View imageCalgary's First Annual Zine Fair December 18th, 2010 On a chilly Saturday morning, zine-lovers and makers alike congregated at the Old Y Centre - a fluorescent-lit community centre with an excellent collection of coffee mugs. The Zine Tree Collective, a group of artists, activists and individuals, hosted the fair by donation from vendors - offering free admission at the door. A little over a dozen vendors touted their wares...
The viewer is acknowledged immediately in the Brazilian artist Iran do Espirito Santo's exhibition Wall Drawings at the Illingworth Kerr Gallery. Acting like a buffer zone through which one...
Posted by Andrea Williamson on August 10, 2011 (1176 words)
Sylvia Ziemann's exhibition Home (In)security at TRUCK Gallery easily lured me in, as I am a sucker for dim lighting and dollhouses. Despite the peaceful and charming façade all is...
Posted by Patti Dawkins on June 3, 2011 (664 words)
The latest installation to be exhibited at Untitled Arts Society is a series of wall drawings which were crafted excruciatingly over the short period of a week. Once you...
Posted by Sarah Van Sloten on March 12, 2011 (609 words)
As we survey the intriguing collection of electronic do-dads that Jay Crocker and Joe Kelly have assembled prior to the "Manjello" performance in TRUCK's mainspace, Jay Crocker explains, "This is...
Posted by Patti Dawkins on January 27, 2011 (687 words)
The children's game Battleship is played on grids. Two players endeavour to sink the ships of their opponent by guessing their location on the grid. My first glance at Randy...
Posted by Viviane Mehr on September 5, 2010 (527 words)