While I’ll admit that the proliferation of xtranormal’s animation platforms and templates are reaching epidemic proportions, I still find myself shocked at times by the stories these creatures end up tale-ing. In this one, assembled by a dear friend in Seattle, I am arrested not only by the utterly chilling dialogue exchanged between the two [...]
Way back in May, we stumbled upon the grand, public opening of Vancouver’s Olympic Village (redubbed Millennium Water) built to house athletes and officials during the 2010 Winter Games. There, masses lined up at a few small apertures in the “village’s” perimeter fence, its uniformed private security guards holding positions throughout the development’s grounds. The [...]
This week Fillip co-hosted two events in Vancouver. The first was a talk by the New York-based artist and my friend David Horvitz, which he delivered at the Or Gallery. The second, which was co-presented with the Contemporary Art Gallery, was a poetic grapple with Paul McCarthy’s Pirate Project by John C. Welchman, who sits [...]