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August 1, 2025
Somehow it is already August 1st—does the passage of time ever cease to shock?—and for what feels like the first time this summer it is incredibly hot…
Aug 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
July 1, 2025
In 2019, I was invited to create work for a gallery that was in a space once occupied by a queer bar and affiliated burger restaurant.
Jul 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
June 1, 2025
Earlier this month, my partner and I went to the mountains for a couple of days.
Jun 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
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June 1, 2025
Jun 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
Snaps '24
Jan 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
On Bergman Island with Lina Scheynius
Mar 17, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
Jasper
Aug 1, 2024 • Zachary Ayotte
Stefan Heinrichs
Jul 2, 2024 • Zachary Ayotte
February 1, 2025
Feb 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
May 1, 2025
Though I am interested in the relationship between photographs and memory, I tend not to think of photographic images as visualizations of memories—or…
May 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
Noodle
About a month ago, I noticed a lump on the neck of one of my dogs.
Apr 15, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
April 1, 2025
In the 70s my parents moved from Toronto, where my dad was in school, to Yellowknife, the capital of the Northwest Territories, where they lived for…
Apr 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
On Bergman Island with Lina Scheynius
For the past seventeen years, Swedish artist Lina Scheynius has been making small, intimate books of her work, each simply titled for its place in her…
Mar 17, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
Artist Civil Service
A quick off-schedule note to share an essay published today.
Mar 6, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
March 1, 2025
In the summer of 2009, I went to Mexico City with my then partner who was there for a conference.
Mar 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
A Brief Apology
There were three rather obvious mistakes in the newsletter I sent out this morning.
Feb 1, 2025 • Zachary Ayotte
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