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At Water by Seth Fluker published by Hassla Books


AT WATER

Published by Hassla, 2022

$25 CAD (plus shipping)


DESCRIPTION
"At Water" is a new collection of landscape photographs by Seth Fluker depicting water in its many moods and textures across Canada and Japan.

DETAILS
8 x 10 inches
Softcover
24 pages
300 copies
ISBN 978-1-940881-53-9


Seth and Sheila Stayed Behind by Seth Fluker and Sheila Heti, published by New Documents.

SETH AND SHEILA STAYED BEHIND

Published by New Documents, 2015


DESCRIPTION
"Seth and Sheila Stayed Behind" pairs a short story by Sheila Heti with photographs by Seth Fluker. “Seth” and “Sheila” are the main characters of Heti’s abstract narrative of longing and transition, one which sets the stage for Fluker’s photographs of a wintry Toronto landscape, filled with anthropomorphized automobiles and embankments of dirty snow.

DETAILS
21.5 × 29 cm
Hardcover
40 pages
1000 copies
ISBN 978-1-927354-22-3


Dressed for Space by Seth Fluker, published by Art Metropole.


DRESSED FOR SPACE

Art Metropole, 2014


DESCRIPTION
Influenced by friend and musician Robert Alfons (Trust), Seth Fluker’s version of "Dressed for Space" is a study of sound through figurative and abstract imagery. Floating between familiar and forgotten landscapes, Seth’s portraits of Robert depict a parallel world of affecting soundscapes and atmospheric melodies. Played on a continuous loop, these euphoric, synthpop compositions were a direct inspiration to Fluker’s digital manipulation process.

DETAILS
17.5 × 22.5 cm
Softcover
32 pages
500 copies
ISBN 978-0-9809184-5-8


Before Things Change by Seth Fluker.


BEFORE THINGS CHANGE

Self-published, 2010


DESCRIPTION
"Before Things Change" is a small insight into Seth Fluker's occupation at Whole Foods Market Soho, London, UK. Each image slowly evolved and quickly disappeared within his workspace while washing grimy kitchen utensils and haphazardly disposing customer waste. Through the sequencing of this edition, Seth aimed to represent the ever-changing emotions he felt during each shift.

DETAILS
18.5 x 23.5 cm
Softcover
28 pages + fold-out
500 copies
ISBN 978-0-9813947-0-1

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CONTACT
[email protected]

NEWS

  • Sky Glabush portraits for Blue Moon
  • Outer Circle Road solo exhibition at the Daniels Building, Toronto, May 23 to June 28.

ABOUT & CV [PDF]

Seth Fluker (b. 1982) is a Canadian photographer and filmmaker based in Toronto. These days, his work explores our attachment to place, the depiction of landscapes, and evolving water cycles in the context of climate change. His photo books are in the library collections of MoMA, Tate Britain, and Yale. In 2024, Fluker presented a solo exhibition at the Daniels Building in Toronto and completed "Years Coming Together," a short montage that recontextualizes NFB archival footage to examine the transformation of Canadian woodlands.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS


  • Outer Circle Road, Daniels Building, Toronto CA
  • Seth & Sheila Stayed Behind, Art Metropole, Toronto CA
  • The Blues Are Still Blue, Claire de Rouen Books, London UK
  • Strange Days Indeed, Antisocial Gallery, Vancouver CA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS


  • Strange & Familiar (curated by Martin Parr), Barbican Centre, London UK
  • Bookmakers, Le Bal, Paris FR

  • Bookmakers, Galerie Le Chateau d’Eau, Toulouse FR

  • Various Photographs (curated by Tim Barber), NYPF, New York US
  • Tiny Vices, White Flag Projects, St. Louis, MO
  • Tiny Vices (curated by Tim Barber), Proyectos Monclova, Mexico City, Mexico
  • Tiny Vices (curated by Tim Barber), Studio B, Tokyo JP

SITE SPECIFIC

  • Blueberry Hill (curated by Heather Rigg), Pattison Billboards with Contact, Cross-Canada

FILM FESTIVALS

  • Pools, Antimatter, Victoria, CA
  • Pools, Vancouver International Film Festival, World Premiere

ARTIST BOOKS

  • At Water, Hassla (forthcoming)
  • Broken Clouds, Self
-published
  • Local, Live and Breaking, Self
-published
  • Seth & Sheila Stayed Behind, collaboration with Sheila Heti, New Documents
  • Dressed for Space, Art Metropole

  • Earth People, Working Title
  • Before Things Change, Self-published

PUBLICATIONS

  • Strange & Familiar, Edited by Alona Pardo & Martin Parr, Prestel
  • High Tails, Edited by Sophie Mörner, Capricious

  • Bruit de Fond/Background Noise, JSBJ
  • Smoke Bath, Edited by Peter Sutherland, Seems Books
  • Various Photographs, Edited by Tim Barber, TV Books

BIBLIOGRAPHY

PORTRAITURE

  • Sky Glabush, Blue Moon
  • Wolfgang Tillmans, Blue Moon
  • Graham Foy, The Globe & Mail
  • Charlotte Day Wilson, i-D Magazine #360
  • Bambii, Sneeze, Fulfil the Dream Issue
  • Linda Catlin Smith, The Wire, #397
  • Isaiah Ceccarelli, The Wire, #397

  • Wolfgang Tillmans, The Globe & Mail, Nov. 17th

  • Takashi Homma, Sneeze, The Truth is Out There

  • Thundercat, The Wire, #381
  • Kara-Lis Coverdale, The Wire, #376
  • Antoine Olivier Pilon, Dazed, W
  • David Cronenberg & Sarah Gadon, Dazed, A/W 2014
  • Shary Boyle, Dazed, Vol.III / Num.23

  • Grimes, i -D, Num. 32
  • Sheila Heti, Dazed and Confused, Vol.III / Num.12

  • Sarah Polley, Dazed and Confused, Vol.III / Num.12
  • Redia Soltis, Vice

GRANTS

  • Concept to Realization, Canada Council of the Arts

RESIDENCY

  • X Marks the Bökship, London UK

COLLECTIONS

Library: Museum of Modern Art, New York USA
Library: Tate Britain, London UK
Library: Robert B. Haas Family Arts Library, Yale University, New Haven USA
Library: Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto CA
Library: The Banff Centre, Banff CA

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At Water by Seth Fluker published by Hassla Books


AT WATER

Published by Hassla, 2022

$25 CAD (plus shipping)


DESCRIPTION
"At Water" is a new collection of landscape photographs by Seth Fluker depicting water in its many moods and textures across Canada and Japan.

DETAILS
8 x 10 inches
Softcover
24 pages
300 copies
ISBN 978-1-940881-53-9


Seth and Sheila Stayed Behind by Seth Fluker and Sheila Heti, published by New Documents.

SETH AND SHEILA STAYED BEHIND

Published by New Documents, 2015


DESCRIPTION
"Seth and Sheila Stayed Behind" pairs a short story by Sheila Heti with photographs by Seth Fluker. “Seth” and “Sheila” are the main characters of Heti’s abstract narrative of longing and transition, one which sets the stage for Fluker’s photographs of a wintry Toronto landscape, filled with anthropomorphized automobiles and embankments of dirty snow.

DETAILS
21.5 × 29 cm
Hardcover
40 pages
1000 copies
ISBN 978-1-927354-22-3


Dressed for Space by Seth Fluker, published by Art Metropole.


DRESSED FOR SPACE

Art Metropole, 2014


DESCRIPTION
Influenced by friend and musician Robert Alfons (Trust), Seth Fluker’s version of "Dressed for Space" is a study of sound through figurative and abstract imagery. Floating between familiar and forgotten landscapes, Seth’s portraits of Robert depict a parallel world of affecting soundscapes and atmospheric melodies. Played on a continuous loop, these euphoric, synthpop compositions were a direct inspiration to Fluker’s digital manipulation process.

DETAILS
17.5 × 22.5 cm
Softcover
32 pages
500 copies
ISBN 978-0-9809184-5-8


Before Things Change by Seth Fluker.


BEFORE THINGS CHANGE

Self-published, 2010


DESCRIPTION
"Before Things Change" is a small insight into Seth Fluker's occupation at Whole Foods Market Soho, London, UK. Each image slowly evolved and quickly disappeared within his workspace while washing grimy kitchen utensils and haphazardly disposing customer waste. Through the sequencing of this edition, Seth aimed to represent the ever-changing emotions he felt during each shift.

DETAILS
18.5 x 23.5 cm
Softcover
28 pages + fold-out
500 copies
ISBN 978-0-9813947-0-1