The Always Disappointing Guy Maddin
First times with director Guy Maddin are good for not getting what you think you want. For example, when he spoke at Waterloo’s Perimeter Institute at an event held by the Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery in September, he told a story about his first foray into digital filmmaking, Nude Caboose. Shot on a cellphone for [...]
Brian Jungen Wishes You a Merry Consumass
Brian Jungen, art star, used to draw pictures with his friends in a shitty apartment in the bad part of Vancouver, and then fold them up into paper airplanes and shoot them out of his window. This summer, the artist had his “Project for a New Understanding” (which features masks he made out of Nike [...]
A Sweet Chunk of KW History
From the school system we were almost forced to accept that the history of southern Ontario towns were extremely dull. Epic battles of glory were for elsewhere; small town Ontario is about simple dependability and slow growth: clearing forests, setting up roads, etc etc. But despite all the tales of churches and walking, once in a while a sweet chunk of history drops to the occasion.
