Danny Luong, Artist – Calgary
Photo: Haley Villanueva Eyre
Danny Luong, an uninvited guest, is a photographer based in Moh’kinsstsis on traditional Treaty 7 land (Calgary). He holds a BA in journalism from Mount Royal University and works to represent landed East-Asian migrants and refugees through personal documentary. He won an emerging photographer award at the Exposure Photo Festival in 2023 for his project we were growers. He has shown work with Art Toronto, the Alberta Society of Artists, Arts Commons, and the Asian Heritage Foundation Calgary, and was selected to be part of the Exposure Studio Collective. His solo exhibition trap (disambiguation)/ cạm bẫy (dụ dỗ) trong cuộc sống is on view at The Bows until October 11.
I have over 11,000 hours in one of the most competitive games and toxic cesspools to ever exist on the internet. Trying to describe my love for Dota is… difficult, but it always boils down to how much I loved Warcraft 3 and how Dota 2 is an evolution from the bones of what Blizzard started. The heroes still feel the same – Uther Lightbringer may be Omniknight now, but the memories are still linked.
- ASL Season 19
I’ve been watching competitive Starcraft since I was a teenager. I remember being captivated by SlayerS_BoxeR’s marine micro. Watching competitive Korean Starcraft 1 makes me feel nostalgic and at home.
Image: animationobsessive via substack
Directed by Kōji Morimoto, I think about the imagery found in this animated short based on Katsuhiro Otomo’s work often. Death and decay – and all the space in between.
- Thermal imaging
Traditionally used for industrial and target acquisition purposes. I’m playing with the idea of using it to take formal portraits of historically oppressed peoples. Sorry for the boomer shot, but getting the actual image off an antiquated thermal imager with older software proved agonizing.
This album absolutely slaps.