A little how-to
What is BlackFlash2.0? BF2.0 or 2.0, as it has been affectionately dubbed, is a collaborative authorship project that will result in a published (yes a real print edition!) issue in May 2010. All the material for that issue will be sourced from this website. It’s a way to great way to get noticed by BlackFlash and the rest of Canada. To learn more about BlackFlash Magazine visit www.blackflash.ca. Who can participate? Anyone! All you have to do is sign up. Just register and you’ll be on your way. We’ll e-mail you a password that you can change later on. When you register you ...
Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Artist Project
Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge is one of two artists commissioned by BlackFlash to produce a project for the 2.0 website. Her project is an interactive animation that playfully uses the idea of frames, specifically window and door frames, that draw attention between virtual and real parallels. Below are stills from the project. Click here or on a still to see the work yourself. Note: You will require the free Adobe Flash player to view Evelyne's work. The file is 5MB in size, please be patient while page loads. A Challenge to Perception Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge’s recent work reveals her interest in trompe l’œil as a method for ...
Alex McLeod : Artist Profile
At first glance Alex McLeod’s digital images look like photographs of sculptural installations or dioramas. They’re something of cross between Takashi Murakami and Peter Doig or perhaps a candy-coated Dil Hildebrand. But these fantastical landscapes don’t exist in real life despite what look like strands of fishing line suspending colourful shiny globules. McLeod’s work is solely digital with the only physical trace being a 36x48 inch framed print. Quoted in art blog, Things of Desirei, McLeod says his digital art is a “greener” alternative to material practice since it produces next to no waste. But the eco-friendly merits of his work, ...
Jamie Campbell
Jamie Campbell makes jokes only he finds funny, but he convinces you to laugh all the same. Jamie Campbell was born in the shadow of Niagara Falls, then he grew up and wiped the mist off his face and crossed the bulge of Lake Ontario to Toronto and Ryerson University and a BFA in Photography. Jamie Campbell begins his MFA in Fine Arts- Photography at Concordia University in Montreal in September 2008. Jamie Campbell works with the themes of insecurity, burden, vulnerability and desperation, but does it with self-deprecation and humour and profound honesty, leaving you unsure of whether you want to hit ...
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Art & Research : What do you think?
Two artists on the 2.0 site recently engaged in a brief discussion about how work is described and it got us, here at BlackFlash, thinking. Specifically, I’m referring to Colin Carney’s entry in the artist pages and David Pollock’s reaction to it. The issue underlying their exchange, and perhaps the larger issue behind artist statements and art research in general, is the role of... [Read more]
Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge, Artist Project
Evelyne Leblanc-Roberge is one of two artists commissioned by BlackFlash to produce a project for the 2.0 website. Her project is an interactive animation that playfully uses the idea of frames, specifically window and door frames, that draw attention between virtual and real parallels. Below are stills from the project. Click here or on a still to see the work yourself. Note: You will require the... [Read more]
Canadian Pavilion at the Venice Biennale
Canadian Pavilion Being chosen to represent Canada in the Venice Biennale is a distinguished honour and also, as it has come to be known, a bit of an architectural curse. The Canadian Pavilion is an awkward squat building known for being inhospitable to the exhibition of art. Every artist has had to wrestle with its dimensions and, as can be seen in the above photograph, the glass encased tree that... [Read more]
Art Education in Saskatchewan – Panel Discussion at AKA Gallery
Image from AKA Gallery website. On Saturday February 28th, AKA Gallery in Saskatoon held a panel as a follow up to it’s exhibition, The Bachelor (of Fine Arts) Party. The juried exhibition featured four students from the University of Regina (UofR) and four students from the University of Saskatchewan (UofS). The panel discussion was on the topic of BFA pedagogy in Saskatchewan and its place within... [Read more]
