creativity is like a muscle when you work it it gets stronger … T r a n s f o r m is a new course starting mid-February being offered as part of Gallery Gachet’s Art School. Its purpose is to support individuals in their daily creative practice. for self-identified artists of all abilities,…
Category: why make art?
launching a new creative project?
I’ve been finishing up a proposal for a Course that I hope to offer next term at the Gallery Gachet Art School, co-facilitated with my rad friend Caleb. Transform: Active Creativity for Personal & Social Change The backbone of this course is that we agree to make art, or to do something creative every…
my art as social practice
Chris Bentzen is a Vancouver curator, organizer, button-maker, and soon-to-be gallery owner. A few weeks ago we sat down to talk about art, and one result is this wee video. Chris releases one video weekly featuring a local Vancouver artist. Happy to be included in the roster! Good luck with your gallery opening, Chris. Interview…
Q: Why practice creativity?
ANSWER: to transform old structures including: local and global over-production and resource use the illusion of separateness within our skin / sense of encapsulated and isolated selves individual habit-patterns + responses also alienation / isolation I said something similar here old reused local from a time before vinyl or aluminum when someone…
velodeco : make something from nothing
for the last three years i’ve had the great pleasure to create and provide the decorations for a kids bike parade. I hand-make streamers out of used plastic bags + salvaged veggie twist ties. HOW i ride my bike all over town visiting various large-chain grocery stores where people ‘recycle’ their disposable plastic bags …
sixty six : talk about it
talked about my art last night and about the astounding value of creativity at a Pecha Kucha called Recipe For Change hosted at Cherry Tree Fort Collective House 20 slides 20 seconds per slide i slid a few animations in there shhh
fifty : part two
BLOG UPDATE about a quarter of a year into creating this blog i am happier i have succeeded in bringing more active creativity into my life i notice myself responding to situations differently i trust my impulses enough to blurt them out into the world i can generate creative ideas with more grace and ease …
forty one : walls of infinity
12 pictures in beautiful weeping wall series
twenty eight : gaaaah silver paper takes over
what’s new is that tonite i had figure it all out urge taking over scribbling up my chest and mind and heart then i picked up my fatblack oil stick and silver paper… see the series of 11 photographs…
twenty: banana cat fig
Click on Photo to VIEW SLIDESHOW<– i picked the fig from a neighbourhood tree. the cat called banana picked me and we spent some quality time on the curb, all the while me trying to get just one “good picture”. not sure why on this series. any thoughts?
fifteen: process at the studio
Using what i’ve got at my studio means lotsa paint, brushes, plus old wood from a failed project (the wood did nott accept paint and stain evenly). Abstract: what is the point? what are the points? exploring abstract today. took two pictures of the beginnings of this piece. Amazing how my brain continues to see,…
thirteen: subject to a security agreement…
i rode the train from Buffalo, NY to Vancouver, BC: three days in the month of October. i saw the words “2825 subject to a security agreement…” on a passing train. 1. trains are social and encourage communication between people who would not ordinarily have contact with each other. trains are lighter from an emissions…
twelve: useful to others
the Library = resource sharing! I’ve got a library card, and a bicycle to get me there. Ah, the wealth! From the Vancouver Public Library i borrowed several books on lettering and calligraphy. Also old-school: how to make a feather quill pen. This image is made this with a metal-tipped dip pen, plus charcoal.
ten: start a blog
Today i am setting up my blog so that others can see my work. It will take me a few days to get caught up, as some of the pieces remain un-documented. I’ll head over to the studio this afternoon and hope there is enough natural light on this rainy afternoon. Sharing is caring!
four: US WAR ILLEGAL
Started at the studio and dove into my box of Encyclopedia of Weapons of War. I think I have the full set of 24, or almost the full set anyways. Every time i think about using it i stop because it seems horrible, like dwelling in the ‘wound.’ No one would like what i make…
two: i am (not) an activist
Didn’t feel like going to the studio, so i made this drawing while sitting on my bed at home. Working to get started, experimenting with materials i’ve got around: water-colour pencil, pen, oilstick, fingerprint, big question.
use what you got 