Barnacle City Installed

June 16, 2016

At the corner of Robson and Granville Streets in Vancouver. We waited a while before Barnacle City played. The anticipation was a curious delight and then it unexpectedly came on. More photos of the other venues will be posted soon!

Barnacle City Event Page on Facebook

June 14, 2016

Barnacle City — The Movie is now installed at outdoor venues in downtown Vancouver, Canada!

Venue: Robson & Granville St large LED screens
Additional venues include: the CBC Plaza on Hamilton St.; Telus Gardens on Georgia St.; the Terry Fox Plaza; the Vancity Theatre before each film screening and the Pacific Cinematheque, also before each film screening.

Visit the Facebook Event page here (click image):

SiteFactory's first dinner!

June 4, 2016

On June 3, 2016, the first bus warming dinner was held at Leah Weinstein's SiteFactory with the beautiful backdrop of Spanish Banks, and a glorious, fresh, 5-star vegetarian meal courtesy of Guest Chef Jason Feehrer. Be sure to check SiteFactory's website, under 'Submissions' to send in your proposals for activities with the bus!

Clematis in May

May 25, 2016

The month of May means clematis from my neighbour's garden — thank you, dear clematis, for "she who had scanned the flower of the world..."

Watched over by a young eagle

April 13, 2016

A great day on April 10, 2016, working with my cinematographer, effects director and collaborator John Fukushima, and blessed by a young eagle who hung about near us while we worked. I always enjoy working with John, and this project is for my tiny action summer blockbuster, a commission for the City of Vancouver, coming soon to a big screen somewhere near you.

Drawing Hauntology

January 9, 2016

From the archive, my 2007 article on Ed Pien's practice in Canadian Art — you can find the article online: Drawing Hauntology or download scanned pages here.

Under mentorship with Laiwan, Anne Riley made whole body denim wall drawings for her project “that brings the other nearly as close as oneself” recently installed at the Western Front, Vancouver. — *Under mentorship with Laiwan, Anne Riley made whole body denim wall drawings for her project* “that brings the other nearly as close as oneself” *recently installed at the Western Front, Vancouver.*

Mentorships funded by the BC Arts Council

November 27, 2015

Artist Leah Weinstein has been awarded a 2016 mentorship with me from the British Columbia Arts Council’s Early Career Development Grant to include work exploring artist run centre mobility. For 2014-15, emerging Indigenous artist Anne Riley was awarded the same grant. Riley recently culminated our mentorship with an intriguing body of work titled “that brings the other nearly as close as oneself”, a title from the essay On Touching—The Inhuman That Therefore I Am (v1.1) by renowned feminist theorist Karen Barad. Riley’s work explores queer touch and the Indigenous lesbian body. Her work was on exhibit in a group show until October 24, 2015 at the Western Front Gallery, 303 East 8th Ave, Vancouver, British Columbia.

UPDATE: Anne Riley will continue to work with me beginning 2017, with her receipt of a second British Columbia Arts Council’s Early Career Development Grant. Thanks to the BCAC for financial assistance and mentorship support for emerging artists in BC.

Reconnecting

November 2, 2015

Welcome to my new website! This one will be agile and robust, as I look forward to reconnecting with old and new friends through a variety of media, activities, projects and relational engagements : ).

Lovely visit yesterday with good friends i've not seen in a while at the Lost & Found Cafe's launch of Nightwood Editions Fall books, among which is 'Perpetual', graphic prose and poetics, writings by Rita Wong and drawings by Cindy Mochizu… — Lovely visit yesterday with good friends i've not seen in a while at the Lost & Found Cafe's launch of Nightwood Editions Fall books, among which is 'Perpetual', graphic prose and poetics, writings by Rita Wong and drawings by Cindy Mochizuki.