in exploring queer connection and resilience. Invested in art as activism, they always seek to create space for folks that navigate the world in ways that are deemed non-normative. Recently, they wrote for Out of Order, published by the Illingworth Kerr Gallery in conjunction with the Emerging Art Writers Program. Currently, they are participating in the 2020-2021 Hear/d Residency while completing their BFA in Media Arts at the Alberta University of the Arts.