Yes, that’s an upside-down Moose Crossing sign and a Telus Smart Security Sign as an oar. Or is that a sail? No, the flag is the sail! Look, when you inherit a […]
Okanagan Landscaping Style Tips for New Immigrants
Bioregional Literature, Out of the Box: a dissection of ecocritical culture
Here’s a beautiful ecocritical conference. Wouldn’t it be great to go? Critical Approaches to Bioregional Literature of the Great Lakes Basin (June 20-24 2017, Detroit) http://asle2017.clas.wayne.edu/conference.html It’s about rust. […]
Weedkillers as Art
Exhibit 1: the Wealthy Man’s SculptureNo one knows what those metal bits on the top are. Intriguingly, poisoned plants around its base are considered a good way to sell building lots worth up […]
Finding the Earth through Industrial Engineering
Here’s where a couple of ideas come together: creative economy and steam punk. By creative economy, I mean this: Sculpture Installation, Gibraltar Mine Cultures vary, but creative use remains constant. In Iceland, […]
The Social Life of Steam Punk
Last week, I proposed that the Okanagan city of Vernon was the steampunk capital of the world. I suggested that it is a giant art installation, in fact. When walked through as […]
Vernon: Steam Punk Capital of the World
Steam punk is a branch of writing and art (especially jewelry and sculpture, romantic novels and visual poetry) that recombines materials from the age of steam and iron, and sets them in […]
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