I have the great pleasure of knowing a number of really bright, really passionate, really amazing people. These people inspire me, and provide me with constant support, feedback and hope. It has been interesting to discuss trauma and crisis with these friends, and to ruminate on what it means to move forward amidst pain and… Read More
a modest proposal
For a few years, I’ve had this dream of printing off images (in LARGE SCALE) of what I consider to be of this place and to wrap buildings in these images. It would be particularly satisfying to intervene in the most post-awesome buildings or the spaces where Indigenous and non-Indigenous history has been the most overlooked… Read More
self-revitalization
My neighbourhood is pretty humble. It isn’t flashy, it doesn’t have aspirations of grandeur. It is comprised mostly of single-family dwellings, many of them post-war CMHC type houses. It is close to some major transit lines, a regional mall, has two schools, an arena, a strip mall with a food store and restaurant and framing… Read More
Ghosts of East Central Alberta, part 2: Settler relics
In my last post I wrote about ghost towns, and how they continued to be relevant today, haunting us, even though as centres of social relations and as gatherings of material structures they were for the most part long gone. This time I want to write a bit about other ghosts that haunt the landscape,… Read More
