Art and cooperatives in the economy
Photo by Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier – Elvy Del Bianco presents rare films shot in Vancouver between 1964 and 1988 at the Waldorf Hotel in 2011. This is one of the more interesting short talks...
View ArticleEverybody works but the vacant lot
Everybody works but the vacant lot, Henry George as quoted by Fay Lewis This is a parody artwork at Vancouver’s 221A Artist-Run Centre, parodying the “Micro Loft” building being erected next door to...
View ArticleArtist George Norris (1928-2013), creator of Vancouver’s popular giant steel...
George Norris, the artist who made what is arguably Vancouver’s most famous piece of public art—a giant steel crab in front of the Vancouver Museum and Planetarium—has died in Victoria. It’s odd that...
View ArticleArtist Jeremy Deller’s 2001 “Battle of Orgreave”– restaging a violent clash...
In 2001 UK artist Jeremy Deller restaged the Battle of Orgreave, a violent 1984 clash between Yorkshire miners and police during the UK miners’ strike, and one of the many dark events of the Thatcher...
View ArticleProtected: Enzo Mari’s classic 1970s chair modified by artists and designers...
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View ArticleThe Log’s Log by Carole Itter, 1972-3
Fittingly this book arrived in the mail on Iternational Women’s Day. I’ve always wanted a copy of it. Only 1000 were printed so I was surprised I could get one. The book is documentation of an...
View ArticleGray Metal – jewelry cast from beach plastic
Well before the most recent wave of coverage of the crisis of plastic accumulating in our oceans, jeweler and artist Jesse Gray of Gray Metal started picking up beach plastic on Vancouver Island and...
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Karl Mattson’s sour gas escape pod, Rolla B.C.
Pod at Sweetwater 905 Festival 2012. Karl Mattson, an artist and filmmaker from the town of Rolla in Northern B.C., produced this “escape pod” artwork last year. I saw it a few weeks ago on the...
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Designer Tobias Wong at the Museum of Vancouver
A retrospective of the work of Vancouver designer Tobias Wong (1974-2010) opens tonight at the Museum of Vancouver. It’s curated by Todd Falkowsky who, along with his colleagues at the Canadian Design...
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Art and cooperatives in the economy
Photo by Dan Toulgoet , Vancouver Courier – Elvy Del Bianco presents rare films shot in Vancouver between 1964 and 1988 at the Waldorf Hotel in 2011. This is one of the more interesting short talks...
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