Clayton Windatt

UPDATE UPDATE findingtrackzero is the largest arts project I have ever done. It is both an exploration of my past and a commentary on our collective futures. I am raising funds to cover the production costs of the book, box and the floppy disk duplication…

Enjoyed being on conscient with Claude Schryer very much. The discussion took shape as some very large subjects that affect many people. I enjoy trying to be productive even when things feel a little hopeless. Now I am gonna go clean the side of the…

A start to this year by clayton windatt As someone who has worked in artist-run culture and community arts for many years, noise, interaction and critical discourse has become a constant for me and I grew accustomed to it. Witnessing people coming and going, socializing…

Hi All, I have been working with a lot of artists and arts professionals from across the country all trying to formalize a pathway forward for a Basic Income Guarantee in Canada. I feel strongly that this program can benefit artists very much, as a…

STATEMENT: findingtrackzero After my initial period of loss, isolation and mourning, I focused on my artistic practice carrying forward existing projects and adapting them into my new life of social distance in a digital arts community. “findingtrackzero” was a research exploration project making commentary on data…

I wanted to take a moment to reflect a bit on relationship building in the arts and how the term “Cultural Diplomacy” has begun to occupy a greater amount of space in my life. Relationship building is complicated, and has intricate details that impact each…

THE SPACE BETWEEN US  When reflecting on message-making and forming public opinions that include multiple voices, consideration on how consensus can be reached becomes mandatory. Often artists, advocates and activators react to changes in situation (political, economic, social, etc.) quickly, giving very little time to…

BACKGROUND: My research and policy development exploration project “CHANGE MAKERS / MAKERS for CHANGE” was a lot of fun allowing me to engage peers that I would not have had the ability to engage at this level. My attempt was to take an evaluative look…

After reflecting on the history of the White Water Gallery as well as several other Artist-run Centre’s Curators Fynn Leitch and Clayton Windatt generated the following text as a summary. It was installed at the WKP Kennedy Gallery on behalf of the White Water Gallery,…

Iakwé:iahre [we remember] October 16 – 18, 2014 Concordia University, Montreal I AM GOING TO THIS EVENT AND PRESENTING AT IT. READ MORE: The Iakwé:iahre Colloquium is presented by the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective / Collectif des Conservateurs autochtones (ACC/CCA) on the traditional territory of the…

“Integrated Opposition” is a curatorial project developed by Clayton Windatt dealing with critical contemporary concepts within a community arts setting as part of the Dances of Resistance project produced by Aanmitaagzi. The term “Integrated Opposition” connects with the current status of aboriginal people within the future…

Arts, Culture and Heritage are the building blocks of society as they represent the health that comes from fundamental aspects of “community” working properly. When the management of a community, municipality or first nation band has a good relationship with their residents as well as…

I recently was invited to write a blog posting for the Canada Council for the Arts. It was a great pleasure to share some of my experiences on working in community in the arts. I am very happy with how it went and would do…

Rallying for support of arts culture and heritage is not an easy task, especially in a region like the Nipissing District. In our region, people live farther apart than in major urban centre’s and there are less of us here so it is very difficult…

The Indiegogo Campaign was a huge success raising $685 dollars which is 114% of the amount needed. I would like to thank the following people: Jordan Wyshniowsky, Fynn Leitch, Tara Windatt, soJin Chun, Keith Campbell, Dave Burnt, Alice S. McLeod, Aleks Bartosik, Craig Dellandrea, Allan…

 Lately, I have been remembering John Carpenter’s1982 science fiction horror classic “The Thing” and thinking it was one of the scariest films that I got to see when I was young. The FX hold up today and are hauntingly grosse. There are also some…

 So, I loved this movie as a kid because it scared the crap out of me. The hands under the bed especially as every kid is scared of that kinda stuff. The demon effects in this film are great. The ideas of people wearing…