WITCH_OXT

FASTWÜRMS

April 4 - May 10, 2025
Opening Reception Friday April 4, 7-10pm


witch_oxt unicorn, purple

witch_oxt unicorn, purple , 2025
acrylic on canvas
14 x 12 inches

WITCH_OXT

#witch_oxt is for lovers, the lovers of plants and animals and RBU, (Rainbows, Butter-flies and Unicorns).

#witch_oxt is for lovers of enminded matter, and new ways of being in the world.

#witch_oxt is for lovers of mutualism, DEU, and DWN, (Dark Earth Unicorn and Deep Water Narwhal).

#witch_oxt is for lovers of Turtle_Kin_In_Kind politics and pawikan power.

#witch_oxt is for lovers of anthropogenic soil (Dirt XTC), and the horizontal monu-mentality of “Terra Preta de Indio”.

#witch_oxt is for lovers of permaculture fertility, profusion and prosperity.

#witch_oxt is for lovers of bio-char pyrolysis, worm compost tea and deep soil inti-macy.

#witch_oxt is for lovers of the microbiome, and the existential importance of the rhi-zosphere to all life on Earth: (DEU captures and stores carbon at scale for thousands of years, improves air and water quality, increases clean energy production, improves soil fertility and food security, increases biodiversity, and enhances human prosocial and emotional health.)

#witch_oxt is for lovers of rhizobium affect, (...boosting the human hormones oxyto-cin (OXT), serotonin and norepinephrine, creating feelings of relaxation, trust and empathy, and motivating purposeful action and social bonding: helping, sharing, do-nating, cooperating, and volunteering.)

#witch_oxt is the evolutionary death card for all dictators and tyrants.

#witch_oxt is for lovers of the the volcanic resistance and the witch-queer seismic sex insurgency.

Love is the Law



FASTWÜRMS is the trademark of Kim Kozzi and Dai Skuse, a they/them joint authorship and poly-disciplinary artist based in treaty 18.

FASTWÜRMS was formed in 1979 to make independent films, build installations, create paintings, drawings and prints, make photographs and text art, sculptures and raku ceramics, textile and performance art, public art projects and artist architecture, and ecological and social exchange projects.

FASTWÜRMS artwork is characterized by a determined DIY sensibility, Witch positivity identity politics, and a keen allegiance towards working class, queer alliance, and artist collaborations.

FASTWÜRMS cultural practice is predicated on the free exchange and circulation of aesthetic knowledge as a public and performative narrative.

FASTWÜRMS has exhibited and created public commissions and installations, performance, video and film projects, across Canada and in the United States, Europe, Brazil, Korea, and Japan.

FASTWÜRMS were awarded the Governor General’s Arts Award in 2024.