Taku Obata: When Two Different Worlds Become One
Mon, 01/30/2017 - 08:03 by karyn
“To battle somebody, to fight somebody, it’s not about doing something for yourself. Everyone has to understand what’s you’re doing.” – Mr.
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Encyclopedia Hearsay | Pride & Prejudice
Thu, 01/26/2017 - 14:18 by karyn
The Encyclopedia Hearsay was founded on four principles: misinformation, rumours, half-remembered conversations, and outright lies. Anyone can contribute, so long as articles are written with no research whatsoever. If you are citing The Land Before Time as a source, or abusing footnotes like David Foster Wallace, you are on the right track.
Music Profile/Interview | The Radio Dept.
Fri, 01/20/2017 - 08:39 by karyn
The Radio Dept.'s Running Out of Love, recorded over a period of several years and finally released in 2016, feels disarmingly prescient. While the duo were honing in on the rise of fascism in their native Sweden, the album (unfortunately) now speaks rather accurately to the global post-Trump/Brexit panic.
Music Profile | I Have a Tribe
Thu, 01/19/2017 - 13:54 by karyn
As the moon guides the tides I Have a Tribe’s Patrick O’Laoghair seems to guide our hearts, pulling us along with the ebb and flow of his harmonies. His latest album Beneath a Yellow Moon on Gronland Records, takes us along the waves of an emotional journey.
The Gaze | Meet Me In The Middle by Talia Shipman
Mon, 01/16/2017 - 11:20 by karyn
After making many heads turn at the 2016 Toronto Internation Art Fair, Talia Shipman's work is now on show in Vancouver at the Back Gallery Project. Her exhibition "Meet Me In The Middle" explores the human and natural world's tendency to transform.
Artful Vision | Alex Chamberlin
Mon, 01/16/2017 - 10:47 by karyn
"There's no time like the present."
Music Profile | Cate Le Bon
Wed, 01/11/2017 - 13:11 by karyn
About an hour ahead of ION's phone call with Cate Le Bon, the artist unveiled a video for "Rock Pool," the title track from her soon-to-be-released new EP for Drag City. Saturated in reality-distorting washes of Technicolor aquamarine and magenta, the short film finds Le Bon exploring the sand and pebble beachscape of Wales' Southerndown beach while wearing a towering, construction paper top hat.
The Gaze | SymphoNY by Stephen Brake
Tue, 01/10/2017 - 11:56 by karyn
New York City. On of the most famous cities in the world and one unlike any other place you'll visit. Full of contrasts and contradictions, the city screams busy yet remains a dream location. For his upcoming exhibition "SymphoNY" at ViewPoint Gallery in Halifax, Stephen Brake uses some of his 10-year-old blurred images of people and things in movement with Manhattan. "There is a sense of a shared joke about the whole mess that there is nothing that can be done about the anarchy, so you might as well become one with it," the artist explains.
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Artful Vision | Amanda Di Genova
Thu, 01/05/2017 - 09:21 by karyn
Many times, upcoming artists feel pressure originating from family members when it comes to their will to pursue an artistic career. For illustrator and art director Amanda Di Genova, however, this wasn't quite part of her reality.
The Gaze | Fresh Hope SkateArt Exhibition
Fri, 12/23/2016 - 06:02 by karyn
"Every deck has a story. 40 artists. 40 decks. One great cause."
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