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Fondle My Imagination, Please...

Fondle My Imagination, Please…

How one graphic designer is slaying the art world with flare… Too often do we take graphic artists for granted, these tamers of imagination, never realizing how difficult it is to draw obscure dreams or curiosities from an alien mind. Whether it’s a tattoo artist prepping a permanent artwork for a client, or a painter … Continue Reading

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Artists Marisa Hoicka and Johnny Forever SEARCH

Artists Marisa Hoicka and Johnny Forever SEARCH

Separating the desire to define from that of destination can be an exercise in itself. Art can act as a defining template to create meaning, and through its expansion it too can uncover boundless visions and attachments through figurative and abstract formations. In SEARCH, two artists take the sense of discovery into focus, forming visual … Continue Reading

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Sonw White Rising

Snow White Rising #2

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Gary Varro - Mirror Crop

Inside Gary Varro’s ‘Chicken Inn’

In Gary Varro’s Chicken Inn the setting is just as important as the subject matter. The snapshots were sparked from within a dingy motel room, which is said to be part of the last “No-Tell-Motel” in Regina, Saskatchewan. Pivoting between discovery and ridicule, the feathered chicken acts as a unit of routine placed in a … Continue Reading

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Sonw White Rising TOP

Snow White Rising #1

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Don't Worry Mom

Don’t Worry Mom

The Sandler brothers have brought their “dysfunctional family theatre” to the streets of Toronto, emphasizing the awkward parallels between self and truth.  Originally from Connecticut and now based in Brooklyn, Joshua and Zak have built a comfort with one another that is channeled through performance and installation, photography and theatrics, possessing a creativity that is … Continue Reading

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Red card for bullshit and deceit, oh sporting world!

Red card for bullshit and deceit, oh sporting world!

Arts collective Quiet British Accent highlights the corrupt hierarchies of sports, through art It all started with a newspaper. Or tabloid, rather. I was standing outside my mailbox holding a blinding white envelope in my hands. The address read from England, and had only taken 5 days to cross the wide Atlantic Ocean to reach … Continue Reading

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Pretty White Girl Teams Up with Handsome Rabbit

Pretty White Girl Teams Up with Handsome Rabbit

by Jo Latham Jo Latham has a crush on contemporary performance artist Hannah Raisin. When I first meet Hannah Raisin, she’s sitting in the gutter outside Rearview Gallery off Smith St, a long skirt dipped between her legs. I hop off my bike, nervous and excited, pencil between my teeth and grab out my notebook. … Continue Reading

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Video Joints: An Audiovisual Experience of the Subconscious

Video Joints: An Audiovisual Experience of the Subconscious

“I guess Surrealism has a draw for me because it’s an unknown world. It’s a world of subconscious. Some things you can’t really get your hands on very easily. Things that are kind of nebulous and they feel like they’re not completely formed. You have to feel your way through that.” –Gotye A Branch is … Continue Reading

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En Masse, Pioneers of the Artistic Orgy

En Masse, Pioneers of the Artistic Orgy

Distance prevents me from enjoying the ambiance of Montreal, the sea of creative madness that is currently churning in the historic architecture of original Canadiana. But alas, I am here, and you’re there, dear Montreal. See, this isn’t just a tragic love story of girl meets city that sparks a wild hunger to create helter-skelter … Continue Reading

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