Liar! Liar! by Amcor

"Liar! Liar!" is a humorous critique of state surveillance and control. Presenting as highly trained AmCor Human Lie Detector Services Agents, Special Officers Çlåöd Îdíã and Aj Dåhl will be interrogating audience members during the exhibition’s opening reception. AmCor® specializes in Human Lie Detection using technological advancements in blind contour drawing techniques to analyze micro-expressions.

Masterminds behind AmCor®: Amy Modahl, originally from Wisconsin, lives and works in Salmon Arm, BC. She holds an MFA in Visual Arts from the University of British Columbia, Kelowna and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Northern Arizona University. Her research and creative practice often investigate linguistic ideas visually through various media including: drawing, painting, printmaking, stop-motion animation and installation. Currently she teaches in the Communications Department at Okanagan College, British Columbia. Corinne Thiessen is a multidisciplinary artist born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She holds an MFA from the University of Lethbridge. Through kinetic objects, drawing, video and performance, her work explores physical and ideological impediments, repression and “acting out.” Thiessen has taught in the Media department at Lethbridge College and teaches Drawing in the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge.