Tag Archives: installation
The best art changes us
On Monday, I wandered through the cold, slick autumn night to hear artist Don Miller talk. The CAFKA Rewind series of talks at WPL, piquing your curiosity between biennials, brings back CAFKA alumni to talk about their work and in … Continue reading
My happy 7-hour weekend wandering: Night\Shift
My friend Eric Rumble runs Night\Shift, which for the uninitiated is a (now) multi-day installation/expression/performance of art/music/food/theatre. That went off Saturday night in downtown Kitchener. Between feet-on-the-street at 7pm and my delightfully exhausted collapse back into the car at 2am, … Continue reading
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Maker’s artist Michelle Bellemare kills at UWAG
It’s not a trick photo. It is the amazing work Casket (2006/2007) by Toronto-based artist Michelle Bellemare with my good friend Melissa Doherty’s feet in frame for scale. The opening reception at UWAG for this show When push comes to … Continue reading
Reinventing C2G2 – art+tech+you
Montreal artist and friend, Pascal Dufaux was back in WR on Sunday for the opening of Archive Fever at The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery (C2G2), which includes one of Pascal’s fantastic video installations. His work connects with the maker/artist/photographer … Continue reading
Dead tech in limestone – CAFKA14
These awesome limestone CRT’s and tower appeared in front of The Tannery last week. This is part of artist Laura Moore’s piece One Man’s Junk, which is itself part of the CAFKA 14 Biennial of public art. When I think … Continue reading
Pascal Dufaux at KSP – Part 1/2 – the reception
I got down to the Kitchener Studio Project on Wednesday for the opening reception for Pascal Dufaux’s piece The Cosmos In Which We Live, Chapter II. Pascal (left) gave a great talk to the assembled crowd on the concepts and … Continue reading
Pascal Dufaux at KSP – Part 2/2 – the installation
Pascal reached out to me before the opening of his show for a little help to spread the word. I’ve found good photos to be pretty effective in that capacity, so I met up with Pascal on the Monday before … Continue reading
Pascal Dufaux–Christie Digital/CAFKA installation
Get down to the Kitchener Studio Project this Wednesday (tomorrow!) and check out my friend’s trippy installation. I caught up with Pascal Dufaux earlier in the week to talk about and photograph his latest piece The Cosmos In Which We … Continue reading
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Pascal Dufaux talks video-art at kwartzlab
Montreal-based artist Pascal Dufaux (right) blew my hair back Tuesday night with a great talk on his work involving image and video making with special rigs he constructs. I could do a rambling job of trying to describe his work, … Continue reading
Toronto and Ai Weiwei
A local photographer said last year that it is in our best interest to fight the pull of parochialism in how we regard/support/evaluate the arts of Waterloo Region. Use a global yardstick, and collectively aim higher. At the time, we … Continue reading