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Do It Yourself GoreFest:
Special Effects on the Cheap

Indie Artist, Promote Yourself:
A How-to Guide to DIY Promotion lead by indie promoter extraordinaire Trevor Coleman.

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Bonjour a tous le 5 octobre prochain, dans le cadre du festival Atenne_a, lancement du prochain fanzine bidon accompagne d'un cd du groupe (swedish) death polka. et une merveilleuse couverture realisee par Valerie Morency. 5a 7 plus spectale a 19hr a la chapelle de l'amerique francaise a Quebec. histoire ecrite par samuel murdock basee sur le premier effondrement du pont de quebec 2, cote de la Fabrique. merci et au plaisirs http://www.swedishdeathpolka.com/ http://www.antenne-a.com/ http://pishier.blogspot.com/ http://kabochenook01.blogspot.com/

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Mark Prent: The most controversial canadian sculptor of his generation, known worldwide for his hyper-realist nightmarish sculptures. He portrays with body molding techniques his inner visions, without altering the dramatic or emotional charge of the subject.

Eric Braün: Multidisciplinary artist (painting, sculpture, comics, etching), publisher of the anthology 106U and founder of USINE 106U. His graphic universe explores different materials with humor rand lucidity.

La puce à l'agonie: Designer, painter and conceptor, her work in visual arts focuses on recomposing fragments linked to childhood and by mass-producing little pink cats.

Mimi Traillette : Cartoonist-photograph and designer, she creates colorful and entertaining pieces with influences coming from rock & roll , comics and aquatic depths..

Jean-Michel Cholette : His acrylic paintings are guided by an inspiration tapping intoPop Surrealism, lowbrow art and fantasy illustration. His cybernetic creatures and dislocated architectures take place in an aesthetic combining influences from science-fiction, ancient religious symbols, litterature and old family portraits.

René Donais: Well-known etching artist, member of the Atelier Circulaire, he distinguishes himself with the quality of execution of his work, in the tradition of 17 th century anatomical engravers, and by his teratological themes.

Iris: Visual artist and sculptor, her pen and ink drawings and her steel wire characters translate with a sinuous line a spirit free of taboos accompanied by a lot of humor.

Yves Milet-Desfougères: Well-known french etching artist and painter, he explores symbolical themes with his ethereal landscapes haunted by hallucinatory visions. Member of the surrealists in the 60', he built his monumental carreer and is known of a handful of European collectors.

Lilitu Travaglini : French visual artist, she creates compositions born out of pagan unconscious and expressionnism with a few influences coming from art brut.

Sam Kerson: A nomadic and visionary artist with strong social and political inclinations, his pastels, linocuts and acrylics are filled with symbolic expression and vibrant colors translate the movement, heart of his work.

Pedro Espinel-Ruiz: A colombian sculptor, he works with metal and carved stone. His totemic iconography juxtaposes perfectly with his choice of materials (discarded rairoad parts).

Claude Des Rosiers : A stone carver, virtuoso in interior, garden and monumental sculptures, his subjects are historical, romantic, ethnologic and zoological.

Hollie Dzama: She like to sew dolls & clothing, paint & draw, sing, crochet (& knit sometimes), etc. She is also interested in fiber arts.

Serene Daoud: Drawer, animator and crafter of small and incredible objects, her meticulous work expresses visions out of fairy tales and animated movies.

Sarah Albu: Her work with fiber and textiles is presented like a collage of snapshots from everyday life, translating with humor a stiched mind.

Edward Spider : Painter and drawer, his work combines medieval influences with futuristic compositions to create iconic post-cubist arcanes.

Gmackrr: French visual and sound artist, she uses collage techniques, recycling, superimposition and repetition to create a perverted language. A world that short-circuits childhood and decadence, fashion and food, nature and genetic manipulations ...

Jef: Conceptor employed by the toy company Mégabloc, this astonishing sculptor explores different materials, either complex sculptures of toy blocks or jewellery and artefacts from the future.

Sweet Grognasse: A colorful visual artist, she works in graphic design and creates paintings, silkscreen and textiles in the tradition of pop-art.

Guy Boutin: Painter and cartoonist, he masters in multicolored raw representations of his graphic imaginary between comics and graffiti art.

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Rand Holmes, famous Canadian counter-culture cartoonist and creator of Harold Hedd comics, was laid to rest on Lasqueti Island, B.C., five years ago. Most of his artwork remains undisturbed on the remote island where he spent his last twenty years. His family and friends in the island community now want to share his artistic legacy with the rest of the world during a two-day exhibit on March 17 & 18 at the Lasqueti Community Hall.

Holmes and his wife Martha moved to a homestead in the Inland Passage in 1982 to get away from the rat race and back to the land. Far from his former life as star cartoonist at the Georgia Straight in Vancouver, Holmes continued to produce pen and ink illustrations for comic books and magazines. During his last decade, he began making surreal oil paintings using the old fashioned methods of the great masters. They were slow laborious creations, which took months to complete. He refused to title or describe them, for fear of weakening their visual symbolism. They are now mute testaments to his inner visions.

Some of these and other paintings (still-lifes, landscapes, and scenes of island life) were sold or traded to neighbors as barter for goods or services, but very few have left the island. They will be shown all together for the first time at this Retrospective and Celebration of the Life of Rand Holmes. There will also be on display examples of his comic book pages from Slow Death Funnies, White Lunch Comix, Fog City Comics and Harold Hedd, along with his editorial and political art from the Georgia Straight and Vancouver Star, and collections and foreign editions of his work. It is a national treasure trove of art.

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