2004/03/29

New work and show announcements on the paintings page . . .

That's right, I'm in a jurried group show starting this Thursday, April 1st -- no joke! -- at The Britannia Gallery (2728 Howe Street). The opening is Thursday night @ 6:30pm, and I plan to be there; Councillor Alex Cullen will be opening the show.
17:17 |

Checked out Eric Walker's exhibit at the Ottawa Art Gallery this weekend: fine art meets model railroading, very nice!

Also got out on the scooters and lowriders this weekend. Though spring shenanigans didn't come w/o a price: I smashed my wrist up pretty nicely after failing to negotiate a tight downhill turn on the lowrider :(
10:08 |

2004/03/26

Haven't updated my personal site, yet, but I've uploaded some of my new stencil/transfer-based work on Stencil Revolution.
15:34 |

Ha ha.
10:21 |

Y'all know how much I love clipart, and I have lots of fun foodstuffs in my electronic archive . . . well, this is inspiring.
09:45 |

2004/03/25

Wow!
15:14 |

More nostalgia:


15:02 |

Tell me this isn't the funniest avatar ever:


15:01 |

TVO nostalgia galore!

. . . don't forget Duneedon!

Hocus Pocus Alimagocus!
11:44 |

2004/03/23

Started to fool around w/ printmaking again, here's an example (hi-res here).
16:02 |

WoosterCollective share this legal dilemma between street artists' right to copyright versus their "right" to deface property.

Here's my response:

I agree that, generally, work created by an artist has an implied copyright; but this implicit copyright is far less effective than a registered copyright when it comes to cases of infringement. The trend in intellectual property is moving away from determining the owner of work based on "who did it first" as this is often difficult to prove or validate. Instead, more emphasis is being placed on registering/filing the works with the appropriate bodies (patent- trademark- or copyright offices, etc.), as Jet+Rubble have learned by experience.

Although I agree that mutual "creative types" should be aware of implicit copyright and respect the work of other artists, I don't think it can be expected that artwork left anonymously in public -- in this case, street art -- with no indication of authorship OR copyright would be so respected.

I also find it ironic that Jet+Rubble are seeking legal restitution for artwork which illegally defaces other people's property (advertisements). It seems hypocritical to demand upholding of the law in one case -- regarding copyright -- while disregarding the law in another -- vandalism. While Jet+Rubble find it highly insulting that their work was appropriated by another designer, don't companies who legally buy advertising space find it highly insulting when their ads are appropriated illegally through defacement which detracts from their original intent?

I'm not siding with public advertising and the associated corporations by any means, but from a legal standpoint, it seems equally hard to condone Jet+Rubble.

11:45 |

2004/03/22

Went to the 'shwa for the weekend. I am sick of french fries, and donuts. It's cold again, and snowy.

Last week I went to Maria Lezon's Wallpaper opening at Gallery 101; cool stuff, you should check it out.
09:25 |

2004/03/16

It's winter again around these parts. I'm in a course this week learning about a power search tool; there's free coffee and donuts :)
12:59 |

2004/03/12

14:32 |

I wasn't overly excited by BMW's longboard, but their scooter sure looks fun!
10:14 |

2004/03/11

This could be a good way all the creative ladies out there to make some moola.
13:19 |

Saw The Butterfly Effect last night. I thought the premise was great, and the first two thirds were really strong and pulled you along . . . the remainder of the movie seemd to be a little repetitive, and the ending was a bit weak, imo, it could/should have been more shocking or grim considering all the possibilities allowed by the premise.
11:25 |

2004/03/09

While I won't comment on the accuracy of this guide to electronic music (flash), it's worth it's wait in download time for the breadth of samples alone . . . it's pretty funny at times, too.
15:12 |

I walked around outside this weekend a lot, b/c it is starting to be nice out.
13:12 |

2004/03/05

Some great mashin' and fun plunders here.
11:06 |

10:59 |

2004/03/02

Went to a lecture last night by Superflex. It makes me wanna do more w/ my life.
12:25 |

2004/03/01

Time to pluck our twangers!
16:44 |

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