- Off the Shelf: Climbing the Cold White Peaks
It’s been quite a while since I’ve turned up with one of those book-review type things I once optimistically promised to do around here once a month (the last being this look at various lo-fi artist books in my collection), and this overdue instalment is already breaking my ground rules in that this book did […]
- Where art goes once it is born
I’ve been taxing my memory and the internet’s broad-yet-dubious selection of Vincent van Gogh images to prepare a post on Dr. Alison McQueen’s lecture last week for the Friends of Art History at McMaster, but in the meantime I’ve been more inclined to use my rare downtime for reading, especially now that I’ve come into […]
- Off the Shelf: ‘The Uncanny: Experiments in Cyborg Culture’
I was more than a little saddened this week to learn that Caprica, the prequel series to nouveau Battlestar Galactica and one of the few television shows to still hold my interest these days, has been cancelled by the short-sighted morons at SyFy. Therefore, this month’s Off the Shelf selection is in tribute to the […]
- Off the Shelf: Alex Kapranos’ ‘Sound Bites’
I intend for this first installment of my new monthly book feature to reveal the sort of reading that has fed into my practice as an artist and writer, while respecting that this range of books is not necessarily limited to those that specifically address visual art. While visually appealing in its own way, Sound […]
- Lessons from Proust and a cyborg-crab
“Do you know what Proust said about conversation?”
Mahnmut resisted another sigh. “What?”
“He said… ‘When we chat, it is no longer we who speak… we are fashioning ourselves then in the likeness of other people, and not of a self that differs from them.’”
“So when I talk to you,” Mahnmut said on their private frequency, “I’m […]
- Recommended Reading: ‘Just Kids’ by Patti Smith
While I’m not normally in the habit of making apologies on behalf of this blog’s frequency or lack thereof, I will be the first to admit I’ve been especially remiss lately. This would be down to a combination of overwork and an especially persistent cold; I’m hoping the latter clears off in time for a […]
- In the studio last week
With blog-worthy content running at a veritable trickle, I had an excess of blessed studio time in which to experiment with a few unanswered questions. One of those being, can I feasibly adapt my work to a traditional bookmark format just because of a random call for submissions? Perhaps it’s a lingering affection for Barrie […]
- Notes from the Rift/Love is a Battlefield
I’ve intended to expand the content of this blog to include remarks on my own studio practice for some time now, most especially since remarking on Kristen Peterson’s approach to documenting her work and the ways in which access to an artist’s practical concerns can help to demystify the process of art-making and hopefully start […]
- The Rothko Room
I’m having a sick day of sorts, and as such decided to finally dig into the new novel I bought a few weeks back, The Late Hector Kipling by David Thewlis. As some of you may be aware, Thewlis is an actor first and foremost (artsy types might recall his Cannes-winning performance in […]
