Creatures in the Night - Update

by Julien on June 20th, 2009

Attention everyone, the Creatures in the Night screening of animation films (the one I mentionned previously, i.e. the one happening tonight) will take place at Blue Sky Doors at 9pm, at 5403B St. Laurent. Enter the parking lot and find the door with blue lights. The entrance is free.

And just to make this post worthier, here’s Walk for Walk by Amy Lockhart, who will be screening some work tonight (not necessarily/probably not this one). If you’re into her work as much as I am, make sure you don’t miss her talk tomorrow (Sunday, 3pm at articule, 262 Fairmount O). And go to her show, before it ends tomorrow night too.

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Amy Lockhart @ La Centrale

by Julien on May 31st, 2009

I’m as late as late can be on the Amy Lockhart promo-bandwagon, and the vernissage and artist talk were both happening over a week ago. But trivialities aside, you should still try to catch her show over at La Centrale (4296 St. Laurent) before it ends on June 21st.

Amy’s style is weird, grotesque and recognizable, with a je-ne-sais-quoi that sets her appart from the ever-expanding crowd of underground independant DIY-ers. Two thumbs up fto her or having a discernable and unique vibe without ever limiting herself to a specific format/medium/character.

Her exhibition features art that range sfrom papier-maché sculptures and installations, to drawings, paintings, zines and superbly fluid animation of Marc Bell doodles. She works with a ton of different mediums and styles while remaining ‘edgy’ and ‘relevant.’

You can find more of her work in the Nog-A-Dod anthology, edited by Marc Bell and published by Conundrum Press (available at the Drawn & Quarterly bookstore, 211 Bernard O). The bookstore also has a copy of the Ganzfeld 5: Japanada! anthology in stock, in which her work is also featured, among pages and pages of equally impressive artists.