What’s wrong with digital art? – Part 2 with Jason St-Laurent

October 19th, 2012

The Problem with Digital Art is the Future   “[New media art] questions everything, the most fundamental assumptions: What is a work? How do you collect? What is preservation? What is ownership? All of those things that museums are based upon and structured upon are pretty much thrown open to question.” – Jeremy Strick, Director, […]

Cliff Notes: Free School 2 / Ecole libre 2

March 30th, 2011

Galerie SAW Gallery’s Free School was touted as continuing education for professional artists with “a curriculum few learning institutions deliver…speaking to artists in practical terms on a wide-range of subjects.” These subjects included: Working with Larger Institutions: Jonathan Shaughnessy; Running a Successful Studio: Daniel Barrow; Community and Socially Engaged Art: Harrell Fletcher; Public Relations for Artists: Nadja Sayej; Qui a peur de l’art contemporain?: Marie-France Beaudoing; La creation d’oeuvres d’art public: Jean-Robert Drouillard.

Annie Sprinkle and Elizabeth Stephens

March 8th, 2011

White Wedding to the Snow By: Kate Barry I met a colleague at the Manx pub a couple months ago and she handed me a piece of paper with Annie Sprinkle’s email address on it, then she said “I think you should contact her, Annie is interested in giving an artist talk at the University […]

My trip to Mutek and Artengine residency in June, Part 2 – Ross Birdwise

August 6th, 2010

Part 2: Artengine Residency, family and friends, Infinite Nothing at Bird Island, if then do live @ Club Saw… My last post on this blog discussed my trip to Montreal to play the Mutek festival with my electronic music group if then do, with Ryan Stec (Artengine’s artistic director) doing visuals.  This trip to Mutek […]

Darsha Hewitt at Arts Court Platinum Party

May 23rd, 2008

Galerie SAW Gallery, SAW Video and Artengine presented The Bakery Group, Jokers of The Scene and Darsha Hewitt as part of the Arts Courts 20th anniversary party – Platinum. Here are some photos of Darsha work we took the next day. It was very popular on the night of the event and her work, along […]