Collingwood 2011

Happy 20th Blog Entry! I've been working away here to prepare for a show in Collingwood next February. It'll be at the Blue Mountain Foundation for the Arts, and I'll also be giving an artist talk at the end of that month. The opening reception is TBD. The show will feature the Stereoscopy painting series, but now for something completely different.... here is another drawing from the same series.

Nuit Blanche

Last weekend in Toronto was phenomenal. I got a hefty bag of swag in addition to my VIP passes (too bad I got it at the beginning of the night and had to lug it around - oh well). Constantly texting was a little more difficult than I thought it would be, especially without a smart phone, but it was a great experience, no less. It was also great to get to see my own work at Red Head Gallery for their show Insomnia. Below are a few shots from Daniel Lanois's "Later That Night At The Drive-In" at Nathan Phillips Square. Nathan Pen, my Nuit sidekick (that's right, Nate - I'm Batman, you're Robin) took some incredible photos, and I'll link his page once he's got them up.

1st Place, Winnipeg Nuit Blanche

So as I already mentioned, an edit of "Symbiosis" was screened at the first annual Winnipeg Nuit Blanche as part of the "90 Second Quickie Film Contest" presented by the Winnipeg Film Group. The selected videos, about 40 of them, were all screened on the evening of WNB last Saturday, September 25th at the famous corner of Portage & Main on a 13' by 35' foot high definititon screen. There was a second screening at WFG's Cinematheque on the evening of Sunday, September 26th.








The winners were announced during Nuit Blanche, and to my surprise I won first place! A big, big thanks goes to Monica Lowe for coordinating the screening, and of course to the jurors: Alex MacKenzie, John Paizs, and Sarah Anne Johnson, who are all important players in the contemporary Canadian film scene. It's an incredible honour, and I truly wish I could have been there at Winnipeg Nuit Blanche. Click here for the official announcement by WFG, and here for a full list of winners and participants, including some samples of the other short films screened for the competition. Also, I should have the "real" documentation soon.

Update: I just got a lovely package from the Winnipeg Film Group, including not only my prize, but also their most recent catalogue of essays and a DVD featuring some of the first filmmakers to work with WFG.