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FASTWÜRMS

The revolutionary politics of the project can be summed up by a quote from Alice Walker that is featured as one of several signs about animal rights on display at the Donkey Sanctuary of Canada: “The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.” 
The Donkey Sanctuary of Canada and the Cats Anonymous shelter are living proof that animals can be treated as our friends and relatives, with respect and care, in determined opposition to their existing status as property and disposable commodities.

FASTWURMS is trademark and shared authorship of Canadian artists Dai Skuse and Kim Kozzi. Formed in 1979, these multidisciplinary artists mingle media, disciplines and art forms to question nature, the environment and issues of power. Their work melds high and popular cultures, bent identity politics, social exchange and a DIY cinematic sensibility. The two also work as teachers in the sculpture department at the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph. Recent exhibitions include solo shows at the CAG - Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC (2008), Plug In ICA, Winnipeg, MB (2008), and the AGYU / Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, ON (2007); group shows include: Anthem: Perspectives on Home and Native Land, which travelled to MSVU Art Gallery, Halifax, NS and The Banff Centre - Walter Phillips Gallery, Banff, AB in 2008; 27° Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo (2006); Sequences Festival, Reykjavik, Iceland (2008).

http://www.paulpetro.com/
http://www.thedonkeysanctuary.ca/
http://www.catsanonymous.ca/