Last Friday my video short, Art Casual debuted on the front lawn of the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre as part of their Alberta Culture Days line up. The giant Park After Dark screen played host to my project, followed by shorts created by students of the Medicine Hat College.
In addition to saying a few words to introduce my video, I had a blast getting to speak one on one with lots of familiar faces and artists. I was even surprised to bump into a number of people who had been following my work on Editing Luke and who approached me to introduce themselves - I love when that happens!
All and all it was a pretty casual affair, but it was a lot of fun and certainly something out of the ordinary. The video went over really well too, and after uploading it this week, Art Casual has already received several thousand hits. I also have to take the opportunity to give another big shout out to all of the students who participated in the video, and to the Esplanade for making it possible. It was a great experience all around and such a pleasure to be asked to collaborate! Here are a few shots I took for the Esplanade that evening.
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Oct 3, 2014
Screening "Art Casual" at the Esplanade
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Oct 1, 2014
Art Casual
I had the pleasure of being commissioned by the Esplanade Arts & Heritage Centre to create a video for their Alberta Culture Days event this year. The concept was seemingly simple. I was asked to speak with young people in high school and college about what art means to them.
In the end, that was the joy of the project for me, to ask these existential questions about art and self expression, and challenge students to explore their own work and ideas. I immediately found their creativity and passion contagious, and just putting this video together I started to feel like I was back working on a personal film school project.
I couldn't be happier with how it all came together. With our limited timeline I was nervous from the start whether we'd get enough people to speak and open up, but after my first few discussions I knew I'd come away with more than I could possibly use. Thanks again to all of the students who shared their thoughts with me, to the teachers who opened up their classrooms, and to Xanthe Isbister at the Esplanade for giving me the opportunity to do this.
I visited the art, band, and drama classes at Crescent Heights High School and was immediately blown away by the passion and willingness to participate from the students. I knew from the start that the final video would be less than 5 minutes long, but I spoke to as many people as possible to try and capture their energy, uncertainty, and playfulness surrounding a question that obviously has no easy answer. The casual nature of the interviews, and the words "act casual" eventually inspired the title of the project, Art Casual.
Capturing interviews from the college students was more of a challenge as we were trying to organize things just as the semester was starting. I spoke to three visual communications students who provided some great commentary though. On a personal note, it was interesting for me to hear the difference between students who were more uncertain about why they enjoyed art in high school, to those who had pursued it through college.
I couldn't be happier with how it all came together. With our limited timeline I was nervous from the start whether we'd get enough people to speak and open up, but after my first few discussions I knew I'd come away with more than I could possibly use. Thanks again to all of the students who shared their thoughts with me, to the teachers who opened up their classrooms, and to Xanthe Isbister at the Esplanade for giving me the opportunity to do this.
Now ask yourself, what does (art, creativity, self expression) mean to you?
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Location:
Medicine Hat, AB, Canada
Aug 28, 2014
Medicine Hat, Alberta in 100 Images
Over the last couple of years my enthusiasm for documenting my hometown has opened more doors, both literally and figuratively, than I initially would've imagined. Around the Hat, as the series has become known, has grown from a passion project into a detailed photographic library of the locations that make Medicine Hat, Alberta distinct.
These 100 images don't sum up Medicine Hat by a long shot, but they do represent the tip of the iceberg in an artistic and stylized photo series that spans seasons, includes thousands upon thousands of original captures, and with each passing day becomes a bit more historical in its own right. This is the Hat as I've seen it.
*Click the descriptions to see the larger photo sets.
1. Medicine man "Medicine Hat" mural downtown.
2. Hargrave Sissons Block / Inspire Cafe
5. Vintage stock in the Hycroft China Factory.
6. Veterans' Memorial in Riverside Park.
7. Finlay Bridge
8. Five Roses flour bag at the Pioneer Village.
9. Tunnel in Kin Coulee Park.
10. Downtown Medicine Hat
11. Vintage car parked downtown during Spectrum.
12. Sunset Dinner preparations ahead of the Sunshine Skillet Festival.
13. Satellite Motel neon sign.
14. Top of the bell tower in St. Patrick's Church.
15. Medicine Hat's historic train station.
16. B-17 Bomber at the Medicine Hat airport.
17. Portion of the vintage Sweet Caporal painted wall advertisement.
18. Old cart in the I-XL Factory.
21. Chuckwagon races at the Stampede Grounds.
22. Remaining kiln from the Alberta Clay Products factory.
23. Families taking in the view from Scholten Hill.
24. Tree blossoms.
25. St. Barnabas church interior.
26. Moose antlers in the Cypress Club.
27. Aaron Nelson with his work at the Esplanade.
28. Wagon wheel at Echo Dale Farm.
29. Old chandelier hanging in the Beveridge Block.
30. Winter cliffs from Police Point Park.
31. Sunset at the Saamis Teepee.
32. Medicine Hat Arena
33. Gas lamp.
34. Ewart-Duggan house.
35. Painted Elm Street School sign.
36. Visitors admiring my images during our Thinking Hat exhibition.
37. Massive tree in Riverside Park.
38. Ranchmen Motel neon sign.
39. Prairie grass.
40. Horses at Stampede.
41. Crowds outside the Esplanade.
42. Office wall in the Monarch Theatre.
43. As seen by me...
44. Lela's Place / Chocolate Shop interior.
45. Flowers in bloom.
46. Hat Motel neon sign.
47. Underside of the Kin Coulee pedestrian bridge.
48. Mural on the Beveridge Block.
49. Beaver chewed tree in Police Point Park.
50. Medicine Hat railyard.
51. Painted eagle on a traditional teepee.
52. Chuckwagon races.
53. Birds flying over the Gaslight Plaza.
54. Stampede Midway.
55. View of the Esplanade Theatre from the fly tower.
56. Crowds look on during the 2013 flood.
57. Vintage Alberta license plate.
58. Saamis Teepee.
59. Autumn leaves.
60. City Hall at night.
61. Rose window of St. Patrick's Church.
62. My cousin Rupali posing under Finlay Bridge.
63. Medicine man in BATUS Park.
64. Sign out front of the Triple E antique store.
65. Medalta Potteries in winter.
66. South Saskatchewan River in autumn.
67. Interior of the former Earl Kitchener School.
68. Assiniboia Inn Neon Sign.
69. My parents in Police Point Park.
70. Flock of birds.
71. Old exterior of the Hutchinson Block.
72. Spectrum crowd in Riverside Park.
73. Cowboy in the Stampede Grandstand.
74. Downtown Medicine Hat.
75. Berries in Police Point.
76. Arrival of the Canadian Pacific holiday train.
77. Station Coffee interior.
79. Echo Dale beach.
80. Feeding a llama.
81. Winter in downtown Medicine Hat.
82. Fall in the Riverside Park fountain.
83. Medalta factory interior.
84. Vintage cars lining 2nd Street downtown.
85. Cecil Hotel sign.
86. Summertime cliffs.
87. Medalta's Black & White Gala.
88. Vintage ceramic Hycroft cowboy hat.
89. Fountain at City Hall.
90. Historic courthouse.
91. World's largest chess set.
91. Volunteers filling sandbags during the 2013 flood.
92. Trees lit for Christmas around City Hall.
93. Concrete whale slide in Central Park.
94. Exploring the historic clay district.
95. Stampede Midway.
96. Glass siding of City Hall.
97. Downtown 2nd Street.
100. Monarch Theatre.
These 100 images don't sum up Medicine Hat by a long shot, but they do represent the tip of the iceberg in an artistic and stylized photo series that spans seasons, includes thousands upon thousands of original captures, and with each passing day becomes a bit more historical in its own right. This is the Hat as I've seen it.
*Click the descriptions to see the larger photo sets.
1. Medicine man "Medicine Hat" mural downtown.
2. Hargrave Sissons Block / Inspire Cafe
5. Vintage stock in the Hycroft China Factory.
7. Finlay Bridge
8. Five Roses flour bag at the Pioneer Village.
9. Tunnel in Kin Coulee Park.
10. Downtown Medicine Hat
11. Vintage car parked downtown during Spectrum.
12. Sunset Dinner preparations ahead of the Sunshine Skillet Festival.
13. Satellite Motel neon sign.
14. Top of the bell tower in St. Patrick's Church.
15. Medicine Hat's historic train station.
16. B-17 Bomber at the Medicine Hat airport.
17. Portion of the vintage Sweet Caporal painted wall advertisement.
18. Old cart in the I-XL Factory.
21. Chuckwagon races at the Stampede Grounds.
22. Remaining kiln from the Alberta Clay Products factory.
23. Families taking in the view from Scholten Hill.
24. Tree blossoms.
25. St. Barnabas church interior.
26. Moose antlers in the Cypress Club.
27. Aaron Nelson with his work at the Esplanade.
28. Wagon wheel at Echo Dale Farm.
29. Old chandelier hanging in the Beveridge Block.
30. Winter cliffs from Police Point Park.
31. Sunset at the Saamis Teepee.
32. Medicine Hat Arena
33. Gas lamp.
34. Ewart-Duggan house.
35. Painted Elm Street School sign.
36. Visitors admiring my images during our Thinking Hat exhibition.
37. Massive tree in Riverside Park.
38. Ranchmen Motel neon sign.
39. Prairie grass.
40. Horses at Stampede.
41. Crowds outside the Esplanade.
42. Office wall in the Monarch Theatre.
43. As seen by me...
44. Lela's Place / Chocolate Shop interior.
45. Flowers in bloom.
46. Hat Motel neon sign.
47. Underside of the Kin Coulee pedestrian bridge.
48. Mural on the Beveridge Block.
49. Beaver chewed tree in Police Point Park.
50. Medicine Hat railyard.
51. Painted eagle on a traditional teepee.
52. Chuckwagon races.
53. Birds flying over the Gaslight Plaza.
54. Stampede Midway.
55. View of the Esplanade Theatre from the fly tower.
56. Crowds look on during the 2013 flood.
57. Vintage Alberta license plate.
58. Saamis Teepee.
59. Autumn leaves.
60. City Hall at night.
61. Rose window of St. Patrick's Church.
62. My cousin Rupali posing under Finlay Bridge.
63. Medicine man in BATUS Park.
64. Sign out front of the Triple E antique store.
65. Medalta Potteries in winter.
66. South Saskatchewan River in autumn.
67. Interior of the former Earl Kitchener School.
68. Assiniboia Inn Neon Sign.
69. My parents in Police Point Park.
70. Flock of birds.
71. Old exterior of the Hutchinson Block.
72. Spectrum crowd in Riverside Park.
73. Cowboy in the Stampede Grandstand.
74. Downtown Medicine Hat.
75. Berries in Police Point.
76. Arrival of the Canadian Pacific holiday train.
77. Station Coffee interior.
78. Medicine Hat High School.
79. Echo Dale beach.
80. Feeding a llama.
81. Winter in downtown Medicine Hat.
82. Fall in the Riverside Park fountain.
83. Medalta factory interior.
84. Vintage cars lining 2nd Street downtown.
85. Cecil Hotel sign.
86. Summertime cliffs.
87. Medalta's Black & White Gala.
88. Vintage ceramic Hycroft cowboy hat.
89. Fountain at City Hall.
90. Historic courthouse.
91. World's largest chess set.
91. Volunteers filling sandbags during the 2013 flood.
92. Trees lit for Christmas around City Hall.
93. Concrete whale slide in Central Park.
94. Exploring the historic clay district.
95. Stampede Midway.
96. Glass siding of City Hall.
97. Downtown 2nd Street.
100. Monarch Theatre.
Catalogue:
2014
,
Achievements
,
Alberta
,
Alberta Travel Photographer
,
Around Alberta Series
,
Around the Hat Series
,
Churches
,
Hotels
,
Images
,
Medicine Hat
,
Medicine Hat Photographer
,
Observations
,
Photography
,
Random Videos and Edits
Location:
Medicine Hat, AB, Canada
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