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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

DETAILS from the #workinprogress clay iterations of DISCRETE EVENTS DECOMPOSING TIME. This clay impression is a materialized decomposed (glitched) video. Find out more on #IG www.instagram.com/p/DeFgdMiGyX...

Detail of clay imprint that looks patterned in a way that looks similar to patterns in antiquity- like column decorations, cuneiform, inscribed ancient murals but not. The clay colour is grey-white

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Clay imprint detail from a still of the above video. It is in the process of air drying. Interesting my phone camera immediately tries to translate text before deciding it is not text. However I got one translation of a single word: JUT

Highly textured grey clay with vertical and horizontal swirls and indentations forming a pattern that can be read like architectural details or cuneiform like patterns.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

#stormTO 8 hours of blackout and Lake America showed up on my street… always seem to be mopping up the climate mess now because, you know, crazed minds allowed to gain power.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

This is an image of decomposed video #glitchart carved by CNC and an attempt at casting. The second image shows the similarity to cuneiform writing. Full text on instagram. www.instagram.com/p/DcwKcZUG9V...

This is an image of decomposed video #glitchart carved by CNC and an attempt at casting which are displayed as white broken pieces on top of the wooden mould

. The second image shows the first image beside a clay cuneiform example from antiquity. There is a similarity to cuneiform writing.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Haven’t seen or heard a bird today but this beauty stopped by for a feed for quite a while. instant salve for an irksome day.

Monarch butterfly perched on pale pink phlox

Monarch butterfly wings amid pink phlox with a section of its head showing through the flowers

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

If you love a piece of music, you will love it the same as you always have, whether it is heard full of static or in a live concert. It is much the same with people. #musicsky #love

Two blue digital posts with a waveform line and textured background off horizontal lines in warm orange colours against green waves particles with text on top that says “If you love a piece of music, you will love it the same as you always have, whether it is heard full of static or in a live concert.
It is much the same with people.”

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

One of my favourite blocks on my usual bike ride. The grounds of two apartment blocks that runs the length of the block and wraps around the corner. #flowers #gardens #urbanflora

Large cluster of pink roses and orange and red tiger lilies bursting toward the sidewalk

Close up of a large cluster of pink roses and orange and red tiger lilies bursting toward the sidewalk

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Today’s ride. Asked for a ride to cool down and a bit of water. Moments like these keep me going. #birdsky #birds #nature #cycling #toronto #urbanbirds

Close up of a male house sparrow perched on black bicycle handles with a bell. To the left and grass cars and people in the background

Close up of a male house sparrow with beak open perched on black bicycle handles with a bell. With a bench and grass in the background

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

#Ducks in Cedarvale #Toronto #birdsky An immature Mallard or female preening on a female log in a stream. Wish I had steadier hands for film the laid back pair. #birding I love cycling in the ravines.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

SOUND/UNSOUND INTERNET SONGLINES #OPENING MARCH 6 - MAY 1 Finally exhibiting the extended version of this intermedia installation in Toronto. #artsky #art #sound #soundimage #filmfestival #AIR #exhibition #toronto More info at this link ⬇️ workmanarts.com/partnerships...

Grey sculptures on black background. Back and front of stone sculpture with text on images . On the rough back: Jan Swinburne. On the carved front: INTERNET SONGLINES. A circular pattern of fading lines of dots like a stylized vinyl record with text SOUND UNSOUND.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Future future ancient sort of art finally arrived! So thrilled… # DISCRETE EVENTS DECOMPOSING TIME intermedia project beginnings #movingimage #intermedia #sculptureprintmaking #sculpture #3Dmovingimageart #artsky #mahogany #techspressionism many thanks to @woodshopcnc #janswinburne

Close up of a carved glitch surface that looks similar to cuneiform clay tablets

Open box with carved wooden blocks that looks like cuneiform clay tablet

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Happy to share I’m the #RWMFEST artist in residence this Fall/Winter. The exhibition will be at Tangled Arts Vitrines 401 Richmond in February 2026. Many thanks to Workman Arts and special mention to Fatma Hendawy for her curation and support of this project.

Sound image of my voice speaking the word PSYCHO composed of dramatic curves and peaks. White wall sculpture with deep shadows and light.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

#birds Having a bath in the bee bath. #whitethroatedsparrow I think. Well wishes for a safe migration to all birds.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

More refinements to #wip #stonecarving of the #soundimage saying the word PSYCHO- great to be carving again & with digital technology revealing the invisible; visible in a way I never figured to represent my voice & all that encompasses one’s voice. The ancient act of speaking through stone.

Waveform relief that looks Mountainous in a rough semicircular unpolished soapstone.

Waveform relief that looks Mountainous in a rough semicircular wetted partially polished soapstone.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Happy to share a special version of DISCREET EVENTS DECOMPOSING TIME in Los Angeles Center of Digital Art I Opens August 7, 2025. Thanks to Randi Matushevitz for organizing this & Rex Bruce of LACDA Los Angeles Center For Digital Art August 7-30 // 410 Spring St L.A. CA #newmedia #artsky #videoart

Black & white abstracted figure made of curved mesh lines with yellow and white text for the poster.

A glitched grid still from the video. With filigreed horizontal and vertical stripes. Greens and greys at the top reds and sandy colours at the bottom. wWde light grey horizontal textured stripe across the centre.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Up until July 25 at 150 Mediastream Chicago as part of the “Four Techspressionist Artists” exhibition. #newmedia #artsky #installation #art #movingimageart

A long slatted led screen in with a white bird like figure against a blue background. A curved metal courtesy desk sits in front of the screen with attendant

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Still from work in progress for the DISCRETE EVENTS DECOMPOSING TIME collection. SKEW decomposed 2025: Still. #videostill #flimsky #glitch

colourful horizontal bands or lacy, refined glitch from a decomposed video. Pattern looks like rug or weaving or knitting, with some shapes like Greek or Egyptian key tropes.

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Hello #Chelsea is up @hudsonguild.bsky.social until June 25. The vertical striped glitch is on of a pair created for this installation from my DISCRETE EVENTS DECOMPOSING TIME collection #techspressionism #artsky #digitalart #art

A gallery with still clusters of pictures in the background a three screen based images in the foreground. One vertical with blue green stripes. A small horizontal blue screen with headphones and a large abstract purple and white screen projection behind the column that the smaller screens hang on.

A bright yellow and red abstract image centred on a yellow background. The lower end has a red bar with white text that says Hello Chelsea! :/Techspressionism 2025 Hudson Guild Gallery// April 30- June 25

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Thanks you Canada for a much better turn out for the vote. There’s a wisdom to minority governments if the parties are willing to make it work. #canadavotes #cdnpoli

A mock facebook image that declares “marked safe from Pierre Poilievre

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

#Graffiti from yesterday’s ride. #Toronto This random pep talk was a welcome sight, as well as the warm sunny day. #hopeisadiscipline

“Tout est possible” graffiti in black cursive writing on cement sound barrier that has large swaths of brown and pinkish blocks painted out other graffiti. Faintly scratched next to the words graffiti that says na bro

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Jan Swinburne @ janswinburne.com🇨🇦 @swinburnecomplex.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

UPCOMING EXHIBITION #chicago SONIC FLIGHT: Towards Peace. Sound image created from the waveform of a war jet. Four Techspressionist Artists 150 Media Stream Chicago April 28 -July 20th More info here: techspressionism.com/chicago/ #movingimageart #soundimage #150mediastream #filmsky #artsky

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