so listen

Vancouver is erased today by the souls of dead trees, smoke from fires up North and in the interior. It sifts down to the street, obscuring the horizon, clouding the city with a fog of trapped white ashes so thick you cannot see downtown from my balcony, like a television trick to hide the edges of a sci-fi set. The mountains are shadows, almost invisible in spite of their size. Above us, the sky is mediocre, streaked with only the barest smudges of pale teal, while the sun is reduced to a dark orange spot with visible edges, the burned heart of a glass flower fresh from the forge, bright yet safe to look upon directly. Light is muted in every direction. We are living in a light box. There are no black shadows.

Jeanet & Caro’s first film, The Bunker of the Last Gunshots, now available to watch on-line!

Via Twitchfilm:

Before The City of Lost Children, before Delicatessen, long before Jean-Pierre Jeunet and Marc Caro would become international darlings, all the way back in 1981, the duo would make their live action directorial debut with The Bunker of the Last Gunshots. They had already collaborated on a pair of animated shorts by this point but Bunker was their first foray into the ‘real’ world and already their distinct style was fully on display. Running at 25 minutes, the start, seemingly post-apocalyptic film has been a hard one for fans to track down but the entire thing is now online and available for viewing. Take a look below.

LE BUNKER from kapelaans.

June 26th was a good night out for art

365:2010/06/26: after dinner on our way to galleries
After dinner, on our way to galleries.

Save On Art

Save On Art, a gallery show at the Hastings Space presenting some of Vancouver’s street art scene.

jerm ix

Local street artist Jerm IX showing his chest tatoo designed by illustrator and street artist, Basco5.

cheaper show

The Cheaper Show no. 9, 200 artists, 400 pieces of art for $200 each, hosted at the W2 Storyeum space on Cordova.

confident

Tony examining a wall of some of the more interesting and colorful art.