Landed: Jaynus O’Donnell in Conversation
I will be hosting a public conversation with Montréal-based artist Jaynus O’Donnell on her recent collage and watercolour works as part of Landed: Jaynus O’Donnell, part of the Burnaby Art Gallery Outreach Exhibition Series, May 14-July 29, 2012, Bob Prittie Library – Metrotown Jaynus O’Donnell creates fragmented landscapes based on urban scenic experience. Her multi-textured...
Sleep vs. Sueño
It was a week long install for the exhibition Sleep of Reason at the Yukon Arts Centre in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory. I was lucky enough to have five of the nine artists there with me. From the point I flew in, I learned about this interesting discussion that had been brewing on the local Yukon...
Airborne
A new mix for December 2011. It’s been a good year. This photo was taken during a gale-force chinook in Banff. Barrelling warm wind. The bird in the photo was being flipped upside down while flying, just rolling and tumbling. And the sky did that. http://www.sendspace.com/file/2b1b2x
Tagboard
Tagboard is a short story written by Aaron Dooley. I did the illustrations. We published this project together in 2006 with a run of 150 copies. You can read and download it here.
Tender Green
A new mix for Summer 2011. Made after a week of pulling ivy, pruning rhododendron, picking pine cones, and transplanting ferns. Tender Green
The Tent Shop
Artist Jacob Gleeson (along with Gareth Moore) used to be one of the partners behind St. George’s Marsh, a gallery/store that held exhibitions and sold sundry goods. After the project ended in 2006, he has continued his art practice, making videos, drawing and installation works. Jake has now created a great online store featuring finely...
Dream Research
The past few months have been dedicated, research-wise, to reading about sleep and dreaming in preparation for a Yukon show in 2012. Reading Freud’s The Interpretation of Dreams as well as Proust’s Swann’s Way, the first book in Remembrance of Things Past. The latter is especially poetic and filled with some incredible passages. It begins:...
The Wild Close Up
Curatorial tour for the exhibition The Wild so Close (Spring 2009), courtesy David Horvitz.
The Best Tourist
I consider it one of the utmost pleasures in life to do this kind of thing: go to bed early on a Friday night, and then Saturday morning get up early and make an excursion outside the city. Plan a little bit and get excited. So when David Horvitz, who I’ve worked with before, emailed...