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Daily photo project

By samanthaorwell on April 25, 2008 - 2:30am

SEE FULL POST HERE WITH VIDEOS
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-photo-project.ht...

It's been one of those days where you begin with one link and before you know it you've followed a link-trail that brings you into a fascinating world that is completely different from where you started and entirely foreign to anything you began thinking about. You tube is amazing, by the way.

It started off with this link:

GO TO ORIGINAL POST TO SEE:
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-photo-project.ht...

And then I found out it was a parody of Noah Kalina:

GO TO ORIGINAL POST TO SEE:
http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/04/daily-photo-project.ht...

The video is kind of creepy and oddly.. attractive. You can't really stop looking.
So I went to his website and it has some pretty witty commentary

I THEN found out that, although it was a completely independent idea, there were a bunch of people doing this, namely JK Keller who has been doing this since he was 22 years old and, up to date, has taken a picture of himself everyday for about 10 years. You can watch his video on his website. Keller's video is different, and he lines up his eyes as a focal point. It's easier to watch than the Simpson's parody and Kalina's because you are always focussing on his eyes, but it's less poetic, perhaps due to the music.

Signal & Noise Festival

By signalandnoise on April 10, 2008 - 2:23pm

Apr 17 2008 - 8:00pm
Apr 19 2008 - 12:00am

SIGNAL AND NOISE: MEDIA INTERCOURSE

www.signalandnoise.ca

APRIL 17, 18, 19

VIVO Media Arts Centre Presents its signature interdisciplinary arts festival - Signal & Noise - this April 17, 18 and 19, 2008. Currently in it’s ninth-year, Signal and Noise is a blast of sonic dissidence and video trickery: three days of provocative, innovative and challenging interdisciplinary art. Showcasing a spectrum of audio, live action performances and immersive art, Signal and Noise is Vancouver’s alternative multi-disciplinary art event. We welcome artistry from across the gamut, slashing through tradition and highlighting the truly daring and original. Presented at VIVO Media Arts Centre (Video In/Video Out), Vancouver’s thirty-five year old backbone for media art production and support, Signal and Noise is the foremost celebration of its kind in the city.

Good art stirs emotion: Vargas' starving dog

By samanthaorwell on April 10, 2008 - 1:50pm

READ FULL POST: http://thevancouvermanifesto.blogspot.com/2008/04/good-art-stirs-emotion...

In 2007 Guillermo Vargas (aka Habacuc) illegedly starved a dog to death in the name of art. He found a sickly dog on the streets of Managua, Nicaragua and tied it to a short leash in the corner of a gallery. Across the room was a kettle of food, left inaccessible. The dog slowly died of hunger and thirst. Vargas is going to represent Costa Rica in the Bienal Cenroamericana Honduras 2008. There is currently a petition.

You can watch the starving dog, anti-Vargas, video in Spanish (notice the title of the work is “eres lo que lees” which means “you are what you read” is spelled out in dog food). One picture in the video also shows a full gallery of people who pay no attention to the starving dog (I don’t know if that was a staged photo).

en plein air

By Neva on March 16, 2008 - 12:11am

en plein air

A Night Of Reverie- Music/Poetry/Art event!

By allisonjdent on February 25, 2008 - 10:16am

Mar 8 2008 - 7:00pm

A music/poetry event on Saturday March 8th at the Capri Hall 3925 Fraser Street.

It will feature :

A Weather (www.myspace.com/aweathermusic)
They are a beautiful band that create a lovely ambiance with their delicate sound and soft, humble voices. They are coming into Vancouver from Portland.

Mark Walters- a musical guest, his first time performing. Absolutely brilliant

Simon Hoskyn- a local Vancouver musician with powerful powerful words and a gorgeous sound.

Spoken word by Julien Bentley and Rc Weslowski

and a collection of art peices by Annie newton on womens anxiety.

Tickets are on sale at Zulu records, scratch records and ethical addictions, at the door, or through me. $10

Doors are open at 7pm and all proceeds are going towards the Vancouver Poetry House (youth slams)

Any questions, please feel free to contact me at anightofreverie@gmail.com

A Night Of Reverie- Music/Poetry/Art event!

By allisonjdent on February 25, 2008 - 10:16am

Mar 8 2008 - 7:00pm

A music/poetry event on Saturday March 8th at the Capri Hall 3925 Fraser Street.

It will feature :

A Weather (www.myspace.com/aweathermusic)
They are a beautiful band that create a lovely ambiance with their delicate sound and soft, humble voices. They are coming into Vancouver from Portland.

Mark Walters- a musical guest, his first time performing. Absolutely brilliant

Simon Hoskyn- a local Vancouver musician with powerful powerful words and a gorgeous sound.

Spoken word by Julien Bentley and Rc Weslowski

and a collection of art peices by Annie newton on womens anxiety.

Tickets are on sale at Zulu records, scratch records and ethical addictions, at the door, or through me. $10

Doors are open at 7pm and all proceeds are going towards the Vancouver Poetry House (youth slams)

Any questions, please feel free to contact me at anightofreverie@gmail.com

MiLan Metis Healing Art Project - MMHAP

By earthmilan on February 15, 2008 - 6:42pm

MMHAP began in June of 2004.

Earth worship has always been an important part of humanity. Earth rituals demonstrate our belief that the Earth has healing properties. In fact, the Earth was so sacred to the ancient civilizations that for centuries they would settle legal disputes by calling upon the Earth as a witness. If a person were to swear an oath while placing an item created by the forces of Nature on one’s head, it was considered binding and uncontestable.

The MiLan Metis Healing Art Project-MMHAP is a modern approach to a ritual carried on for centuries by human beings. MMHAP’s ritual includes the calcium shells that protected life along the Pacific shores of English Bay, the driftwood that has drifted in the ocean for an indefinite period, to the Granite high up in the mountains near Whistler. The eight cardinal points of the Earth are represented by natural fire, and Water is honored as well in most of the MMHAP pieces.
Canadian Aboriginal Metis Artist Mark MiLan intends this artistic ritual to bring additional good to the Canadian Aboriginal Metis Peoples, as he also hopes that this project inspires others to take notice and better care of our dearest Mother Earth.

PuSh Festival presents Haircuts by Children

By ZoeQ on January 23, 2008 - 11:39pm

Jan 26 2008 - 12:00pm

Haircuts by Children
Mammalian Diving Reflex (Toronto)

Co-presented with the grunt gallery in association with the students of Bridgeview Elementary, Surrey

Following successful runs in Los Angeles, Toronto and Birmingham, Haircuts By Children invites you to take part in an event that will test your courage and faith in the future. Surrender your preconceptions (and your scalp) to the aesthetic choices of these mini-barbers. A whimsical piece that plays with the enfranchisement of children and the level of trust we afford them, creating a dialogue between groups not used to such a reversal of power, especially one in which our vanity is put to the test! Let them cut your fears away as they prove themselves leaders of the future, capable and responsible citizens and dedicated coiffures in a show that’s been described as “one of the highlights of LA’s cultural calendar.”

January 26 & 27, 12-4pm
NuNu’s Salon and Spa
FREE

Check out the
Photo Exhibit at Vancouver East Cultural Centre Gallery
January 14–February 3, 2008, 10am–5pm Monday to Friday
and before evening performances at VECC

www.pushfestival.ca

Luminance - A Multimedia Winter Solstice Celebration

By blackcat on November 28, 2007 - 7:37pm

Dec 22 2007 - 9:00pm
Dec 23 2007 - 5:00am

Ekstasis Dance and Black Cat Productions present LUMINANCE IV, a multimedia Winter Solstice celebration that includes film, dance performance, original electronic music producers, DJs, an art gallery with live visionary art, original visuals, and much more.

When: Saturday Dec. 22, 2007
Doors @ 8:30pm, Film @ 9:00pm, Music @ 11:00pm

Where: The beautiful Faris Family Studio at the Scotiabank Dance Centre in downtown Vancouver, 677 Davie St.

Film
The evening begins at 9:00 pm with Black Cat presenting the film “Entheo:Genesis - Awakening the Divine Within,” which examines the re-emergence of archaic techniques of ecstacy in the modern world by weaving a synthesis of ecological and evolutionary awareness, electronic dance culture, and the current pharmacological re-evaluation of entheogenic compounds. Imagining consciousness itself to be evolving, Entheo:Genesis documents the emergence of techno-shamanism in the post-modern world that frames the following questions: How can a renewal of ancient initiatory rites of passage alleviate our ecological crisis? What do trance dancing and festivals celebrating unbridled artistic expression speak to in our collective psyche?
http://www.entheogen.tv

Dance Workshop

Winter Sale @ Erin Templeton in Vancouver, Nov 22

By ccbaran on November 21, 2007 - 2:09am

Nov 22 2007 - 4:30pm
Nov 22 2007 - 8:30pm

Winter Sale upcoming at Erin Templeton Shoppe!
Where: 511 Carrall St (at Pender), Vancouver Canada
When: Thursday Nov 22nd, 4:30-8:30pm
www.erintempleton.com/

Designers include Erin Templeton (of course), See:Be by Colleen Baran (me), Dust by Heather Young , Refresh , Allison Wonderland, Mono by Heather Martin, Imaginary Friend, Lustre and (about 3-4) more!

Clever locals will be in person with handmade jewellery (me + Lustre), clothing, purses, belts and shoes! (handmade shoes impress me every time).

More info here
seeseebe.blogspot.com

Sale/market/etc Flyer for Nov 22nd

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