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rusty metal things: April 2011

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I'm very excited about this event . and it's not very long now until it's here! This event on April 26 marks the debut of over two years of work on the Archives of Absence. Project for Catherine and me, and so far, I am delighted with how it's all coming together. What's it all about? The short answer is:. Is a meditation on landscape, the environment, notions of home/alienation and the transformations wrought through art. Berm, morning eclogues. Click Thom's picture to check out his music:. I am hoping ...

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rusty metal things: July 2010

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The Way Things Go. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Edmonton and Halifax, Canada. I am a mixed media visual artist, writer, and arts administrator, based in Edmonton, Alberta. View my complete profile. The Way Things Go. You mIght also be interested in . Latitude 53 Contemporary Visual Culture. On the boundaries of the familiar. Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions. Rose and Kettle Concert Sessions Special Events. Cousin Silas and the Moose Woman with Elinor Benjamin Sep 10, 2016.

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rusty metal things: October 2011

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The Turning Wheel, and much ado . It's been a while since I've had time to write - but for all the right reasons. Have been busy in the studio, preparing for a group show at the Art Gallery of St. Albert on December 1, entitles "Lost and Found.". Have also been working on (and through) a series of photos of the York Hotel interior; have begin the process of developing this project into a photoessay/installation for exhibition, with my co-adventurer, Marian Switzer. Was part of a very interesting meeting/...

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rusty metal things: Nesting and building nests

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Nesting and building nests. Poet Louise Gluck sums up the the complex simplicity of birds' nest building activities so well. In her poem 'Nests", she writes:. It took what there was:. Bowerbird Nests . the male creates installations of objects to attract the female, which may include bright blue bottle caps! Have a peek at Avian Architecture. There is an architecture of the spirit here, a using of the 'available materials' to create meaning far beyond the things themselves. Edmonton and Halifax, Canada.

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rusty metal things: Looking Toward Spring ...

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Looking Toward Spring . While I know it was inevitable, I am still not completely reconciled to the reality of the real winter weather and cold that has come so hard and fast here . and so I am indulging in a little escapism, and letting you know about something I will be doing in the Spring. Labels: Artist in residence. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Edmonton and Halifax, Canada. I am a mixed media visual artist, writer, and arts administrator, based in Edmonton, Alberta. View my complete profile.

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rusty metal things: New Studio, New Work ... New Year

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New Studio, New Work . New Year. Have spent November and December settling into the new studio space I have for the Residency at Harcourt House, doing research, planning/plotting/scheming (i.e., orating out some if the too-many ideas I have for work! And generally . well, nesting! My predecessor, the remarkable David Janzen. The paint spattered floor tells a different story from the pristine walls! I LOVE my work bench! Starting to move in . And what have I been up to work-wise? I'm really excited by the...

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rusty metal things: August 2010

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So much to do . Still in the process of setting the studio up. but it is coming along. Mostly need to finish getting shelving and work tables in place, and then it's just sorting and putting away . so I'll be working again VERY soon! Other things coming up right away:. I will be dropping off my work for the Edmonton Timeraiser. Event . and I will also be hanging work at Expressionz. Their Grand Opening is coming up September 15 - 18. More to come . soon! Links to this post. So looking forward to being se...

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rusty metal things: September 2011

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EGG sculpture, ritual and performance. The goal being the release of all that people had placed into the structure, and the physical and visual marking of a transition to a new chapter of life for my friend. Like the living structures I had begun earlier this spring (see my post dated September 2 for more on Make=Believe. This work was going to be be based (and firmly fixed) in the place of its making and eventual destruction. Moreover, I wanted to bring the same approach I had taken with Make=Believe.

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rusty metal things: May 2011

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Birthing . in stages. Well, I am thrilled to say that the launch of Archives of Absence. Installation view of Gel transfer work, Cabinets, and other artifacts. Installation view with Video on. The two "bermologists" beginning the Reading. Photo Credit: Tracy Kolenchuk. Me, Reading from the Miscellany. Photo Credit: Tracy Kolenchuk. Catherine Reading. Photo Credit: Tracy Kolenchuk. The two of us, reading from the Miscellany. Photo Credit: Tracy Kolenchuk. Photo Credit: Tracy Kolenchuk. The Eclogues folio ...