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constant yen

@yawnstant

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artist & animator
📍 toronto 🤹‍♀️
💌 constant.yen(at)gmail.com 📧

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I see you on my way to the bakery. Comic i made literally just now about falling in love with the vancouver parking metre. Based on a true story. To be continued …? I need to pee. taken in Mount Pleasant Park by @yawnstant

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2 years ago

drawing game with the sun and a fence , saturday september 5 2026 which feels like a million years ago now. Happy fall. I am grateful for when the seasons change in Ontario Canada I feel emotional about it every time. by @yawnstant

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4 days ago

We Are Busy Bodies and Having Fun is presenting a showcase at Waves Vienna on Thursday October 1. Lammping and Dany Laj and the Looks will be supporting new releases. Poster by Constant Yen @yawnstant (repost to reflect the correct date) by @yawnstant

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2 months ago

A tour this summer, places for music. Tell a friend! We will bring vinyl and shirts and some tapes. We will swim in the St. Lawrence. Tickets to these shows can be found in our bio :)

More details about times and bills are either on our page, or will be there soon. by @yawnstant

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3 months ago

Beebo, Make A Wish

An album release show this June 28th, 3:00pm, at Carlton Park (20 Edith Street)

Hosted by @josephshabason

With @ideefixerecords

Poster and art by @yawnstant

With a surprise special musical guest

We will be selling vinyl records and shirts and Constant will be selling their art. Please bring those things that make a picnic special.

Thank you forever to our friends and families and mentors and places that feed us. We feel incredibly lucky, and are nothing but grateful. Thank you for being there for us. We hope to see you soon. taken in Carlton Park by @yawnstant

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3 months ago

TOMORROW AT ARRAY WE PAINT WE PLAY @rowanmocampbell @yawnstant @je.suis.jaz.tsui @ljpino95 @fahmidnibesh @cwielgoz + MIRA AND JOE by @yawnstant

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PAINT, PLAY AT ARRAY ON MAY 21 @rowanmocampbell @yawnstant @je.suis.jaz.tsui @ljpino95 by @yawnstant

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Mystery Link is now installed !! Our second iteration of this work in case you missed last year’s show.

Come check out the work in ‘The Great Hall’ (2nd Floor of 100 McCaul St / OCADU) as part of the group exhibit —> ’Faceted.’ On until this Friday Feb 27th. Free & open to the public every day 7:30AM - midnight (you’ll need card access after 8pm, shoot me a text or email me if you plan on coming later in the evening on any of the dates)

There’ll be a little reception on the evening of Wednesday February 25th 5-7PM— please join us then, would love to see you there!

‘Mystery Link’ is a collaborative installation encompassing interconnected drawings and risograph prints on found, gifted, and recycled stationery; paired with a live-feed and looping 2D & stop-motion animations transmitted between CRT monitors through tin-can telephones. Blurring the boundaries between digital and physical space, characters move across mediums, sharing secrets and exchanging glances; swaying toward one another while caught in an endless game of broken telephone.

Feel free to text or email me if you’d like a lil tour!

🗣️🥫🖇️📺🔗☎️🖇️📹🔮📄⚡️🪄📝 taken in OCAD University by @yawnstant

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7 months ago

Set up at @zine___dream until 5pm today! Come say hi :^D

I got two new floppies — “zen mode” a 30pg short & silly comic starring an ape and crocodile and “birdfeed” which comes w a foldout poster. And i got lots of old stuff up for grabs too!

I’ll set up a webshop eventually for non-local pals that are interested in stuff and I’ll share more about that when I get around to it…

Like many, I’ve been trying to spend less time on my phone in general and especially less time on instagram, which has been nice! Hope everyone’s having a good summer :-) taken in The Parkdale Hall by @yawnstant

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a year ago

hi guys, im gonna be tabling tomorrow (saturday may 24) at @coolkids.market
10am-4pm come say hi 👋

I will have these keychains and buttons i made earlier this year for sale. And other stuff too.

You can take a peek at the other talented artists that will be there on the @coolkids.market page

Hope to see you there :-) by @yawnstant

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come take a peek at mine and @yawnstant ‘s “mystery link” for the last few days it is up… ☎️🎶

Mystery Link is a collaborative installation encompassing a collection of interconnected drawings and risograph prints on found, gifted, and recycled stationary; paired with a 2D and stop-motion animated loop between CRT monitors. By blurring the boundaries between digital and real-world environments, the characters interact through sharing secrets, exchanging glances, swaying towards one another, all while playing a never-ending game of broken telephone.

if you would like to come check it out, it will be up for viewing until Friday February 28th in the Great Hall (2nd floor main space) at ocadu. We also have a closing reception on Thursday Feb 27 5-7pm where you can come chat with with all the artists participating in the group show…. 🍀 come say hi! taken in OCAD University by @yawnstant

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2 years ago

Wanted to share this clip of Super 8 footage I shot at TCAF 2023.

I believe the first one I attended was in 2007, when @torontocomics was held at UofT’s Victoria College.

Subsequently, I think all the TCAFs have been at the iconic Toronto Reference Library (seen in the video, with its beautiful elevators) designed by Raymond Moriyama. Often times coinciding with Mother’s Day weekend. I think I’ve gone every year since I was in high school and it’s always overwhelmingly inspiring. I kind of associate the reference library with TCAF, it helps that there is a robust archive and collection of zines available there. It’s one of the most iconic places in the city. I’ll often find myself picturing Knives Chau with her scarf and daggers or Matt Johnson using the 3D printer when I’m at the reference library.

Anyways, I wanted to dig up this clip share because this year TCAF will be held at TMU’s Mattamy Athletic Centre. Excited to see what that’s like. I think it’ll be larger but will very likely have less beautiful elevators. Gonna miss seeing a sea of cartoonists and comic fans and also regular library patrons scattered across three floors inside this beautiful building.

I got my first super 8 camera the same morning as this clip. Shot on 500T, mostly starring @slugtrain ⭐️
I also remember that morning was the first time I saw Chester Brown’s new beard. 🎅

The music in this video is “Comic-Con” off the @payingforitfilm soundtrack by Lee & Gamble Unlimited @sookyinleee @dylangamblez , which I thought was fitting. Please go and watch the movie!!! It’s really good, as a film in and of itself and doubly so as an adaptation of the Chester Brown graphic memoir. Also, I got to be a background actor in the movie and I’m on screen with some cartoonist friends for like two seconds during the Comic-Con scenes which was fun!!

I recall immediately after I submit my information for the background acting gig on Paying For It, I rushed to the TIFF Lightbox to catch an evening screening of “They Live.” I managed to snag the last ticket in the otherwise sold out screening that night. And when I arrived, I found myself sitting next to Chester Brown— I couldn’t believe it LOL taken in Toronto Reference Library by @yawnstant

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