I'm having one of those weeks when I have fleeting but intense moments of wanting to drop out of grad school. There are far too many assignments involved with practical business and curatorial classes and right now I should be skiing, not proposing to write a paper...

I'll be the first to admit that I'm one of those strange, mystical creatures with a subscription to Macleans (but I'm also a subscriber to Broken Pencil, Fillip and In Style - wait, that last one doesn't make me sound any better). Usually I just feel embarrassed about...

Again, I've been a bad, neglectful blogger. Mid-term style school has reared its ugly head again and with it has come its ever-faithful companion Procrastination (who's also posse with Last-minute Early Morning Panic-Stricken Essay Writing).But, amidst all this chaos,...

I just came across this new website and group being put together by once-Vancouver-now-Toronto-based artist Chloe Lewis. It's a club/coalition for artists who want to make up dares for other artists around the world and, in turn, take on and document a dare that they...

I went to Jon Davies' latest video screening on Friday at Gallery TPW: a programme of video art from around the world that looked at the manipulation of language - authoritative or subversive - and explored the various ways words can be transformed into nonsensical...

I clipped this from an edition of Ubyssey, UBC's student newspaper, when I was studying there for my undergrad at least three years ago. When I first saw it, I laughed and laughed and laughed, then seriously considered using it as a study tool, then laughed some...

As per L.M.'s comment, here is some evidence of the amazing Gino Vannelli, who no musical connoisseur should be ashamed to have in their collection.Amazing. People do gotta move.________________________________________________________________On a somewhat-related...

I had totally forgotten about this.Move the cursor to paint. Click to change colours.

Via my man friend Dylan, I'm currently engaged in an iTunes experiment in musical choice self-hatred. As DW describes it:"I was looking at my play counts in iTunes and I felt like there was a lot of music that I meant never listen to but my compulsion to just trash it...

A bunch of people have been commenting/following up on the mysterious, "anonymous" criticism left by "a group of artists, educators and curators" on the VoCA blog and on their own blog, Vancouver Feedback, about the Belkin Gallery's current "Exponential Future"...

Please join us for an evening of animation in the Vtape Video Salon. Friday, February 8, 2008 6-8pmCurator’s talk 7:00pm The Curatorial Incubator, v.5: WHAT’S UP DOC?Video and animation Animator Statement: curated by Gabrielle Moser February 8 – 21, 2008 Zeesy Powers,...

Please join us for an evening of animation in the Vtape Video Salon. Friday, February 8, 2008 6-8pmCurator’s talk 7:00pm The Curatorial Incubator, v.5: WHAT’S UP DOC?Video and animation Animator Statement: curated by Gabrielle Moser February 8 – 21, 2008 video still...