March 2012
10 posts
MORE NEON LOVE
Some photos from the opening of ELECTRIC CIRCUS: FOR THE LOVE OF NEON at the OCAD U Student Gallery. From top to bottom: The talented Brianna Lowe hanging out (very casually) next to her psychedelic, nineties inspired print, Some Call It Love (2012); another shot of Orest Tataryn’s wonderful Flowers (2012); Vivian Rosas and Kaley McKean looking lovely in front of Christine teBogt’s...
OREST TATARYN: NEON WIZARD
Caroline and I first saw Orest Tataryn’s neon work at MADE, a boutique on Dundas Street West that showcases the maker’s design objects. After working with Orest as part of Do Design, we dared to ask if he’d partner with us on a neon-themed exhibition project that we were working on for the OCAD U Student Gallery. Orest learned glass blowing and neon fabrication at OCA,...
This past couple of weeks has been all about zines! So naturally I’ve revisited my own slowly advancing, never-ending zine project, which began as an offshoot of The Sketchbook Project. Here’s the latest.
Vanessa
OCAD U ZINE FAIR
Honestly, working at the OCAD U Student Gallery may be the best job in the world. Not only do I spend every day with my bestest friend EVER, Ms. Vanessa Nicholas, but I am also meeting and working with some of this city’s finest, coolest, most artistic, kooky and talented artists and makers.
Vanessa and I spent March 1 at the 4th Annual OCAD U Zine Fair, selling copies of our...
MYSTERY FILM FROM ART MET
Speaking of mystery photos (see previous post), here’s a sample of what I found on a roll of undeveloped film that I purchased at Art Metropole in the summertime. Developing a stranger’s film is one part voyeurism and one part blind date as you are looking into another life whilst also wanting to love your new photographs. The strange thing is, these photos look like I could...
DO DESIGN 2012
Starting in the fall, Caroline and I worked in partnership with Shaun and Julie of MADE to coordinate the second annual Do Design, an alternative design showcase that places locally made furniture and objects in storefronts along Dundas Street West. The event took place in conjuction with IDS and Toronto’s design week at the end of January. Organizing over twenty five installations was a...
THE GOOD ARTIST: EUNICE LUK
Who are you? My name is Eunice Luk. I am an artist based in Toronto. I spend a lot of time binding artist books by hand for my small press enterprise, Fantasy Camp.
What is on your ipod/bookshelf? Lately I’ve been listening to episodes of Radiolab and long form by Lucky Dragons. I read Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami a while ago, and I’m really excited to start 1Q84. Also on...
On January 31, I was lucky enough to catch a lecture by mega-legend, Griselda Pollock. She spoke at OCAD University on the subject of Aesthetic Wit(h)nessing in Post-traumatic Cultures. I had no idea what was meant by Wit(h)nessing; but I went trusting Pollock and hoping for the best.
I arrived a few minutes late to find a busy auditorium, but not a full one. The low attendance was shocking to...
VINTAGE TORONTO
Recently, a link to the Vintage Toronto Facebook page appeared in my inbox. I could spend hours browsing through its albums of images, which are organized by era and theme. The few I’ve selected to share with you here are from the 1960s and 1970s. They show the Toronto skyline as it then was: there are few skyscrapers and the Royal York Hotel still holds its prominent place on the...
