Insanely great. Germaine Koh is one of those artists that just keeps churning out amazing things.
I saw Self-portrait at the Ottawa Art Gallery in 2003/4 (?) and almost cried. Self portraits rarely have that effect on me, but the idea of all self-portraits layered onto one panel. Effing perfect. Sightings is funny and weird and makes my archive+collecting+travelling urges make a little more sense. Pledge (and other currency projects) is so simple and so smart, it frustrates the bejeezus out of me.
Listening to Sound Opinions yesterday during Magazine Layout Blowout August ‘09 (MLBA’09!) and I was reminded of this song, which I watched on my ma’s TV, performed live on Parliament Hill on Canada Day, with a little patriotic lump in my throat.
Goddamn it Mr. Coupland – does everything you touch turn to primary-coloured-gold?
The giant Downy bottle… the white miniature replica CN Tower… Mousetrap as sculpture, for chrissakes? Even your pizza box looks intentionally brilliant.
I’m almost as excited about your new book as I am about the Mad Men season 3 premiere.
I’m gonna reread it every time I have that sale urge.To quote a good friend who recently had a lawnmower, microwave, vacuum AND a tuner bite it, I “curse planned obsolescence and respond with a refusal to buy new, shoddily made products.”
Oh Roberto Alomar. You are not nearly as cute after spitting on an ump.
I miss Canada… I’m getting misty watching fruit punch commercials.
Home in two weeks!!
Oh, and Kirby, this:
is what your t-shirt makes me think of. I remember how disappointed I was when I realized it was a religious show and that was *why* Global put the “opinions expressed are not necessarily…” disclaimer. (I had just learned to read…)
To start off — Canada + Airplanes because I went to see El Ten Eleven last night and spoke with Peter at the bar about bands named after airplanes… And then Herman mentioned that he was going to T-Dot on Thursday, (but I thought he said T-dog, and was thoroughly confused)… and just becuase I like that graphic for channel nine that RetroOntario uses
Which brought me to this, becuase of the Eye on Rochester connection (why aren’t THOSE on youtube?)
And since my water glass in my washroom says “Toronto, The People City”, I clicked this one out of sheer time-wastiness.
