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M. S. Waldron 2003

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Immolating Without Oxygen is a selection of pieces (primarily drawings and mixed media assemblage, with a smattering of paintings) generated over the last 10 years, almost none of which have been publicly displayed, and including nine recently-completed and never-before-seen objects of an embarrassingly three-dimensional nature, created specifically for this exhibit. An infantile pre-occupation with particular forms and procedures throughout this period of time, and the increasing willingness to allow them to direct outcomes, may or may not be evident.

"Most of the initial ideas appear spontaneously, and then are horribly disfigured by constant errors and miscalculations. Ultimately, the materials themselves determine the end result," expostulates M.W. without moving his lips. "I don't really understand it all that well."

M.S. Waldron was born in Toronto at the donkey-end of 1969. Through no fault of his own he was relocated to California in 1980, and has been confused ever since. In addition to his attempts at visual work, he has an audio project unwisely named "irr. app. (ext.)" , with 8 records completed so far, as well as past and ongoing collaborative projects with Nurse With Wound, Christoph Heemann, Stilluppsteypa and Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson. He is also a founding member of The Onieromantic Ambiguity Collective, a writing group active since 1998.