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As Digital Art, Contaminated Water Looks Beautiful
AS DIGITAL ART, CONTAMINATED WATER LOOKS BEAUTIFUL Benoit Palop, The Creation Project Obviously, environmental issues are at the heart of many of today’s debates. Turning one into an eye-catching digital art project, new…
Art This Week: Nicolas Sassoon and Rick Silva, Kito Tosetti, and VAG YAs’ party
ART THIS WEEK: NICOLAS SASSOON AND RICK SILVA, KITO TOSETTI, AND VAG YAS’ PARTY The Vancouver Sun, The Vancouver Sun Nicolas Sassoon and Rick Silva: Signals GIFs wizard Nicolas Sassoon has projected his…
Nicolas Sassoon and Rick Silva meld optical art with moving digital images
NICOLAS SASSOON AND RICK SILVA MELD OPTICAL ART WITH MOVING DIGITAL IMAGES Robin Laurence, The Georgia Straight Weekly Nicolas Sassoon and Rick Silva’s huge projection maps the interface between technology and nature Visitors…
A Risky Jump: video of artist falling finds space and time in time
A RISKY JUMP: VIDEO OF ARTIST FALLING FINDS SPACE AND TIME IN TIME Kevin Griffin, The Vancouver Sun A Risky Jump at Wil Aballe Art Projects is more than a video showing the artist…
Falling (Asleep)
FALLING (ASLEEP) Carla Benzan We fall asleep. We fall in love (head over heels), and then back out again. Night falls and so do the mighty. But how do we fall with…
Ones to Watch in 2015: Artist Joseph Staples
Ones to Watch in 2015: Artist Joseph Staples Kevin Griffin, Vancouver Sun, 2014 Joseph Staples had an outstanding year in 2014. He was chosen by a jury as the recipient of the…
Show Suite: Art may imitate life, but for Wil Aballe life in a mini gallery becomes the art
SHOW SUITE: ART MAY IMITATE LIFE, BUT FOR WIL ABALLE LIFE IN A MINI GALLERY BECOMES THE ART Adrienne Matei, www.vanmag.com Having noticed that the art he most admired rarely found its way…
Nicolas Sassoon: Dream Homes conflates landscape art and imaginary architecture
Nicolas Sassoon: Dream Homes conflates landscape art and imaginary architecture Robin Laurence, The Georgia Straight, 2014 Born in France and based there and in Vancouver, Nicolas Sassoon’s true home, it seems, is…
Mr. Peanut for mayor: when politics was more than a joke
MR. PEANUT FOR MAYOR: WHEN POLITICS WAS MORE THAN A JOKE Kevin Griffin, The Vancouver Sun Well, exactly 40 years ago, a real nut ran for mayor. His name was Mr. Peanut. To…
Uncomfortable honesty is centre stage with Zeesy Powers
UNCOMFORTABLE HONESTY IS CENTRE STAGE WITH ZEESY POWERS ALEXANDRA MOLOTKOW, The Globe and Mail In this sometimes uncomfortable show, Zeesy Powers invites strangers on stage to give them her opinion of them I…