We do not know his name.

At the Vancouver Art Museum on Sunday, I came across this Stan Douglas installation, Klatsassin. It’s a mixed media (does that sound like 1991 calling to your ears, too?) sort of thing and I found the portraits before the video.

The portraits are fantastic (Constable, Prisoner, Thief, Deputy — there are 8[?] more in the museum) and quite large, which suits me just fine. I like to get eye-crossing-close to photographs to see what’s within the plane of focus and to let them overwhelm my field of vision.


Klatsassin Portraits (Constable) 2006

I found my way into the video presentation smack in the middle of the Prisoner speaking Tsîlhqot’in to the Frenchman who’s translating it to French for the Constable whose Scottish brogue relays it all to us. Then they reverse the process, all the while looking at the camera — though at one point, the Prisoner is clearly irritated and turns as best he can in his chair to speak directly to the Frenchman.

Turns out there are, get this, 890 variations of the 5-minute film. !! …I watched just the 1. (:

I think what I like so well about the whole thing is that Douglas pulled an historical event from local history, but one that’s not been done to death (e.g., Custer’s Last Stand) and thus has ground to give in the way of interpretations. I dug it (and spent the bulk of my art museum time there).

October 28, 2009   [ Vancouver museums photography ]
Vancouver Art Museum, clandestinely.

Vancouver Art Museum, clandestinely.

October 27, 2009   2 notes   [ vancouver iPhone my photos ShakeIt ]

We changed our style several years ago on plurals like this. Here’s what the current “plurals” entry in The Times’s stylebook says:

But do not use apostrophes for plurals of abbreviations without periods, or for plurals formed from figures: TVs, PCs, DVDs; 1990s, 747s, size 7s.

Words We Love Too Much”, Philip B. Corbett, NYT

To which I say: it’s about damn time.

October 27, 2009   [ nytimes quotes style guides ]

Sweet Disposition” The Temper Trap

A year ago, John sent this and there was much rejoicing. There’s something very…cruising up PCH about that opening guitar. I’m pretty sure I was the only person in the theater who clapped (quietly! to myself!) when it popped up in (500) Days of Summer.

October 27, 2009   [ videos music movies ]
Lunch of champions! (Yesterday in Vancouver. No poutine. ): )

Lunch of champions! (Yesterday in Vancouver. No poutine. ): )

October 26, 2009   2 notes   [ soda iPhone my photos ShakeIt ]
Rocking my HBC toque. (: (yes, I’m a dork.)

Rocking my HBC toque. (: (yes, I’m a dork.)

October 25, 2009   1 note   [ me iPhone shakeit ]
Lunch with Oscar.

Lunch with Oscar.

October 21, 2009   1 note   [ food my photos iPhone Kindle ]
Snapped— captured? the Emigre homepage for the blockiness and the colour combination. Also: Mr Eaves is aces! Look at that Q!
(It’s a Britishism to drop the period after Mr, Ms, Mrs, etc. right? Anyway, I like it.)

Snapped— captured? the Emigre homepage for the blockiness and the colour combination. Also: Mr Eaves is aces! Look at that Q!

(It’s a Britishism to drop the period after Mr, Ms, Mrs, etc. right? Anyway, I like it.)

October 21, 2009   [ screencapture emigre typography nerd! ]
Nocturne (that’s the full HD)
ISO: 6400. !! With the Canon 1D Mark IV

Nocturne (that’s the full HD)

ISO: 6400. !! With the Canon 1D Mark IV

October 20, 2009   [ videos dSLR video los angeles ]
I’ve been on a bit of a roll with the Polaroid 330 this last week and I’m enjoying every frame of it. 2 packs of colour film gone with 3 more en route for my trip to Vancouver.
This morning, post-daily chai acquisition, I stood next to my car trying to line up a shot of just one of the lovely golden trees fluttering all over Bellevue. nb: rangefinder focusing on leaves is tricky!
(Should I really be calling these Polaroids? Sure they’re made in a Polaroid camera, but the film is Fuji. Hm. Calling them “instant pictures” isn’t right, either, or anyway it sounds silly. “Polaroids” gets the point across; I’ll stick with it. [Final answer.])

I’ve been on a bit of a roll with the Polaroid 330 this last week and I’m enjoying every frame of it. 2 packs of colour film gone with 3 more en route for my trip to Vancouver.

This morning, post-daily chai acquisition, I stood next to my car trying to line up a shot of just one of the lovely golden trees fluttering all over Bellevue. nb: rangefinder focusing on leaves is tricky!

(Should I really be calling these Polaroids? Sure they’re made in a Polaroid camera, but the film is Fuji. Hm. Calling them “instant pictures” isn’t right, either, or anyway it sounds silly. “Polaroids” gets the point across; I’ll stick with it. [Final answer.])

October 20, 2009   1 note   [ my photos Polaroids photography ]
HEATH! (Yahoo! Sports Steelers gallery)
Miller is my favourite (current) Steeler: he’s a quiet guy who does his job and does it incredibly well (he’s certainly one of the top tight-ends in the league right now).

HEATH! (Yahoo! Sports Steelers gallery)

Miller is my favourite (current) Steeler: he’s a quiet guy who does his job and does it incredibly well (he’s certainly one of the top tight-ends in the league right now).

October 19, 2009   [ iPhone wallpaper steelers ]

…we prepare for glory by failing until we don’t.

American on Purpose, Craig Ferguson

That is totally out of context (hello: “quote”), but it’s great. (It comes at the end of a quick description of his son playing in Little League.)

October 17, 2009   [ quotes ]
The Sartorialist: On the Street….Leigh, Paris
Composition: check; autumn in Paris: check (jealous!); killer shoes: check!

The Sartorialist: On the Street….Leigh, Paris

Composition: check; autumn in Paris: check (jealous!); killer shoes: check!

October 16, 2009   [ the sartorialist photography ]
Wednesday.

Wednesday.

October 16, 2009   [ me iPhone ]
October 15, 2009   1 note   [ polaroids my photos iPhone ]