Saturday, February 25, 2006

R.I.P.: Mum



Mum passed away yesterday, Friday February 24; ten days after her 37'th anniversary.

She had received her degree in sociology from Lakehead University in 1995, and was pursuing her law degree in Ottawa, when diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder that eventually destroyed her first liver. She lived for another two and a half years, with a donated liver; in pain, but grateful for the time she had been given to spend with her family and fight her battles.

Mum loved bingo, and the phrase 'Bingorage' came about from one of our inside jokes at the bingo hall.

Look straight ahead and ignore the distractions, Mum.

:Eric


PS: I'm going to start rigging a new Bingorage.I'll get back to yous about that.




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Friday, February 24, 2006

Irony

I found this painting at the HSC Dialysis unit. The saline bag hanging from the cart is used to fill syringes with saline water, in order to flush IV lines. A big pile of syringes, a roll of labels and a bag of tears.

I think that the artist name is Campbell Collins; I'll double-check that later, I'm heading back to Winnipeg, tonight.


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Another Installment of: Cheap Crap

I found this collection of junk at a Micheal's store in Winnipeg. It's a bunch of extra- special stuff, alright. Click for larger, detailed pics.


Tomahawk Kit
Tomahawk Kit.



Teepee Kit
Teepee Kit.



Talking Feather Kit
Talking Feather Kit; whatever the heck that's supposed to be.



Moccasin Kit
Moccasin Kit.



Fringe Pouch Kit and
Fringe Pouch Kit and "classic" mini-moc Kit.



Bone Choker Kit
Bone CHoker Kit.



Dreamcatcher Kit
Dreamcatcher Kit.



I have to apologize for the quality of these pics. They're really shaky/fuzzy; I was just overcome by the awesomeness of the subject matter, I guess. I have to say that Micheal's has fine, fine stuff in their store; this ain't it , tho.


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Monday, February 20, 2006

50 Worst people in America - @ Buffalo Beast.com

25. Paris Hilton

Charges: Won't go away. A head so empty, the rails of coke that sustain her must dissipate in clouds around her ears; this residual high the only explanation anyone would come within five feet of her. Brainless, her spinal cord defies physics, like an Indian rope trick. Her Carl's Jr. commercial, while an uninspired approximation of eroticism, was still hotter than her actual "sex" tape, in which she only made noise when she wasn't screwing—that's not hot. Squints inexplicably for photo ops, suggesting even minimal focus is beyond her. Her continued success as a celebrity famous for nothing, despite the eerie resemblance she bears to the inbred banjoist from Deliverance and a lack of talent so profound that others become duller as they approach her, indicates that something is fundamentally wrong with humanity.

Exhibit A: Somehow, everybody in America knew that this completely pointless person had lost her dog, and we are all diminished by the experience.

Sentence: Locked in a room with a high steel ceiling which lowers a centimeter per hour, until she either solves a Rubik’s cube or is crushed; whichever comes first.


link to Buffalo Beast.com


I found this list at Found On The Web.org; funny stuff.


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Friday, February 17, 2006

Random Manitoba winterness

Sunrise over dashboard

Sunrise over dashboard.



Some cars travel coach

Some cars travel coach.



East of Stonewall

East of Stonewall.



Someplace in Stonewall

Someplace in Stonewall.



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Near-whiteout.



Manitoba Uber Alles: map

Manitoba Uber Alles: map.





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Wednesday, February 08, 2006

Review of Broken Vulture Art, Part 1.

I'd like to say "Hi." to my new readers. Rather than forcing you to dig through the archives to find the older pics of paintings and sculpture, I've collected some links to previous work, here. This is not a comprehensive review, but a smattering of 'stuff'; please feel free to root through the archives.



Some coral-stitch earrings.


Some coral-stitch earrings.


Some coral-stitch earrings.


Some coral-stitch earrings.


A bronze casting of "Twisted", a 'mask'.


Current incarnation of a painting: "Miss Loontrout got a crappy boobjob. Mister and Mrs. Crack-Penguin pull their tired, old William Tell Routine. Nanabush is still in the world."


Papier-mache "seeker" figure.


Papier-mache "Warrior" mask.


Forget the exact title: Loon being accosted by crack-penguins.


Old pencil and acrylic self portrait.


Leather and beadwork tobacco pouch.


Papier-mache "Deer" masks, in progress.


Bronze: "Hawk-Human Transformation" (base not shown).


Large Whitetail Deer antler/hide rattle.


Crack-Penguin Creation Myth (from scan).


Face/Turtle woodcut print.


Beadwork detail from painting: "Sasquatch dodges another .50cal. musketball".


Square-headed" rattle, with beading (fuzzy pic).


Papier-mache mask and clay mould.


Cedar mask; with metal, moose hair and deer antlers.


"Tree of Life". Leather, acrylic, grapevine, hemp.


"Hand Rattle".


Beaded and painted rattle.


Papier - mache statuette: "Here I come!"




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Saturday, February 04, 2006

Marines provide honour guard for fallen Lakota soldier

Marine honour guard, with casket, in front of Tipi.
Marine honour guard, with casket, in front of Tipi. Click below to see the whole slideshow. Great pictures.
Copy right: Rocky Mountain News, Photographer: Todd Heisler



Slideshow at Rocky Mountain News



Every powwow that I can remember attending has had a "Veterans" honour guard and flag- bearers. Native Canadian and American peoples have always fought in the armies of the surrounding society. Warriors will be warriors; and they will be honoured.


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The Winnipeg Trip 3 - Murals, Cool Buildings and Random Pics

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Aboriginal Centre (near Main/Higgins; former train station); mural in Grand Hall.
Aboriginal Centre (near Main/Higgins; former train station); mural in Grand Hall.



Ojibway Fellowship Centre, on Logan.
Ojibway Fellowship Centre, on Logan.



Tagging installation; near Main/Disraeli split.
Tagging installation; near Main/Disraeli split.



Tagging; detail.
Tagging; detail.



Cool little floral shop, just off Notre Dame and Sherbrook; with mural.
Cool little floral shop, just off Notre Dame and Sherbrook; with mural.



Floral shop mural; detail.
Floral shop mural; detail.



Floral shop mural; detail.
Floral shop mural; detail.



Long view, down the alley.
Long view, down the alley.



Near Arlington and Logan.
Near Arlington and Logan.



Old commercial signage - Exchange district.
Old commercial signage - Exchange district.



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Thursday, February 02, 2006

National Gallery ofCanada opens major retrospective (February 3- April 30, 2006) on the work and life of Norval Morriseau

Great CBC "flash" gallery.


National Gallery of Canada; Norval Morriseau exhibit.



(Excerpt from National Gallery website; Exhibitions page): "The show chronicles Morrisseau's search for a style of art that would integrate his deepening interpretation of ancient Anishnaabe spirituality within a contemporary art form. His desire to create a bridge of understanding between native and non-native cultures is demonstrated in these highly communicative works, about 60 in all, that appeal to a broad audience without diminishing the integrity of their content. Drawn from the Gallery's collection and from public and private collections in Canada, the United States, and Israel, many of these works have rarely been on view; some have never been exhibited.

Organized chronologically, they include drawings, painted objects, and paintings - including early works painted on such unorthodox surfaces as birchbark and cardboard through to the intensely colourful and large-scale canvases that characterize his maturing form. Viewers encounter an intriguing plethora of images representing animals and plants of the earth, spiritual creatures inhabiting heavenly and underworldly realms, as well as ancestors and human intermediaries who communicate with the spirit world. "


(Excerpt from the CBC page.):"The self-taught painter is arguably Canada's most influential and renowned First Nations artist. Now in his 70s and unable to work due to Parkinson's disease, Morrisseau was once dubbed the "Picasso of the North" by the press in France. In the 1950s, he originated the Anishnaabe, or Woodland, style of painting, influencing other First Nations artists like Carl Ray and Daphne Odjig. Taking inspiration from Northern Ontario pictographs and petroglyphs, the work has a distinctive "x-ray" form of representation and features heavy black lines that surround flat fields of bold colour. Morrisseau's own artistic interests are broad, embracing everything from indigenous Southwestern American art to the avant garde. When he first began to exhibit and sell his work in the 1960s and 1970s, it was hailed as both modern and primitive - a duality that is a signature of the artist's work."



Observations of the Astral World (c. 1994)

Observations of the Astral World (c. 1994)


Artist and Shaman Between Two Worlds (1980)

Artist and Shaman Between Two Worlds (1980)


Water Spirit (1972)

Water Spirit (1972)



I grew up in Red Lake, Northwestern Ontario. It was, for awhile (before my time), also the home of one Norval Morrisseau. There were original Morriseaus all over town: He would trade them for food and alcohol, or money if people didn't have anything to drink.

I was on an archaeological dig in Beardmore, Northern Ontario, in the early nineties. I met his brother, there. The family hadn't seen him in a long time. The bar, in the hotel where we stayed, was literally wallpapered in original Morriseaus (on plywood, it looked like).



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Wednesday, February 01, 2006

Extreme Cafeteria Pictographs

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Mishepezhou Pepperoni

Mishepezhou Pepperoni



Peanut butter/honey on Rye, Migiizi and the Fourth degree cheese-omelette (with bacon).

Peanut butter/honey on Rye, Migiizi and the Fourth degree cheese-omelette (with bacon).



Shamanic Canoe Vego-Pie.

Shamanic Canoe Vego-Pie.



Seeker and Paishk, on hot pork sammich.

Seeker and Paishk, on hot pork sammich.



Seeker and Paishk, on hot pork sammich Massacree.

Seeker and Paishk, on hot pork sammich Massacree.





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