Here Now or Nowhere in Grande Prairie, Alberta

The holiday break was great as I did absolutely nothing except read novels, play video games and hang out with family and friends (there was also a Boxing Day “incident,” but I don’t want to talk about it). But it has also meant it’s been super...

Top Tens of 2008

Canadian Art is doing it, Sally McKay and Lorna Mills are taking submissions, so I guess it’s about time I finally try to put together my list of top ten (or maybe 11) arty things I did/saw/drooled over this year (especially before Jon Davies publishes his list...

Process and/as product

I’ve been meeting and brainstorming and chatting informally with a couple of people about exhibition plans and ideas and am trying to work through one particular curatorial hurdle that seems to be a recurring theme in a lot of my aesthetic interests. Basically,...

Stan Douglas, “Humor, Irony and the Law”

I have been consumed with all things Christmasy lately, so my art-seeing and blog-updating have been spotty at best. But I did manage to put together a review of Stan Douglas’ “Humor, Irony and the Law” for Canadian Art’s website.Stan Douglas,...