re a few close ups of the walls...

hello lovers,

a few close ups of the walls at the unit/pitt gallery in vancouver, bc. by now, all this work is long gone, sanded down and repainted by Brynn, one of the coolest gallery assistants i've ever met. 

don't ask about the art, i only know Take 5 did the cool wildstyle piece and Bracken did the cool ovoid looking alien things. not sure who did the thunderbird or ocm, but i was told it was the same person. very cool stuff.

it was really amazing to paint on the walls of an art gallery. liberating. the last few shows i've curated have been all about disrupting the played out and boring gallery rules. art should be visceral. dirty. not all clean and sterile white wall gallery standard shows. so done. so lifeless. so soulless. so lame. i'm from the streets, and the underground, and i want art to move from the confines of a canvas or a frame or a project and move along the walls and into your mind. 

street art is perfect for that in galleries, and it is here today, gone tomorrow and i love and loathe that aspect of it. it takes so much time, effort and MONEY to get good at it, and then some dumb ass toy comes along and wrecks it. or some graffiti task force jackass comes along and blands it out with monkey shit green, bored suburban house wife beige, and battleship grey......

anyways, happy monday people,

cb

OCM did this i believe.

kamloops own TAKE 5

did this, a legend in the graffiti scene

nationally even.

i think david wrote stuff on the walls.

cease wyss did this stencil

from the thunderbird restaurant. 

part of the original piece i did

fire is cleansing

it represents many things

in this piece.

bracken hanuse corlett

did the circular UFO things and 

left behind these two.

keith higgins

CEO, COO, CFO

and ruler of the Unit/Pitt domain

and you get a sense of the scope

and size of these works.

that's my kyoti throwie bomb

in front of Mt. Peter and Mt. Paul

in Kamloops, BC.

the green line represents the pulse

the heartbeat

and it got slower

as it left the land and the forest

and went into the city.

most of my work has visual metaphors

so if you  know that much

you can see that much more

in my work

i like to layer things 

and make people work for it.

i did.

until next time lovers,

cb

ps: it's nice when projects come together

my whole life people said

i'd never be where i am today.

fuck you

good thing i didn't listen. 

re: stein valley again.

hello lovers,

well, what a month and a half it's been. i'm extremely exhausted, but each day brings a new adventure and so i must go for it. 

below is the remaining building from st. george's residential school in lytton, bc, or rather, in the heart of N'laka pamux territory, the bastards put these buildings in the heart of every territory, making a loud statement. we are here to destroy you fucken indians. little did the arrogant bastards know that we would outpace, outlive, and survive and thrive beyond their cold, icy death grip. 

the church is intimidating. imagine how much it must have been for the kids that went there? my mother and father went there. what a fucked up place. it seethed evil. all the windows were smashed out. and board up obviously. my friend cease and i went there, and we walked around taking photos while i blabbed about the place and we went up those stair in the back to a pair of red doors. i pushed on them and knew instantly i could have gave it a good push one hard kick and gotten into that building. 

but, a cooler head prevailed and given the fact i had to pick up my kids later that day, i didn't want to be releasing anything unto me or the world. who knows how many spirits are locked up in that fucking building. the photo inside the church, which was creepy enough, was taken in the hole where the doorknob once was. i wanted to smash this building, to burn it down, to laugh as i was doing it, but i used every bit of strength i had and didn't. 

the other photos are from in and around lytton, bc. 

i realized on this trip that n'kemcin, really meant, where my rivers mix, or kumcheen. and kevin loring turned it into a play, called, "where the blood mixes." 

i also got to hang out with kevin and renae morrisseau, as well as ronnie dean harris during this trip, which i think was a long time coming. it was a intense trip, one i needed to make. 

until next time lovers,

build the flames ever higher, don't be afraid of hell, hate, love or death. life is too short.

cb

re: sin will find you....in vancity! hahahaha!

hello friends, fans, foe, lovers and leavers, sinners and winners,

i'm in vancity, unceded Coast Salish territory for 1 day for the gig in the poster below. i'm hitting my favourite comic shops, doing the gig and going back to the mountains before sin finds me. muhahahaha.

until next time lovers,

happy VD day.

CB

re: travels.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope things are well in your world. i'm chilling at home, been home a couple weeks and enjoying it.

here are some images from the road.

i worked long and hard to get here, so i don't feel guilty anymore for enjoying myself. it doesn't seem that long ago i was working on a farm as a labourer, hating the world for not getting my chance, and so now that i'm immersed in my opportunities, it feels goddamn good. i ain't rich, yet, but i'm doing what i want, and so, in a way, that's pretty damn wealthy.

vancouver, folkfest 2012

my friend cease got me in here free!! woot!!!

but it was here i realized i missed festivals

and big crowds.

on the way east to a big city.

westjet. oops. 

not plugging it.

but damn nice shot eh?

better than my bed.

sweet.

i often stay in hotels that are nicer

than my own apartment!

haha?

ah, big cities.

until next time lovers,


cb

re: official denial: the art of the apology

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

you simply must go see this show. 

click on the photo for a larger version.

big thanks and hugs to everyone listed on the poster for making it happen. it's really strange when the things you dream about start to happen. it gives you faith, hope and some confidence.

cheers,

cb

re: the apology.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

how are thing in your world? i hope moving along just fine. i need a few million dollars, a fast car and a plane ticket the hell out of here.

in the meantime, i'm curating a show here in kamloops all about Stephen Harper and his apology to the First Nations, Metis and Inuit people of Canada.

this happened on June 11, 2008.

it's several artists creative response to the Apology, the show is called,"Official Denial: the Art of the Apology." featuring the art of Tania Willard, Adrian Stimson, Cease Wyss, and Bracken Hanuse Corlett.

the show will be at the Arnica Artist Run Centre, opening night is Friday, August 11, 2012. 6 - 9.

see you there,

cb

re: vancity show

happy new years friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i spent the past week in Vancity, as i've had a show at the UNIT/PITT gallery in 15 East Pender, as well a book launch in conjunction with the show. my good friend Cease Wyss curated the show at the gallery, and was a super awesome host, taking me around the city, showing me cool art and giving me a annotated sense of the history of vancity. it's been awesome, got to spend more time on the rez in North Van, and check out the community garden she's got going on on her reserve.

so, it's been a great week for my headspace and the show was great fun, the launch went super, a lot of people made it, and i also read at Cafe De Soleil on commercial drive with my good friend Anthony Metvier, who added a performance art element to his reading by destroying his book at the end of it. haha, it was awesome.

well, a lot of people really helped out, and i'd like to thank Keith Higgens at the UNIT/PITT Gallery, Cease Wyss for curating it, my friends many who made it to the launch and were great sports and good to see, as well as everyone else who made it to the show!

i've included some photos for you to enjoy,


cheers,


cb.

vancity at night from stanley park

at UNYA

cool!?

my friend cease wyss

dragonfly

shell

vancity by day

bracken

culturally modified tree in stanley park!

i love this orca!

my friend Tania's info for her art at Stanley park

her work. 

my chapbook.

just saw this on commercial drive, thought it was cool.

somewhere in van.

beets i helped harvest.