East to West

The cherry trees are dropping blossoms on the streets of Kitsilano, and on the island it smells like summer. I screened Overland last night at the Duncan Garage Showroom, tacked on the bill yet again with Paper Beat Scissors. Check out one of Tim's new songs in the vid above. Sadly, I ran out of memory before he finished the song, but it's a beautiful listen anyway. Many thanks to him for inviting us to screen at his shows in Winnipeg and Duncan. As it turned out, we took a couple train legs together, from Toronto to Winnipeg, and from Saskatoon to Vancouver, so I got to catch his show a few times on this tour. Good luck with the rest of your tour Tim! I'm kicking around Vanisle and Vancouver for a bit, and will be showing Overland and getting feedback from Karissa next week, after which I'll feel fully ready to hit the editing studio again to cut the full film. Thanks to everyone who has helped me with this process, I've learned so much in such a short time. 

It's time to turn a bit of attention to the Fragmented/Fused video series for Freed the Puppet, and I have a couple sessions in a green screen studio in Vancouver with Karissa coming up, and a blue screen shoot with Alex in Winnipeg in early May. I'm making a brief stop in Saskatoon on the way back to MB, for the monthly jam with the crew at Free Flow Dance! I'm super excited for it, screenings are a very passive performance, and I'm looking forward to a more active art engagement. It feels like forever since I participated in a fab jam!

Winnipeg Screening

We were lucky enough to make a fantastic connection for a Winnipeg screening of Overland yesterday. Halifax's Paper Beat Scissors is currently on tour and together with Steve R. Sayno of Winnipeg generously invited us to show Overland at their gig at Ragpickers on Thursday. Thanks to Tim and Dave for welcoming is on the bill and to Kiersten for putting us all in touch. The details are on the above poster, hope to see all you peg city dwellers there!

And We're Off

What a fantastic winter it was, the "best winter yet" as I wrote in the guestbook at the Halifax Backpacker's Hostel, where I lived and worked and edited and recorded sound for Overland. A huge THANK YOU! to Michelle Strum, the hostel's owner, who once again indulged my artistic endeavors and tolerated my do-as-I-like-as-long-as-it-gets-done work routine. I screened the first Leg of Overland at the hostel on Friday, and so far people are digging the film it seems. I am fired up to get to the second Leg! I arrived in Montreal this morning, where I will show the cut for some friends, and drop off some DVDs with an eye towards presenting the full film here on our fall tour. We're showing in Winnipeg on April 15th or 16th, venue to be announced. On this tour I'm also taking up the camera to continue work on Fragmented/Fused with dancers Alexandra Elliott, Karissa Fyrrar, and Kyle Syverson, in front of the green screen if we can find one in Winnipeg, Vancouver, and Saskatoon. More from the road in the coming days, and much love and thanks to the amazing friends in Halifax who supported me through the Overland process. I'll miss you all until we meet again! A special thanks also to director/editor Caley Maclennan for showing me where to trim the fat. On tour!