The 50 Paces Project

The Opening…

What a whirlwind weekend. As you probably know, I zipped down to Saint John to attend the opening of 50 Paces: an Installation. I flew down the day of the show, and I was up at 4am to catch the recommended Airport Express for my 7am flight via Montreal.For some strange reason, I wasn't able to sleep on the bus or on either plane. It might have had something to do with my dire and unsatisfied need for imodium from the time I got on the plane. Luckily, once I arrived Sandy dropped me at his house for a rest before I was…

What a whirlwind weekend. As you probably know, I zipped down to Saint John to attend the opening of 50 Paces: an Installation. I flew down the day of the show, and I was up at 4am to catch the recommended Airport Express for my 7am flight via Montreal. For some strange reason, I wasn’t able to sleep on the bus or on either plane. It might have had something to do with my dire and unsatisfied need for imodium from the time I got on the plane. (For future reference, your travel kit should include at least one imodium and some advil……

On request, I am posting the Artist Statement I wrote for 50 Paces: an Installation opening at the Saint John Arts Centre on Friday May 4th. (That’s in Saint John, New Brunswick in case you didn’t know.) Happily, the universe has worked with us to shift things around enough so I can go to the opening Friday and then spend the weekend on the island. Woo Hoo! How far do you have to walk to get a litre of milk? If you wanted a coffee, how many paces would it take to get to your local diner? To get to your favourite…

You thought I struggled with picking a new name for this blog and writing my bio for In The Kitchen? That, my dear friends, was small potatoes. Baby potatoes. Seed potatoes compared to writing an Artist's Statement. "Why?", you might ask, "would you need an artist's statement?" The Saint John Arts Centre is doing an exhibit on the 50 Paces Project!! Once my mother, the art teacher, stopped laughing she offered to help me pull it together. My friend Lorna, whose show Honeytrap is on at akau inc. right now, has offered her advice on how to avoid sounding…

You thought I struggled with picking a new name for this blog and writing my bio for In The Kitchen? That, my dear friends, was small potatoes. Baby potatoes. Seed potatoes compared to writing an Artist’s Statement. "Why?", you might ask, "would you need an artist’s statement?" The Saint John Arts Centre is doing an exhibit on the 50 Paces Project!! Once my mother, the art teacher, stopped laughing she offered to help me pull it together. My friend Lorna, whose show Honeytrap is on at akau inc. right now, has offered her advice on how to avoid sounding…

50 Paces: A Life Of It’s Own

I’ve been back in Toronto for over a week now and it seems that the 50 Paces Project has taken on a life of it’s own. Sue told me that her friend, who works in Social Services, is using 50 Paces as an allegory to increase intra-family communications with her client. How cool is that!?!? Grant Kerr’s article ran in the Telegraph Journal‘s Salon on Saturday. It’s not online, but I hear the photos are great (thanks to Cindy Wilson). I haven’t heard much about the article. I’m hoping that’s not worrisome. (Okay, it’s worrisome because I’m paranoid. I’m hoping it’s ill-founded.)…

And it was said that Sunday was a day of rest. But not for us. My last full day on the island started with a phone call from Cathy at the Gondola Point Grocery – over 20 people had dropped in asking how to get down to see the trees. Her big, and valid, concern was the number of people who wanted to see the 50 Paces Project but were intimidated by the hill. It is steep, packed hard and slippery at the best of times. Lord knows there are many times when I’m intimidated by that ***ing hill. Since…

After promising you regular posts…

After promising you regular posts from the island as the 50 Paces Project progressed, I found the Gmail-Vox combo didn't give me full photo functionality for my moblogging (I honestly have no idea how I got this posting onto Vox w/ a photo)… The regular readers of unsweetened.ca got daily updates and you… well… you get a quick post-title list to use to catch up. Feb 17th – Way we go boys Feb 18th – Trees trees trees Feb 19th – Snow day Feb 21st – Building a path to shore and Trees In! Feb 22nd – CBC This Morning…

Back on the river today to fix my mistakes. Yesterday I hung art on the 50paces tree -> the 500paces tree. Then I walked to the 1000paces tree and hung photos to the 550paces tree. Well almost. There are actually 21 trees meaning the last tree is the 1050 tree. So as of this morning the 1050paces tree is all decked out in 1000paces photos. Crap! So today I plucked photos from it’s branch before hanging the correct photos. Then I proceeded to harvest and re-hang nine more trees. Meanwhile skidoos and ATVs zoomed up and down the river at…

Friday was designated photo-hanging day. We were joined by Mary (seen above) from CBC TV, Grant & Cindy from the Telegraph Journal. They each walked across the river to meet us at the first tree. Then came with us as we hung photos on the first 10 trees. Constantly asking each other to get out of their shots of the trees and us hanging photos. Part of the problem was that I kept making them help. Hey, there were 3 of them and only 2 of us. No way they were going to get to just stand around without helping.…

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The 50 Paces Project

The Opening…

The Opening…