FISHEYE: Photo of the day
Just a quick reminder that you don’t need Valentine’s Day to do something romantic today, and maybe even more than once a year. Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the city.
FISHEYE: Pho-D’OH! of the Day
Is it just us, or does this hydrant have a bit of a Homer Simpson thing going for it? Our regular photo of the day (potd) feature from Fish Griwkowsky is a visual diary and memoir of his life in and out of the city.
VISUAL ARTS: Matters of scale and intricacy
When I first noticed Lisa Rezansoff, it took about half a six-pack of Pils to realize I was at the table of a born artist. Almost unconsciously her pen-in-hand would pattern some of the most marvellous things our group of drifters had ever seen, a new language of drawing that made us think of dreams […]
The ghost of David Lynch haunts area artist
This is a weird one. A cold wind skated blindly up Whyte Avenue when David Lynch’s disembodied voice began suddenly explaining how such winds are his favourite sound. My pocket recorder was playing tricks; I’d taped Lynch live down in Hollywood between his screening of Eraserhead and Sunset Blvd a couple months ago, yet here […]
VISUAL ARTS: Smokey gets the hang of the unhinged Arctic
Cabin Fever: Renderings of an Unhinged Man not only shows an illustrator hovering around the top of his skills so far, it’s also an inspiring exercise in recycling, both physical and cultural. Its artist is Nickelas Johnson, who wears the name Smokey when he’s out fighting crimes of apathy, which he, like most creative people, […]
