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Demian Petryshyn: Contemporary Visual Artist, Aquarium Enthusiast
"Some people just can’t contribute because they are too poor, but that doesn’t mean
they can’t help".
If you are into helping out with the project please get the word out and make some noise
about my campaign. I might remind you to use the Indiegogo share tools from time to time.
And that’s all there is to it.
Hi, I am Demian Petryshyn, originally from Edmonton Alberta, the prairies of Western
Canada. I have worked as a visual artist in Vancouver, Canada for the last ten years or
so, with short stints in London Ontario to do my MFA, and Albi France to study Foucault
first hand. I've been working with grunt gallery, a Vancouver based artist-run centre, for the
past three years. With the help of various partners and friends like grunt, I'm getting
into developing my studio practice, and using social media to help fund the work.
kind of plant mass in water with bugs and animals and stuff, maybe even a mushroom or
two; but always a work of art, a sculpture. I look at the work of Hayao Miyazaki and Amano
Takashi, for example, and I see compelling ways of thinking about the world. This aquarium
is styled in their tribute. Your contributions will support the refinement of my skill in
this medium, helping me to learn and develop technique over the duration of the campaign.
The dream is something between a garden and a forest, with biological solutions for the
problems posed in establishing a healthy aquaculture.
What We Need to Move the Project Forward & What You Get
It’s a 10 Gallon Tank with a selection of freshwater flora and fauna. There is a shrimp,
and two small snails named Jacob, Ehrich, and Mr. Wolf respectively. There are three
fish too, but they are likely too busy to be bothered (although they enjoy the food
pellets). Contributions can be made in the following categories to help with the tank's
evolution: Temperature
Oxygen Levels General Hardness ppm (mg/L) Fresh: GH
Carbonate Hardness ppm (mg/L) Fresh: KH pH Fresh: pH
Nitrite ppm (mg/L) Fresh: NO2- Nitrate ppm (mg/L) Fresh: NO3-
CO2 Levels R&D - Web Streaming, Minecraft. . .
Come back to this site to check out the progress as new perks and content become available
during the course of the project. The smallest contributions have a big impact in keeping
the project active. Special perks also include a selection of
drawings, mini projects, and ultimately ownership of the finished still-water aquarium.
While I would love to make this the coolest thing ever, it's not a life and death thing.
If the campaign goal is not reached I just won't be able to put as much of my time into
the tank as I would want. That's it; it will still meet my goals, be dear to my heart,
and be interesting as a work of art. Patience is at the heart of this game.
The Impact
This is a form of expression that is very much routed in the meeting of efficiency and
happenstance; a chance to learn and enjoy. Semiotics in 3D.
To contact me directly please email: Demian Petryshyn dpetryshyn@gmail.com