Category Archives: Art

Halloween Costume of the Year

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Halloween Costume of the Year

Seen at the Skytrain Halloween Party on the Broadway Station platform, about which more later…but definitely the best costume out there. More than one group of tourists wanted to get their picture taken with him, although the men generally steered clear of him and pretended he didn’t exist…as they walked slowly by, turning beet red. I told him not to gesticulate too much, for then he lumped up and looked like he was going as “And this is your poontang on HPV”.

Second best was the fellow who dressed as The Son of Man, by Rene Magritte. Apparently, the party was full of art majors, because everyone got it, unlike the time I went as the Empire State Building. You’da thought the airplane deely bobbers and the monkey around my neck would have given it away, but no. Next time I hold the Barbie Doll too.

Magritte

Barbara Hodgson’s the memory festival

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Barbara Hodgson’s Vancouver box

Passed along by Shebeen Club member Monique Trottier

Memory Festival Launch Party

Remembrance Day: Sunday, November 11, 2007

1:00 PM – 4:00 PM

 

Listel

1300 Robson Street, Vancouver

 

 

Free admission

 

The Memory Festival is a free-floating series of public events focussed on public and private memory, and the questions that surround acts of memory and forgetting.

 

Vancouver book designer and writer Barbara Hodgson is appearing with slides from her new book Trading in Memories, http://www.tradinginmemories.com

 

Trading in Memories is Barbara Hodgson’s collage of souvenirs and travel stories from around the world about lost and found art picked up off the street, treasures discovered at flea markets and documents uncovered from between the pages of other finds.

 

 

Other special guests presenting readings, slide shows, exhibits

and salubrious conversation include:

 

Stephen Osborne, writer

Faith Moosang, artist

John Paskievich, photographer

Dan Francis, historian

Mary Schendlinger, writer

Goran Basaric, photographer

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, artist

Sandra Shields, writer

Jamie Long, playwright,

Craig Hall, actor

David Campion, photographer

Katherine McManus, university administrator

Anne Grant, photographer

 

Festival homepage:

http://www.geist.com/memoryfestival

 

The First Suicide Bomber

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First Suicide Bomber

From Wulffmorgenthaler, which I found via MasterCowfish and cross-posted to TeenyManolo as well, for lo, I am all about the one stop shopping lately!
(19 minutes left on the computer today!)

Chaplin at the Chapel

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Chaplin at the Chapel

 CHAPLIN AT THE CHAPEL
12 MIDNITE’S LOUD LOWBROW CLOSING PARTY
Plus: The premiere screening of “SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL”a short
documentary on Vancouver’s rockabilly scene by MELISSA JAMES
WITH MUSIC BY: THE STINGING HORNETS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th: 8PM
THE CHAPEL: 304 DUNLEVY, VANCOUVER

12 MIDNITE, generally acknowledged as the proud pappy of Canada’s
Lowbrow scene ends his six week run at the CHAPEL this Saturday…. and
he’s bringing some pals along for the ride.
LOUD LOWBROW is a showcase of midnite’s artwork, music and custom cars,
presented in the confines of a converted art deco funeral chapel
through the good graces of Chapelarts owner Nathan Wiens and curator
Jennifer Abrams.

The opening was a spectacle that saw the street packed with of wicked
hotrods, while inside the CHAPEL’S posh interior the black leather
rubbed against Armani as art hungry fans had the red dots flying for
the work of MIDNITE and fellow pop-punk pioneer I, Braineater.

This time, Abrams has 12 MIDNITE teaming up with ROBERT CHAPLIN, who
has been referred to as one of Canada’s hidden artistic treasures.

CHAPLIN AT THE CHAPEL will have Chaplin taking over the ground floor
with is prodigious output including ink drawings, paintings, meticulous
metal, stone and glass sculptures, children’s books and if we’re lucky,
a copy of his world’s smallest published book
(http://www.robertchaplin.ca/pubs/teeny/ )
Beneath his mild mannered exterior lies the soul of an evil genius that
has captured the hearts of clever collectors far and wide.

Speaking of clever collectors, this will be Vancouver’s last chance of
the year to scoop up 12 Midnite art as it’s being packed-up to travel
to distant realms…Consider yourself warned.

As an added bonus, MELISSA JAMES will be screening “SHAKE, RATTLE AND
ROLL” her short documentary on the Vancouver Rockabilly scene which was
shot in part at THE CHAPEL during the LOUD LOWBROW opening.

Music for the evening will be provided by THE STINGING HORNETS
featuring a collection of long-time rockabilly legends including HOWARD
RIX and JIMMY ROY in all their sweat-and-bourbon-soaked greaseball
glory.

And if that weren’t enough, the 10th marks Chapelarts owner NATHAN
WIENS’ annual 29th birthday party! Who knows, there might even be
cake….

CHAPLIN AT THE CHAPEL
12 MIDNITE’S LOUD LOWBROW CLOSING PARTY
Plus: The premiere screening of “SHAKE, RATTLE AND ROLL”a short
documentary on Vancouver’s rockabilly scene by MELISSA JAMES
WITH MUSIC BY: THE STINGING HORNETS
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10th: 8PM
THE CHAPEL: 304 DUNLEVY, VANCOUVER

info: luckyred@12midnite.com

www.chapelarts.com
www.12midnite.com

Lolgoth #21? Something like that: mai andrawjinee

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mai andrawjinee

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