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Listen to Dusty Bones Live EP by Dusty Bones.
View Larger All Seeing Eye by Max Cirka. 2012. Woodblock relief print. 8.5cm x 7cm
“Don’t believe everything you hear, real eyes realize real lies.”
- 2Pac
Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Taste No Evil by Panther Corp. Mixed Media 25cm x 16.5cm
The big version had to be altered for the official release of the Live ep for the blues-rock duo Dusty Bones. I had to respect Renee’s feminist critique on the design, particularly the fingers in the mouth aspect. I myself find the image rather derogatory but I like the conversation between lust and death.
You can find the final version of the album art at http://dustybones.bandcamp.com/.
View Larger League of Craftsmen, 2012, mixted media on paper. 8.5” x 11”
The word “collage” is derived from the french verb coller, which translates to “glueing”. Like many of today’s borrowed artistic practices, the collage originated at about the same time as the invention of paper in China at around 200 BC. It was used by the Japanese calligraphers in 10th century, in Gothic cathedrals in the 15th and 16th centuries and then by Cubist painters of the likes of George Braque and Picasso. Robert Indiana, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol all used collage to express their political and social motifs in the New Realist Exhibition in November 1962.
Lance Hidy, Leage of New Hampshire Craftsmen Jubilee 1932 - 1982 c. 1982
Another throwback, wanted to show some of Mark’s (Gold Canyon) great film work as he documents the last night of 2011. I love his transitions and layers in this video, and appreciate the way he is able to capture our friends in their most natural state. The video also shows a bit of my painting work and a reproduction of a Bridget Riley piece that I did. Although I can’t help getting choked up seeing our late cat Nemo in the beginning, I can watch this video over an over again out of pure enjoyment and bliss that is expressed. Great video and a great song by Glass Candy,
A video I did a while back for my buddies the Farmhounds (formerly the Lovebomb Duo). More like a short film, the work utilized a pre-shot projection layered over live-action shots of the performers. In the projection the two are seen in a chase, with Joel (the drummer) hunting down Ricky (the guitarist) with an axe. At the end Ricky meets his fate yet is seen in live action form still alive, incorporating a kind of birth & death theme: although we ourselves are hopelessly mortal, we can attempt to immortalize ourselves with mediums like film.
This is a bit of a throw-back, but I just wanted to show some work I did for MTA/MGK. The location is in some remote parking lot in Burnaby by the #1 highway. Had a great time filming this, thanks to Jordan Tang and Mark Gomez (a.k.a. Gold Canyon).
