by Carlyn Yandle | Oct 18, 2013 | Cindy Sherman, Conceptual Art, Cultural Studies, Expression, Irena Werning, Perception, Performance, Performance Art, Photography, Political Art, Portrait, Sculpture
Thank god for The Walking Dead. It is the one force that has the power to kill off the overpopulation of pink princesses.All that Pepto-Bismol-hued froth and glitter kicks in my gag reflex but I’m no censor; I’ve indulged in the princess fantasy of those...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 20, 2013 | Collaboration, Color, Colour, Creative Process, Expression, Maker, Paint, Painting, Pattern, Perception, Playing, Process
What movie first rocked your world?, someone asked during a recent dinner with friends. Easy: 2001: A Space Odyssey, said one. Looking for Mr. Goodbar, said another, clearly remembering her fear.Mine was The Wizard of Oz. Never mind the munchkins and the flying...
by Carlyn Yandle | Sep 13, 2013 | Architecture, Art, Collaboration, Dance, Innovation, Installation, New Forms Festival, Perception, Performance, Public Art, Sculpture, Street Art, Vancouver, Visual Field
You can thank Europeans’ dwindling Christian faith for a sensory bombardment that’s taking over Europe. The poor attendance at all the churches and cathedrals has been a boon to a new totally immersive art-architecture experience of sound and image,...
by Carlyn Yandle | Jun 14, 2013 | Composition, Edward Burtynsky, Perception, Photography, Process, Scale, Visual Field
It’s funny how some learning moments can be instantly locked into your hard drive forever while others will keep smacking you in the face, like Sideshow Bob stepping on rakes.I look forward to the day when basic rules of composition come naturally, but until...
by Carlyn Yandle | Feb 8, 2013 | Art Discourse, Creative Process, Critique, Ideas, Perception, Process
I do so love a shit-disturber, whether it’s fearless Middle-East reporter/author Robert Fisk ripping apart mainstream media last Saturday night downtown or the venerable art critic Jan Verwoert at UBC Wednesday night, talking about “irreconcilable ape-shittedness.”...
by Carlyn Yandle | Dec 21, 2012 | Colour, Installation, Perception
VIrtual spin art: Twirl your smartphone and click. Better: Twirl yourself and click. Art is in the everyday, even at the Van Dusen Gardens on another miserable rainy night last week.There’s no narrative in those hundreds of thousands of LED coloured lightbulbs...
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