2021-09-19 15:00
the first line of some essays in Funny Weather: Art in an Emergency (2020) by Olivia Laing (because my own writing isn’t going well):
In the spring of 1982, a rumour started swillin… Read More
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Reporting from Vancouver, Canada on arts, crafts, and activism from all over. Also personal projects by the author, Laura Bucci who is a knitter focusing on felted bags.
2021-09-07 03:12
Charlotte Posenenske, German, 1930-1985. Charlotte Posenenske, German, 1930-1985. Charlotte Posenenske, German, 1930-1985.
Posenenske concluded that art was inadequate as a tool to effec… Read More
2021-08-22 14:00
agnes martin (1912-2004), a STRONG and DETERMINED woman*…
abstract, minimalist painter, contemporary of Jackson Pollockopposed the cult of personality but at the same time facilita… Read More
2021-08-16 00:28
Linger outside Renzullo’s long enough and you’ll hear people chirping…“Hi Franco!”, “Bye Franco!” multiple times. There’s something different… Read More
2021-08-07 16:00
Danish researcher Meik Wiking, and founder of the world’s first Happiness Research Institute in Denmark, states in The Art of Making Memories (Penguin, 2019) that “If we have enc… Read More
2021-07-31 21:19
that’s Laurie Parsons.
Reflection and associations through a bulleted list.
emerged in the 80sdoesn’t make anythingwalks in natural and urban areas where she collects found… Read More
2021-07-24 19:39
hedonic = (adj.) relating to or considered in terms of pleasant (or unpleasant) sensations.–Oxford dictionary online.
Hedonic adaptation. It explains a lot, both in my personal life… Read More
2021-07-18 14:00
Habits and routines can bring comfort and a sense of ease to being because we don’t have to think about doing something, we just do that something without expanding brain energy. No qu… Read More
2021-07-10 19:59
There is a term that sociologists use to describe the unspoken social contract that occurs in many different cultures: civil inattention.* It describes how we behave as pedestrians and in pu… Read More
2021-07-04 16:50
I read somewhere that the comedian Jerry Seinfeld kept a year wall calendar where he would cross out each day when he wrote a joke. The idea was to have a visual reminder that became a m… Read More
2021-06-27 15:12
What influences well-being?
You could answer this with a pie chart and with hard numbers as Sonja Lyubomirski* first did in her book The How of Happiness: A Scientific Approach to Getting… Read More
2021-06-19 14:00
i have read somewhere that thinking about happy moments makes you happy, feel positive, good. this was offered up as an antidote to loneliness; in other words, think negative thoughts and yo… Read More
2021-06-12 14:00
a short list:
an artist that goes on and off the grid (agnes martin)an artists who gives up agency (charlotte posenenskly)an artist who refuses to be celebretized (cady noland)an artist w… Read More
2021-06-04 20:49
There are now three rectangles in my studio room. One for office work, one for artwork, and one for yoga practice. The artwork rectangle is the new one. Before, that was all office. It was s… Read More
2021-05-23 16:16
During a studio visit from art dealer Arne Glimcher in 1976, Agnes Martin said, “When I work, I diet so as not to have any distraction from food. Sometimes I’ll eat only one thin… Read More
2021-05-14 14:00
Again, as part of her biography, Agnes Martin sent a list to Arnold, an American art dealer, of the places she lived in and the ones she travelled in.1
Agnes Martin, Aspiration, 1960 (in… Read More
2021-05-08 14:00
The minimalist American painter, Agnes Martin (1912-2004), sent this list of places she worked at to Arnold (Arne Glimche), an American art dealer, as part of her biography.1 The range of he… Read More
2021-05-01 14:00
…the passage of time can be painful…waiting for things to happen, for something to change, waiting for traction. The problem sometimes is with getting caught up in the waiting… Read More
2021-04-25 00:21
To really get a sense of Kawara’s oeuvre and the resulting monumentality of his process, I find it is worth noting down his projects in list form (kind of), if only to just notice the… Read More
2021-04-18 21:49
Continuing on with contributions to “On Kawara” (2002, Phaidon), Gary Neill Kennedy (a Canadian conceptual artist) shares his experience of meeting On in the late 60s in Nova Sco… Read More
2021-04-17 14:00
On Kawara (1932-2014) was a Japanese conceptual artist who lived in New York City from 1965.
“Kawara belonged to a broadly international generation of Conceptual artists that began… Read More
2021-04-15 15:51
“an action that initiates the memory of a day” homi k. bhabha
In “On Kawara” (2002, Phaidon) writers, artists, curators, professors and others contribute anecdotes… Read More
2019-03-02 16:04
Materials laid out at Studio Lab Gallery for the New Glasgow version of this project. The yarn we’re using is from the Vancouver version of the show in 2017. Cushions are for participa… Read More
2019-02-01 17:00
Hello dear readers,I spent a fair amount of time in 2018 hand-stitching while contemplating questions about happiness–both when living in Vancouver, BC and Bucklaw, Nova Scotia… Read More
2017-09-16 16:08
Since I last posted, I’ve had two more collaborations: Cristina & Luisa, and Lorna & Jill.
I document the process each time in a effort to capture how each collaborator is modi… Read More
2017-09-11 00:47
Here is a visual update of the first collaboration that took place today at Parking Spot Projects (8 East Cordova) for our project called Directions for the Mind. Today, Carrie brought her f… Read More
2017-08-28 13:00
Finally, announcing some serious art activity! Here is the official description of what I’m doing:
Directions for the Mind is an event-exhibition presented by the Prohibitive Genus Col… Read More
2017-07-27 00:46
Late Capitalism is the name of a 4-day pop-up shop I am participating in. I have made seven pocket mirrors for the pop-up shop and I’ll also have a couple of publications, and small fa… Read More
2016-07-11 17:00
Cultivate a Spot at Emily Carr University, Library Window Gallery
In the current work I’m exhibiting, Cultivate a Spot, I returned to a spot in my neighbourhood on a regular basis and… Read More
2016-07-03 16:12
Postcard #3 Front – Chips
CULTIVATE A SPOT: a small exhibition of documented actions
Library Window Gallery
Emily Carr University of Art & Design, VancouverJuly 6-20
What would you… Read More
2016-06-15 20:33
Issue 4 – It’s real. It’s honest.
Hello! I have finally put together Issue 4 of Cause & Effect which consists of an interview I conducted in November 2015. This issue i… Read More
2016-05-27 20:24
Hello! Here’s a brief update that you might like to know about if you’re an artist thinking of applying for a grant or putting together an exhibition/festival proposal.
The past… Read More
2016-04-25 17:09
“Cultivate a Spot #1,” Front of Number 2 in a series of 4.
I’ll be showing new work, “Cultivate a Spot,” at OURO’s Collective dance performance May 5-8 at… Read More
2016-04-12 17:06
Come join me and students from The Democratic Multiple (Emily Carr University) course as they share their new publications.
Friendly Book Fair
ECUAD (Emily Carr University) Library
Saturday… Read More
2016-03-13 19:12
My digital short “Redbook Presents: Causes & Effects,” which recently screened at an event called Not Sent Letters & Guests (NSLG) at Dynamo Arts Association in Vancouver… Read More
2016-03-13 19:12
My digital short “Redbook Presents: Causes & Effects,” which recently screened at an event called Not Sent Letters & Guests (NSLG) at Dynamo Arts Association in Vancouver… Read More
2016-02-28 08:00
I am taking part in the twentieth iteration of NOT SENT LETTERS & GUESTS. I will be showcasing my digital short called Redbook Presents: Causes & Effects, a work juxtaposing vintage… Read More
2015-12-02 00:52
Today I had another conversation about loneliness with a merchant on Commercial Drive (Vancouver). I talked to Terry, the owner of Cafe du Soleil (the original one). Our conversation explore… Read More
2015-11-26 19:17
The first episode of Radio Lonely (excluding the intro episode) is now available to listen to.
This morning at the end of my walk with my dog Carrie, I stopped at Mark’s Pet Shop and h… Read More
2015-11-24 20:10
Radio Lonely is a new project where I will be walking to different locations around the city and asking people a few questions about loneliness.
When I’m on the air, it will be a real… Read More
2015-11-23 23:15
I had pocket mirror blanks sitting here for a while, so I decided to make some new gifty pocket mirrors. These will be available at the Emily Carr Student Art Sale in Vancouver. They are 3… Read More
2015-10-13 20:12
I’ve been printing, folding, cutting, stapling, and gluing Issue 2 of my zine Casue & Effect. Issue 2 is called Sabotage and features a conversation and email on the topic of lonel… Read More
2015-10-03 01:12
This week, I was out Monday and Thursday offering my type-writing services and I promised a third date on the weekend but unfortunately it won’t happen as I am nursing a cold.
This Thu… Read More
2015-09-28 20:52
Here I am offering True Connect at Cafe de Soleil, September 28, Monday. Writing a love letter for this participant.
Hello Everyone!
I am so pleased to invite you to join me at True Connect*… Read More
2015-09-19 00:18
Dayanita Singh (an artist born and living in India) said “I think I feel at a dead end with photography in a traditional way. ” That sentiment lead her to her practice of combin… Read More
2015-09-06 17:25
A few things to report since I launched the Cause & Effect Project (but which I realized I actually refer to as the loneliness project when I talk to people):
A friend bought a copy of&n&hell…Read More
2015-09-01 17:30
I’ve just added a new project to my online portfolio. It’s called “Cause & Effect” and takes the shape of a zine (a DIY produced small magazine). It is a gift-car… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I plan to offer at least two events this year. There may be one in June but the one for August has been confirmed, so please mark your calendars if you want to learn some […] Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
How do you experience creative flow? Lisa Sonora Beam asks this on her blog. When I think about the projects I’ve been wanting to work on, I have to say I’ve been feeling really… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
I’ve slowed down on my bird project while I’m exploring other fundamentals in the practice of drawing. I came across a beautiful dead bird a few weeks ago which asked to be drawn… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
The vulturine guineafowl seemed appropriate to express sentiments of the heart. This is because its beautiful patterned blue, black, and white feathers (not seen in my black and white render… Read More
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