SUMMER 2010 IN VAN CITY | The Cheaper Show No. 9

Just in time for fall, our perfectly logical posting strategy has had us step back into our supa’stylin extremely home crafted time machine, to bring you Skewed’s visit at the surreal Cheaper Show No.9.

Cheaper took place this past June (25th to be exact) and tore Vancouver a new one. Two hundred artists exhibited over four hundred pieces of work, every single one sold for two hundred bucks a pop. Since the show is only six hours long, hungry hungry art collectors, young things and other human looking types lined up and down the streets of G-town central to ensure having a go at purchasing that piece they’ve been dreaming about. Beside our flickr coverage of the show and its preview day, which the organizers were so lovely to let us be a part of, here are some wise words from the brain and the brawn responsible for masterminding this giant effort, alongside their small army of volunteers. Their names: (the) Graeme Berglund and Steve Rio.  If you are uninspired after reading this, we can no longer help, nor prescribe electroshock therapy on polka-dotted post-its. Word up, word out.

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SWARM 11 | 2010

We’re loving the dynamically generating online festival guide for this year’s SWARM 11, making direct use of sites like Twitter and Google Maps.

Following some basic guidelines, galleries and venue participants can ‘tag’ themselves automatically into SWARM’s online listings. Similar to pulling fan Twitter posts using a #SWARM11 tag, the website pulls feeds with another tag specifically into the list of events and generates venue maps.

Swarm is an annual festival of artist run culture organized by the Pacific Association of Artist Run Centres.
Don’t miss it this year: Thursday September 9th and Friday September 10th, 2010.

WAVELENGTH | Film Festival and Masquerade

Join eatART for their annual Energy Awareness Film Festival on August 14 and 15, 2010. Start with their energy themed movies in the solar powered cinema, ContainR (free of charge), and then cap off the evening at the masquerade (entry by donation)!

eatART Labs: 577 Great Northern Way (on the GNW campus)
+ more event info, here.

RUSSELL LENG | Solo Exhibition at Blim

This Friday, head out to Chinatown for the opening of New Nature Systems, the inaugural solo exhibition of Vancouver artist Russell Leng.

Blim will be running the show from August 6 till the 27.

“The show presents new paintings characterized by geometric forms. Leng’s work examines the relationships between the natural and built landscapes, and questions how this correlation affects how we interact with and navigate our surroundings.”

SUBMISSION | Tony Durke

Girl Talk by Tony Durke
Oil, stain, thinner on carved wood
Vancouver, Canada
www.tonydurke.com

JUNE 2010 IN VAN CITY | Glance 2: SAVE ON ART

For those of you with a taste for raw styles and an appreciation for counter culture legends like the unmistakable Take 5, The Red Gate Gallery (156 West Hastings) was the place to be. Save On Art opened on June 26, highlighting the work of several and diverse creatives, from Jaime Bizness to Kevin House’s beautiful work, inspired by deco era. A small and sweet show for your artsy taste buds. We love everything about this venue. The vibe, the management and the great pool of talent it draws upon, so we recommend you pop by and keep the love coming. Check out their current show!!!

UPDATE: Check out the new photos we just added (after the jump) + don’t miss their next show Dirty Soap Box Art Show, opens August 20, 2010.

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SURGE | First Annual Urban Digital Culture Festival

Today the first annual Urban Digital Culture Festival, SURGE, starts in Vancouver, and ends August 28, 2010. The opening reception starts at 8pm tonight till 11pm, followed by the after-party at 11pm with DJ Kilocee, Take5 & The Phonograff, part of the W2 Summer Nights series, $5 at door.

This year’s inaugural Surge Festival features four exhibitions, weekly live DJ and VJ events, film screenings, workshops, parties, and youth summer camps.

The centrepiece of the Surge Urban Digital Culture Festival is a massive mural installation for ‘All our Walls’ by Take5, the dark, Sensr and Indigo, alongside a graffiti & street art exhibit featuring established and emerging Canadian artists.

Can’t wait till I’m back in Van to check it out! For more info on the event, click here.

A GLANCE @ JUNE 2010

We’re being RETRO. RETROSPECTIVE THAT IS.

In the next few posts, we’ll be taking a glance at June 2010 in Vancouver…