Generally interested in the human experience and equally interested in the experience of everything else in existence.
As an optimist I trust this is the best of all possible worlds; still there is no doubt it can be improved for many more people - easily.
Especially into theories to make the world a better place for more people, restore balance to our systems and develop new models based on total and cumulative knowledge.
I truly believe in peace, law, personal sovereignty and justice.
Music
Currently listening to:
Lou Reed
Neil Young CatPower Metric Blue Rodeo Beck Beastie Boys Tom Petty Cowboy Junkies Rural Alberta Advantage The Band Enya The Beatles Broken Social Scene Simon&Garfunkle Ani diFranco French Paddleboat Tv on the radio Peter Bjorn and John Big Sugar Sam Roberts Death InVegas, Cat Stevens The Moody Blues SexPistols, Chemical Brothers Camaromance, MudCrutch Tragically Hip, Nosis Travelling Wilburrys Mirah Brasstronaut
Not presently in a band.
Although...
Movies
I rather cut film than watch movies and have been on several projects, voiced a documentary, and commercials and have a remarkable set etiquette.
Copy and paste the link below to a short film, featuring Matthew Dupuis.
http://blip.tv/file/1882054
Contact me for an acting reel and demo tape.
The following films do not feature me, but I've enjoyed them.
Beautiful Losers
The Greatest Dictator
Vanilla Sky
What Dreams May Come
Hitchhikers guide to the Galaxy
Almost Famous
Never Ending Story
Radiant City
Big Lebowski
Way Downtown
I Heart Huckabees
Television
TV is a drag from most angles. I've a strong aversion to places that rely on TV for ambiance.
I encourage you to recycle your tube.
Radio is a different matter. I'm often dialed into CKUA, CJSW or the SRC.
My FM experience was certainly rock and roll. In one episode I became the radio.
Books
Books are super great, literacy is vital to understanding the universe. All roads, everywhere on earth should lead to a library.
The curious incident of the dog in the night, by Mark Haddon
Oh the places you'll go, Dr.Seuss
Still life with Woodpecker, by Tom Robbins
Globe and Mail Style Guidelines
Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Crime and Punishment, by Fyodor Dostoevsky (or portions of)
Alchimist, by Paulo Coelho
Understanding Media, by Marshall McLuhan
Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino Hope for the Flowers, by Trina Paulus No Logo, by Naomi Klein
...read
George Gamow
Krishnamurti,
Mitch Albom,
Bill Bryson,
Voltaire,
Oliver Sacks,
Michael Ondaatje
Something you wrote a long time ago
Heroes
People who live passionately, people who struggle but make it with perseverance. People just like you who say something when the time comes, who stand up for the good they believe in and...
Michelle Bachelet,
Michelle T
Martin Luther King,
Louise Arbour,
Helen Thomas,
The Dalai Lama,
All our friends, even the people we didn't yet get to meet.
People I thought I'd never make it without.
People who thought they'd never make it without me.
All of you are heroes!
I am Matthew Dupuis, Canadian artist. Welcome to my page. There is no need to login, visitors can access everything here.
Photography is equal parts space and time. I capture light in such a way that take viewers to a place they might remember and thus think "oh yeah, like that, in fact -thats more than I remember"
For those who sees my images as stand alone events, the photograph can take the place of a thousand misunderstandings.
Photography is central to my work as an artist though I regularly extend well beyond the lens. I work in many mediums - traditional, and digital, in a multitude of capacities.
Concept, layout and design, project management, and group facilitation are all within my scope of practice.
I am available for assignment/hire.
Please contact me by email: matthewdupuis@hotmail.com
Photos by Matthew Dupuis
Who I'd like to meet: I'm a bit shy, and not much for small talk. Being a rare variety of solar sponge listening is what I do best. Potentially I'd be into meeting you and other children of the universe, like over tea and cake maybe.
