25.07.23

The codex and the crucifix. Each representing a version of mystical depth and intrigue. Attention is drawn to the obscure linkages that connect and contrast the two realms. Immense value is attached to sacrifice. In one the sacrifice is communal and deeply real, while in the other it is symbolic, emphasizing the individual. Overcoming and appeasing are persistent themes. Bleeding is dramatic. Only the Virgin del Carmen arrangement includes a version of some plastic quadruped. 

24.07.23

During our first outing in CDMX we seek to arrange our bearings. This is a city that embraces the car, with some nostalgia for the past. The Renault Dauphine was only produced from 1956-67 as an elegant, economical choice for the French middle-classes. As it turned out, it went out of fashion only months before the Paris riots of 1968. It is likely that Guy Debord himself sat in the driver seat of more than one version. In any case, this particular Dauphine lies at rest in Coyoacan, the site of an Aztec village where cathedrals were built by the Spaniards over the graves of ancient warriors. Cortez allegedly lived with his mistress in a nearby casa. 
 

 23.07.23

Aerial photographs impress yet confound. I am reminded of 1970’s television viewing. A certain program tracked terrestrial markings such as crop circles, desire lines etched into fields, and the impressions of lost foundations. There is no experience quite like flying. Childlike wonder and terror in equal measure. Hovering over the Sonoran Desert - somewhere.

22.07.23

The horizon, here presented as a cropped segment in spectral wonder. This perspective dazzles and distorts the islands floating below. Haphazardly the dots named after long-lost Iberian sailors bob and weave to the tune of some forgotten Cumbian jig. 

 

20.12.21

After picking away at the carapace hide the arcade ribs gape wide in the morning light. In this, the high-modern era of Vancouver's suburban mall culture at 41st/ Cambie slowly comes to an end - making way for a range of barely inscribed ambulatory practices.

(CVA: AM1376-: CVA 59-12)

 25.10.20

Another ravaged building along the Broadway Corridor. A fire erupts in a dumpster behind a building housing a smoked meat diner, a bodega, and a record shop. All that was left of the tin-plated ceiling tiles was a cloud of archival smoke blowing northward.

26.01.20

Port Moody Derive: A steady walk from Lafarge through slush and urbane debris did surprise with a transversal of linear parks known as Hoy and Scott.

The boardwalk was delightfully treacherous demanding some caution; begging numerous questions.

The site of the old McNair Mill bunkhouse nearby; now milky, overgrown, composted without trace. The Port Moody tread led to a major thirst requiring quenching, now possible just around the bay.