DECEMBER 2009
MAKING TRASH OUT OF ART
> ://UNDRTHEWEATHER.ORG BLOG LIVE
Marking the 1 year anniversary of ://undrtheweather.org,
today Making Trash out of Art goes live, a blog to
compliment this portfolio site. For up-to-date info,
announcements, project opportunities, and a place to offer feedback,
check out www.undrtheweather.org/blog .
Updates on all the participatory community projects a gwan?
Underground event deets? Links to compelling works of other peeps?
Breaking news about the impending doom as it hits the streets?
Photologging ephemeral life experience?
We’ll see what this becomes. backfeed welcome.
APRIL 2009
MURAL W/ JORDAN BENT
[March 28]
Just wrapped up a mural collab
with local painter extraordinaire Jordan Bent
at the Burnaby Centre for Mental Health and Addictions.
See more of Jordan's work online at jordanbent.com.
BUILT-IN OBSOLETE @ MIDFORMS 09
[March 8]
An Ecdysis Collective Interactive Installation
Showcase exhibition for the
Mid Forms Festival 09 (Vancouver BC)
Outfitted with all the latest
cutting edge gadgets- dusty treasure
and weathered wood, rusted-out contraptions
and outdated inventions- a curious
assemblage of technological oddities
long forgotten, operating in ways
they were never meant to be.
This installation juxtaposes the
contemporary and antiquated,
evoking a metaphysical fiction wherein
the ordinary tools of today- the
technology that we take for granted -
may be considered in an extraordinary light.
ARTIFACT
[Feb 9]
Down in Oakland/ East Bay for a week,
I met up with the folks at Artifact
who design beautiful wearable things.
We created a website and digital catalogue
and all sorts of printed filligree.
Check their work out online at
www.artifactapparel.com
or find them at Five and Diamond in the mission
or at summer events all up down the coast.
NEW FORMS FESTIVAL
2009 DESIGN PROPOSAL
[Jan 21]
The theme for the 2009 New Forms Festival is
Emancipation through Creation:
The Convergence of Media Art,
Electronic Music and Digital Culture.
Back in December, I threw together a proposal
For their annual web and print design, above.
They went with another designer,
but invited us to curate a showcase installation
for their upcoming event MIDFORMS,
taking place March 5th-7th 2009
at the Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver.
I'll be posting more about this event here soon!
THE LISTENING JAR
NEW DUSTY FLOWERPOT THEATRE SHOW
W/ PIVOT LEGAL
[Jan 18]
The Dusty Flowerpot Cabaret
has a new show in February called The Listening Jar.
Produced in partnership with the
Pivot Legal Society(pivotlegal.org)
This poster for the show is a collaboration
with Jordan Bent (paint), Martin Resile (handstyles),
and Jack Garton (poetry).
Check the poster for more information.
Advance Tickets available online at
www.dustyflowerpot.org.
JORDAN BENT + THE ECDYSIS COLLECTIVE
AT THE EASTSIDE CULTURE CRAWL
[Nov. 21-23]
I've spent all week building an installation
in collaboration with Jordan Bent (www.jordanbent.com)
and the Ecdysis crew (see the 'projects' section)
for the 2008 Eastside Culture Crawl.
Come check out the madness!
Show is only up for the weekend, so get on it.
The show is on at Jordan Bent's studio, 800 Keefer St. at Hawks, in Strathcona.
More photos here.
CONTRARIES CD DESIGN FOR JOANNA CHAPMAN-SMITH
[Nov. 16]
In the last few weeks I spent some time on a design for
the upcoming album 'Contraries' by East Vancouver singer/songwriter,
multi-instrumentalist Joanna Chapman-Smith. Check out her work at
www.joannacs.com
BUDDHAFUL CUSTOM SERIES
[Nov. 10]
I went down to Seattle in the first week of November to
help out with the Obama campaign and dial in with the
kind folks at Buddhaful Clothing. I spent a few days
screenprinting up a custom series for Buddhaful on designs
produced by Isis Indriya.
Hit up Buddhaful for some juicy Seattle style: www.buddhaful.com
BURNING MAN 2009 DESIGN MIXES
[Oct. 15]
I just submitted a design proposal to the wonderful folks at
Burning Man for the 2009 art theme: Evolution.
Check out the Burning Man website
for more info about this year's art theme.
