Interview with Vancouver painter and curator Nicole Steen
MUSIC: “K-Eyes” by Rho
INTERVIEW, VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen

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Electricks is a group exhibition featuring new paintings and prints by illustrators Mark “Atomos” Pilon and Laura Bifano, and t-shirts by Luc Latulippe. Electricks is a carnival of seductive technology and persuasive robots who dwell in a Tesla formed world of electricity and mystery. Deceitful machines. Which seems timely, given this era of Snowden leaks and high tech surveillance. We now live in the science fiction world we had predicted years ago, only not always the inspiring one we had hoped for. But like any good science fiction story there is a hint of hope and new discoveries. This is Electricks.

Click here to see photos from the show on Flickr >

Phew, we made it through the end of the world. Now 2015 is around the corner, so let’s time travel with Marty McFly and the Doc as they attempt to rescue Sarah Connor from an assassination attempt by the former governor of California. Wait, what??? Art inspired by time-travel movies (or TV shows) including Back to the Future, The Terminator, Bill & Ted’s, Doctor Who, Flight of the Navigator, The Time Machine, Donnie Darko, and more. View photos from opening night and see the art here >

Artists include: Andrea Hooge, Richardson Pratt, Adrian Fuerth, ARGH!!, Carmen Leah, Chris Bentzen, Clem Chen, Colin Johnson, Daniel McLaren, Erin Gibbs, Janet Ford, Jen Crothers, Joseph Taormina, Josue Menjivar, JC, Kris G Brownlee, LJ Throstle, Matt Bowen, Megan Carruthers, Quin Martins, Robin Thompson, and Yukiko Adachi.

“We Can Be Heroes” is a pop-culture/fan art show featuring everyone’s favourite rock star David Bowie with a twist: Bowie portrayed as a superhero! From his early days, to Ziggy Stardust, to his film appearances, Bowie already seems like a superhero… isn’t he already Starman? He’s a man that fell from the sky, he probably lived on Mars (any evidence from Curiosity rover yet?), and his wife is definitely more than human. The evidence is overwhelming!

Artists include: Andrea Hooge, Anton Van Steelandt, Chris Bentzen, Carrie McKellar, Cliff Blank, Emilia Baeza, Erin Gibbs, Irene LacCharite, Jason Gauthier, Jennifer Kleinsteuber, Joseph Taormina, Kaya Murray, Kirsty Senior, Krista Shaw, Lisa McAnulty, Lizzie Carr, Lorraine Kwan, Matt Bowen, Sarah Haddleton, and Stephen Wimbush.

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Interview with artist and graphic designer Mark Atomos Pilon
MUSIC: “Scattered Knowledge” by Revolution Void
INTERVIEW: Hilary Henegar
VIDEO & EDIT: Chris Bentzen