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ARTIST BOOK SHOWCASE DECEMBER 2023.
Seasons greetings. Benito Huerta. Houston : Contemporary Arts Museum. 1991.
Some recent snowflakes (and other things). Dick Higgins. New York : Printed Editions. 1979.
Dead fuel Fuel 6 Autumn-Winter 1993. Peter Miles, Damon Murray, Stephen Sorrell. England : Fuel. 1993.
Ways to commune with nature: When city burdens triumph over the cold shoulder of a waterfall, smog begot and efforts of peace within chaos seems futile. Rashanna Rashied-Walker. Brooklyn, NY: Self-published. 2014.
Christmas Carols. Womens Action Coalition. New York, N.Y. : WAC Inc. 1992.
The Crystal Ship. George Bowering. Toronto, ON: Bywater Bros. Editions. 2008.
Snow Cookie. James Whitman, Courtney Burke. Mayne Island, BC: Perro Verlag / Institue for the Science of Identity. 2015.
Emperors of Ice Cream. Arvo Leo, Jacquelyn Ross, Wallace Stevens. Canada : Blank Cheque Press. 2017.
Short story Advent calendar, 2017. Michael Hingston, Natalie Olsen. Edmonton, Alberta : Hingston & Olsen Publishing. 2017.
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Went to an art thing tonight and hyperfixated on an old dude with a cannon for 60+ STRAIGHT MINUTES.
#will have to go back to better observe the other screens and performers the cannon just seriously startled me at the start#fun fact the artist was running a residency at the banff centre back in 2011 the week I moved to town#he and his crew ruined me for any other artist ever because they were so dramatic and interesting but in a fun way???#personal#yyc#ragnar kjartansson
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🤠 Princess Anne, President of The Duke of Edinburgh's Commonwealth Study Conferences, attending the Opening Plenary of the Commonwealth Study Conference at Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity in Alberta, Canada on 4 June 2023
#ANNE IN A STETSANNE#idk what’s going on#but I’m here for it#the little southern twang in her voice#lmao#she’s always been a good sport#she wasn’t doing the shout though#princess anne#princess royal#anne does stuff#workanne 9 to 5#canneada23#british royal family#brf
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The Princess Royal’s Official Engagements in June 2023
01/06 As Colonel-in-Chief of The Royal Logistic Corps, Princess Anne attended the Freedom of the City of Winchester Parade at the Guildhall to mark the 30th Anniversary of the Corps, followed by a Service of Thanksgiving in Winchester Cathedral. 🫡
03/06 Princess Anne departed from Heathrow Airport for Canada and was received at Calgary International Airport by the Lieutenant Governor of Alberta. 🇨🇦
As President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, HRH met with delegates and later attended a Dinner at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. 🌍
04/06 As President of The Duke of Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Study Conferences, HRH attended the Opening Plenary of the Commonwealth Study Conference. She departed Calgary Airport for the United Kingdom and arrived back on 05/06 🇨🇦
06/06 As Royal Patron of Motor Neurone Disease Association, attended a Care Forum at Boughton House, Kettering. 🦠
As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, HRH attended a Younger Brethrens’ Dinner at Trinity House, Tower Hill, London EC3. 🍽️
07/06 As Master of the Corporation of Trinity House, HRH attended the Trinitytide Anniversary Annual Court Meeting, Church Service and Luncheon at Trinity House. 🥗
The Princess Royal attended the Canadian Armed Forces Day Reception at the High Commission of Canada in the United Kingdom, Canada House, Trafalgar Square. 🇨🇦
08/06 The Princess Royal, as Honorary Air Commodore of Royal Air Force Brize Norton, attended a Parade to mark the retirement of C-130J Hercules and the disbandment of 47 Squadron at Royal Air Force Brize Norton. ✈️
Her Royal Highness, As Royal Patron of the Security Institute, HRH attended a Careers Fair at the Victory Services Club 💼
As Patron, International Students House, attended a Reception. 👨🎓
12/06 As Patron, of the British Nutrition Foundation, Princess Anne visited Washingborough Academy in Lincoln, to mark the 11th Healthy Eating Week for Schools. 🍎
As President of Carers Trust, HRH visited the new Facilities for Carers at the Carers’ Support Service at the Old Waterworks Office in Grimsby. 🩺
As Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, HRH held a Dinner at St James’s Palace. 🍽️
13/06 Held an Investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace. 🎖️
The Princess Royal, As Chairman of the International Olympic Committee Members Election Commission, held a Members Election Commission Meeting. 🤸♀️
14/06 Held two Investiture ceremonies at Windsor Castle. 🎖️
Received His Excellency Sir Rodney Williams (Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda) and Lady Williams. 🇦🇬
15/06 The Princess Royal as Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) carried out the following engagements;
Attended the parading of the new Sovereign’s Standard to the Regiment followed by a Reception at Hyde Park Barracks.💂♂️
Attended a Household Cavalry Council Meeting at Hyde Park Barracks. 🐴
The new Sovereign’s Standard to The Blues and Royals was presented by HRH to HM in the Quadrangle of Buckingham Palace and was received with a Royal Salute. After the new Standard was consecrated, The Parade subsequently ranked past HM and HRH. 🚩
As President of the Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, attended the Fellows’ Reception at the Royal Geographical Society. 🌍
16/06 The Princess Royal, as Colonel of The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), presided over a Conference attended by the Colonels of the Regiments of the Household Division. HRH subsequently attended the Senior Colonels’ Dinner at Clarence House. 🫡
17/06 In her role as Colonel-in-Chief of the Blues and Royals and Gold Stick in Waiting, the Princess Royal along with Sir Tim and other members of the royal family attended King Charles first Trooping the Colour Parade as monarch. 💂♂️
His Majesty was followed by The Prince of Wales (Colonel, Welsh Guards), The Princess Royal (Colonel, The Blues and Royals, Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons) and The Duke of Edinburgh (Royal Honorary Colonel, 1st Battalion London Guards) on horseback down the Mall towards Horse Guards Parade. Duchess Sophie, Sir Tim and the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester travelled in carriages and the Duke of Kent (Colonel, Scots Guards) followed by car. 🐎
The troops on Parade, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel John Livesey, Welsh Guards (Field Officer in Brigade Waiting), received The King with a Royal Salute. 🫡
After the Parade, the RF rode back to Buckingham Palace on horseback, in carriages and by car. The Household Cavalry Mounted Regiment and The King’s Troop, Royal Horse Artillery ranked past The King on arrival at Buckingham Palace. 🐴
The royal family stood on the balcony of Buckingham Palace and witnessed a fly-past by aircraft of the Royal Navy, Army and Royal Air Force. ✈️
19/06 The Princess Royal and Sir Tim with other members of the royal family and other members of the Garter attended a Chapter of the Most Noble Order of the Garter in the Throne Room, Windsor Castle.
They all later attended a Luncheon Party for the Companions of the Most Noble Order of the Garter. 🥪
An Installation Service was held in St George’s Chapel at which two new members were installed in the order. ���
20/06 As Colonel, The Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons), attended a Dinner at Drapers’ Hall. 🍽️
Unofficial Attended day one of Royal Ascot with Zara and Mike Tindall, Peter Phillips and Lindsay Wallace 🐎
21/06 Unofficial Princess Anne, Sir Tim, Zara & Mike Tindall and other members of the RF attended day two of Royal Ascot. 🐴
22/06 Unofficial Princess Anne, Sir Tim, Zara & Mike Tindall and other members of the RF attended Ladies Day, day three of Royal Ascot. 🐴
23/06 Visited the Royal Highland Show at the Royal Highland Centre in Edinburgh where she met exhibitors, farmers, animals and sampled local food and drink. 🐮🐑🧀🏴
24/06 Attended the Icelandic Horse Society British Championships and Summer Festival at Washbrook Farm, Aston le Walls. 🇮🇸🐎
27/06 Attended the opening ceremony of the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, Germany. 🇩🇪🐎
28/06 Toured behind the scenes and met team GB at the World Equestrian Festival, CHIO Aachen, Germany. 🇩🇪🇬🇧
29/06 The Princess Royal, as President of Carers Trust, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended a Reception in London SW1. 🦽
Princess Anne as Patron of United Kingdom Sailing Academy, accompanied by Sir Tim, attended a Founders’ Club Dinner at the Corporation of Trinity House. ⛵️
30/06 The Princess Royal presented Prize Day awards at the Royal School Haslemere. 🏆
Total official engagements for Anne in June: 40
2023 total so far: 262
Total official engagements accompanied by Tim in June : 6
2023 total so far: 56
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Question for Eleanor here. Parks Canada released their new 10 year management plan for Banff National Park on August 22. Anything that caught your eye in there?
me, answering this over a year later: hmm maybe i should do an in depth comparison of the other parks-
[me from an alternate timeline emerging to hit me with a paper fan] "THATS NOT WHAT YOU WERE ASKED, WATCH YOUR SCOPE. YOU NEED TO ANSWER THIS SOMETIME THIS CENTURY."
I tried to pick a couple things that concern all the parks (i.e. reconciliation and climate change) and Banff specifically (aquatic diversity, transportation, housing, visitor-centred experiences).
I did peek at Jasper's plan, and while a lot of the language and directions were similar, it was interesting how a lot of Jasper's was phrased in the past tense ("yeah we already started doing this, we have been looking at this for a long time,") whereas Banff seemed almost completely unaware of what their "cultural heritage" even was, and identifying it was one of their higher priorities.
...you got me I like analyzing documents like this. truly an academic at heart. that's exactly how the scope creep gets me though.
#fragmentaryremains#projectcanada cities#pc: banff#pc: jasper#pc: lethbridge#pc: calgary#hapo art#digital art#clip studio paint#boab ask#boab park pass#eleanor crandell#jasper swift#lilith sheran#calvin mccall
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Music as a Political Act
Cree singer Sandy Scofield sees her music as a pathway for raising awareness and celebrating culture.
Sandy Scofield is a multi-award winning composer, musician, musical director, singer, songwriter and performer. She has studied classical, jazz, African, Indonesian gamelan and electro-acoustic music. Leader of the all female Cree band of singers, Iskwew, Sandy started making music before she can even remember and has played and sung in many bands over the years. From Cajun to rock, classical and folk, the foundation she had before coming into Cree Aboriginal music incorporated a wide variety of sounds and instruments. She plays piano and guitar in addition to being a singer.
Scofield came to Aboriginal music later in life, embracing her heritage through song. She says, "I went to the Banff Centre for the Arts in 1995 and did a ten-week intensive with Sadie Buck from Six Nations in Canada -- she had this residency for urban women who grew up without oral tradition and she brought in women elders from all around Turtle Island (North America) to teach them their traditions, songs, and song traditions."
When asked whether she feels that what Iskwew does is political, Sandy said, "We have many educated people holding their PhDs and working as doctors and this and that who are changing how society views First Nations people, but largely people still think of them as the drunks down on Skid Road, and that's all part of… So, in answer to your question -- Yeah."
What we're doing is politically showing people the pride in our culture. The fact that we come out and wear regalia, just to show very basic cultural teachings, we're trying to present through the songs. I have a floating group of women based on who's available that comes with me, but some of the other women who've gigged with me are just as vocal as I am onstage. It isn't like I'm leading every song and I'm talking all the time. Some of the other women get in there and talk and talk about teachings and talk about what we're wearing and talk about our role as women in our culture and how we're esteemed.
So that's what we do, and when we get to go play international festivals it's really important because, you know, one of the girls that sings with me, she went to Italy and some guy said to her, 'Where are you from?' and she said, 'Well, I'm Cree Indian from Canada,' and he was just aghast, he was saying, 'No. They were all extinct. They don't exist,' and she's going 'You're crazy!' You know?
But there's crazy ideas out there, so especially if we're on the international stage, we're trying to show the very best of who we are. And in Canada, half of our work is in what we call Indian Country, which is all of the country except dominant society doesn't see us. So we perform for other native people or we perform for dominant society, and so when we perform for dominant society, it's the same thing again. We're trying to show the really fantastic things about our cultures, our collective culture which really concerns community, egalitarianism to a certain extent, just pride, culture, the interconnectedness of all life and that we’re interconnected with one another -- things like that."
#aboriginal music#native american artists#native music#indigenous cultures#cree nation#indian country
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Day 14
Journey from Jasper to Banff
First stop Athabasca Falls
And a quick roadside stop at a place I think Bruce (the bus driver) called Tickle Falls.
Then it was off to the Columbia Icefield Centre, with the view of 3 glaciers . . .
Hilda and Athabasca glaciers (left)
and Athebasca and Dome glaciers (right)
Dome Glacier is one of four glaciers fed by snow/ice/water from Snow Dome peak. Water from Snow Dome's summit can end up in the Pacific Ocean, the Arctic Ocean, or the Atlantic Ocean!
Then, all aboard an Ice Explorer
to go walk on Athabasca Glacier (and drink the glacial water!).
(Proof I was actually there)
Next stop was the Skywalk over the Sunwapta Valley
with views through the glass floor.
Then, lunch at the Altitude restaurant in the Columbia Icefield Centre before heading back on the road.
We got stuck in traffic at The Big Bend for around 35mins. This is the place where the two teams building the Icefields Parkway (one from Jasper in BC, the other from Banff in Alberta) were supposed to meet. Apparently some of the calculations were slightly out, so they "fixed" it with a giant curve in the road to bring the two ends together.
(You'll have to look closely to see the queued traffic in both directions.)
Our final official stop of the day was Peyto Lake (or a lookout above it.)
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➤ Banff National Park is Canada's oldest national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometres (68–112 mi) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 sq mi) of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes. The Icefields Parkway extends from Lake Louise, connecting to Jasper National Park in the north. Provincial forests and Yoho National Park are neighbours to the west, while Kootenay National Park is located to the south and Kananaskis Country to the southeast. The main commercial centre of the park is the town of Banff, in the Bow River valley.
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Montreal R&B artist Hua Li 化力 shares the buttery, romantic “Part Time Muses”
Imagine a Bosch-esque garden of psychedelic flowers, blooming in a realm of eclectic delights. In the centre of the hyperreal chaos is Hua Li 化力, the only “half-Chinese, half-militant, half-rapper of your heart,” back with her most ambitious and personal record to date, ripe fruit falls but not in your mouth (Mar. 27).
“Part Time Muses” is an earthy, opalescent diss-track, recounting slept-on pleasures and near misses. The bones of this song were written at the Banff Centre on a beautiful Kawai grand piano. Hua Li 化力 had been starting her days playing pieces by Chopin and Ravel and weaved a melody over an impressionistic, chromatic piano line that is referenced in the incisive synth lines you hear now.
What emerged were soulful verses about longing and limerence and the story of a love triangle gone wrong. Her producer, Alex Thibault (a.k.a. Gloze), picked up on the 90s influences and created a lush, contemporary take on Timbaland and Aaliyah.
“The video was directed by Yang Shi who is a brilliant director in Montreal,” says Hua Li 化力. “She heard the delulu longing in the lyrics and came up with the idea of having me embody this as a 30-some-year old prom queen. We shot in Plaza St. Hubert, which is one of my favourite Montreal oddities.”
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01 Relationship with nature
Since a child I have always loved animals, this probably stemming from my parents who are also animal people. I grew up always watching nature documentaries with my mom and I still occasionally watch them with her. I have also always been a very outdoorsy kid, finding different bugs and frogs, often climbing trees at every moment I could. I have always had a connection with nature and the environment, however, when I began highschool I changed a lot and lost my appreciation and love for nature and animals. I think this was due to me trying to fit in and the fact that I have lived in the city for all my life. It was only recently that I grew a very strong love and appreciation for nature. Towards the end of highschool while trying to figure out what I wanted to do in university, my friend mentioned he wanted to go into zoology at Guelph and I thought that sounded cool so I also applied. Since the first year, I haven’t once regretted that decision. I especially love the Guelph campus, I love how open it is, and both the arboretum and the dairy bush are so calming to be in. Through my time studying at Guelph and learning about different animals and how they interact with the environment as well as how different aspect of nature flow together, my love for nature has definitely deepened.
I still love spending time outside, and I try to spend the most time possible in nature. I love to hike, I even have an app called all trails, which tells me different trails around and how easy or difficult they are. Even when I’m not outside, I spend a lot of my free time watching videos related to nature. For example, one of my favourite YouTube channels is called the “outdoor boys” and their content is centred around hiking, camping, and survival in different natural settings. This channel is based out of Alaska and they often show the different landscapes, due to this it is one of my goals to visit Alaska, preferably during their summer season so the weather isn’t so frigid.
Additionally, a lot of my friends are also very nature oriented people and they share the same love for nature that I do. This makes it a lot easier and even more enjoyable to connect with nature. We have even planned to travel to a lot of different places such as Banff in order to see the mountains and valleys. We also plan to have a road trip and visit a lot of the National parks in the States.
The person and place that gave me my “sense of place” was definitely my mom and her home country of St Lucia. We often go back during winter break to celebrate Christmas with family. Every time we go back we spend a lot of time on the beaches. While we’re their my mom always tells me different stories and facts about her home, especially regarding the iconic landmark of the Island the two Pitons. There is even a beer brand named after them. However, I have yet to climb them but it is definitely very high on my list of things to do. Maybe next year I’ll get the chance.
Overall, I think I have a very positive relationship with nature as it has always been a very big part of my life. I often spend a lot of time in nature as a way to calm myself and escape or take a break from things.
The Pitons in St Lucia,
This was a hill close to the villa my family was staying at.
This little guy was chilling on top of the hill
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Artist Book Display for November 2023.
Toiletpaper Volume II: Platinum Collection. Maurizio Cattelan & Pierpaolo Ferrari. Bologna, ITA: Damiani Editore. 2015.
Sculls' Angles : A Novel. Michael Miranda. Toronto, ON: Parasitic Ventures Press. 2015.
WYSIWYG: 2004 fall Poetry Colloquium. Regina, SK: Sage Hill Chapbooks. 2004.
Survival: A Strobic Guide. Michael Turner. Vancouver, BC: Canlit Classics in Transition. 1997.
Safety Gear for Small Animals. Bill Burns. New York, NY: 303 Gallery. 1994.
Qaani Lore. J.W. Curry. Toronto, ON: Unfinished Monument Press. 1985.
The Page-Turner's Sister. Jean McKay. Stratford, ON: Trout Lily Press. 1999.
White Shadows. Christian Boltanski. Houston, TX: Bayou Books. 1992.
Pornography in the Urban World. Jean Gagnon; translated by James Boake & Jeanluc Svoboda. Toronto, ON: Art Metropole. 1986.
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Thursday 6th July 2023
The little alarm clock went berserk at 7am this morning keeping its part of the bargain to get us up in time for the coach to Lake Louise. Bleerily we peered at our fellow passengers and admired the stoicism that they could so seemingly muster in the circumstances. The Lake is 45 mins away and Lake Louise village is first stop followed 4km later by the lake itself. This coach did not have National Express written down its side, but it so easily could have come from the same stable. Our Japanese immigrant driver rattled on in what could have passed as English, and we hoped whatever it was, was not important.
Now we have been in Canada long enough to be able to form an opinion on lake rankings. We have seen amazing lakes that go on forever; the size of Wales maybe. Others that you may not even comment on. Lake Louise was in a class on its own and thoroughly deserves the reputation it has won for itself. Unlike most lakes, you climb to get to it. The road snakes its way 4km up quite a steep hillside, passing expensive holiday resorts along the way. Then ahead of you dominating the immediate skyline is the highly impressive Fairmont Chateau Hotel which $1500 per night will buy you a double room overlooking the Lake. Reviews are generous and appreciative of the stunning location. Breakfast not included. The view these fortunate people gasp in when the curtains are flung back in the am is one of breathtaking beauty. What you will see is a turquoise blue stretch of water surrounded by huge mountains and six cradled glaciers staring back you. It is a sight to be transfixed by. Most people get off their coach and stand at the nearest point and gawp. Whatever difficulty, cost or inconvenience suffered to this point is soon forgotten. After our initial gawp, we, with limited time available, began a counter clockwise walk around the perimeter of the Lake. Wildlife tally; several chipmunks. After a meagre sandwich and a 2.5hr stop, we returned to meet our coach and the driver recommenced telling us stuff we still couldn't understand.
Our frenetic tour of these parts continued after an early evening meal. We had booked to travel up the Gondola despite Martine's lifetime fear of heights. The local no.1 bus took us to the base of Sulphur Mountain and the nerve centre for Gondolas. We were soon loaded up into our little Gondola and away we went climbing 7486ft into the evening sky alighting into another world, a world of mountain peaks and vast panoramic vistas which could be appreciated from an extensive network of boardwalks. At ground level it is hard to appreciate just how many mountain peaks there are. On the ground you see the mountain next to you, a mile and a half up, you see what is behind that mountain and behind that. It was such a good trip. Returning to earth and downtown, we returned to the Banff Avenue Brewing Company for a top up on our previous visit. I think I had the 'Smashed Head '.
This has been a great couple of days in Banff. A lot accomplished and despite a very busy tiring day, we are ready for moving on tomorrow to Jasper.
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Alberta Rockies (1): Canmore and Banff
After saying goodbye to Deborah, I drove out west and soon started to see the first mountains!! 🤩 I read somewhere that out of all landscapes, people are most impressed by mountains and I cannot agree more.. not necessarily for me to live in but certainly to visit!
I had been recommended to do the hike to the Grassi lakes in Canmore as a good intro to the mountains, so up I went together with a few other hundred persons 😜... this was the first time in over the two months I'm on the road that I experienced real busyness, so I was a bit annoyed at first but hey I was there too so couldn't really blame others wanting to do the same 😅.
First view was from a man-made hydro reservoir and there was also a waterfall, but then the two star Grassi lakes showed themselves.. . I must say that initially I was a bit disappointed, is this it? as they're tiny & seemed unassuming at first, but then went I waited until the sun came out I could see those beautiful green colours & agreed that they're stunning. I probably sat on a rock for about an hour waiting until the sun came through, observing the other tourists, rock climbers and even a girl in a fancy dress having a photo shoot 😀. I'm never bored when doing nothing!
As this was a Saturday evening in August in the Rockies 🙃, it was no surprise that I had had trouble finding a place to stay, so I backtracked a bit into the valley to a campground which turned out to be on a First Nations reserve. The evening prior, I had been asked whether I had ever stayed on a reserve so now I could say yes!
Basically being a big grassfield with a porta-potty it was really not much but it had an amazing view and as the reserve is its own nation, I was allowed to have a campfire whereas the rest of the province had a fire ban, bizarre! I would not have done a fire but that night was the height of the Perseides meteor shower, so I gladly enjoyed the warmth while looking for shooting stars... I saw 13 in total! 🤩
Next morning, I headed to the visitor centre in downtown Banff to get ideas on what I could do, and although the village looked pretty I was glad to leave for lake Minnewanka for one of the most glorious paddles I've done to date... blue sky, mountains, crystal clear water & no wind... SUP paradise! 😍❤ I had optimistically put on my bikini but this being my first glacial lake I had not fully understood how absolutely freezing the water is, so that swim didn't happen! 😅
In the afternoon, I drove along the pretty Bow Valley Parkway to set up camp at the Johnston Canyon, whose parking lot was overflowing & mayhem with people, but luckily the campsites were large and quiet.
When I had first been to Banff in 2010, the smoke of fires near Kamloops (speaking of history repeating itself, see my recent update on BC fires) created zero visibility so we fied Banff within a day, not having seen any of the landscape so I was very happy to experience it now with such perfect weather! 😍 Top of my list was taking the Banff Gondola which is apparently the single largest attraction, so I guess I was lucky to get any ticket at all, even at 5:30pm.... once more TONS of people but I didn't let me distract from the marvelous views. I sat again for an hour or so on a bench, watching the world go by while sipping a beer and taking in the scenery 🤗 PS I know everyone loves their children but OMG what a patience parents must have nowadays!?! 😵
After all this beauty, I was completely content to have a simple salad (and the last delicious samosa from Calgary's farmers market), make a crossword & dive into bed early.
Wildlife: NO grizzly bears, black bears, mountain goats or bighorn sheep 🤨 I did see 1 elk & 4 deer
SUPs: one at Banff
Hikes: one at Canmore
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Designing Interactions with the Earth from Interaction Design Association on Vimeo.
When we take in the number and magnitude of threats to the survival of humans as well as countless other species, the future looks grim. As we view the array of disruptions and disasters coming at us in the rush of climate change, we are apt to lose ourselves in resignation and grief. How can we find anything positive to guide us? How might we invoke technology and agency in ways that promote healing of the earth and of ourselves? In this time of daunting challenges, what does successful transformation look like? And how can designers be part of such transformations?
Brenda often reminds design students that “We can’t design from despair.” A corollary is: “hope is an active verb.” In the developments and inventions examined in this talk, we will see how hope is an essential ingredient. That doesn’t mean that everything has to be a success. When design ideas don’t work as we’d imagined, we reflect on our “interesting failures” and learn. And then we move on.
How does the planet feed 8 billion people in the face of the pollution and habitat destruction caused by industrial farming of plants and animals? How might we reframe “conservation” as restoration? How might we attenuate plastic pollution and keep fast fashion out of landfills? How can we address the drivers of deforestation? How might we design and engineer methods for slowing glacial melt and atmospheric heating? There are innovative and promising answers to those questions bubbling up in the minds of designers, scientists, engineers, and transdisciplinary teams all over the world. Brenda’s keynote will review some of those efforts, identify what they have in common, and explore how we might employ those commonalities as heuristics for designing positive interactions with the Earth.
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Brenda Laurel,
Principal at Neogaian Interactive
United States
Brenda Laurel is an independent scholar whose interests include interaction design, XR, theater, media theory, and Gaian systems. She has worked in interactive media since 1976, in the computer game industry from Atari to Activision, and in research at Atari Research, Interval Research, and Sun Labs as a Distinguished Engineer. In 1988, she co-founded the Game Developers Conference. At the Banff Centre for the Arts, she co-designed and produced the ground-breaking VR piece, Placeholder. She led a research team on gender and technology at Interval Research (1992-1996) and co-founded Purple Moon, an interactive media company for girls, in 1996. She designed and chaired the Graduate Media Design Program at Art Center College of Design (2001-2006) and the Graduate Design Program at California College of the Arts (2006-2012), both emphasizing design research and transmedia methods and skills. Furthermore, she also taught in the Games and New Media program at the University of California at Santa Cruz (2012-2015).
In 2015, she received the Trailblazer Award from Indiecade. She was awarded the Nextant Prize from the Virtual World Society in 2016 and became a Fellow of the Higher Education Videogame Alliance in 2018. In 2022, she was inducted into the inaugural class of the IEEE Virtual Reality Academy. She has served on the boards of IxDA, StoryCenter, the Virtual World Society, and the Communication Research Institute (Australia). She earned an MFA in Theatre and a Ph.D. in Drama Theory and Criticism at The Ohio State University. Her books include The Art of Human-Computer Interface Design (1990), Utopian Entrepreneur (2001), Design Research: Methods and Perspectives (2004), and Computers as Theatre, (1991, Second Edition 2014).
True to her generation, Brenda is a hard-core fan of both the Grateful Dead and Star Trek. She is an avid snorkeler, abalone diver, and amateur underwater photographer, but since she has moved from northern California to the high desert in Santa Fe, New Mexico, US, she now photographs chollas, petroglyphs, and clouds.
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Day Twenty-four
Another day with an earlier update!
Camping on the clifftops south of Aberdeen was an amazing experience, the worst of the wind prevented by a convenient bluff and lulled off to sleep with the sound of the rain coming down and the sea crashing against the land. Definitely worth the effort getting out to the spot and back with all the gear!
It's back to the road though, and just around the corner some construction works mean a bit if a detour is needed to go visit Girdle Ness Lighthouse, before turning back around and begging the trip through Aberdeen itself.
I'm very glad I decided not to push in through yesterday. The initial road surfaces heading into the very busy city centre aren't great fun, but the route soon directs into Old Aberdeen, which whilst very pretty is a hell of a lot of cobbles. Rather than ride a pneumatic drill and shake the bike to pieces, I had to walk for most of the way through.
NCN 1 follows the River Don westwards, where the signposting gets a bit precarious and, combined with a mess of blocked roads due to more construction works, mean a lot of time is spent backtracking and figuring out where on earth to go.
This was compounded by some of the newer estates deciding to name all their roads almost identically. Mugiemoss road, Mugiemoss drive, Mugiemoss crescent, etc... Smart thinking there.
Regardless, finally out the other side we hit the A947 and push along this up to Dyce, where the trail leads onto a nice old rail route and allows some relatively flat riding.
The sun is out in force today and shade on this part is hard to come by, so it entailed a good few breaks in order to avoid horribly overheating.
The north east stretch of the coastline here is another mess of busy roads, so the bike route tracks inland past Newmachar en route to link back up to the coast at Banff.
A lot more uphill slogging in the late afternoon is finally rewarded with some excellent downhill runs, zooming down country lanes and providing a necessary breeze to take the edge off the heat!
By 5pm Tarves is reached, and a quick stop at the small park there allows for a bit of a break and to take a bit more shelter from the sun for a brief spell.
It's been a week since hitting the Scottish border and the last two day's hills have definitely been taking their toll! So whilst I've had a shorter run of it today and yesterday, I think a proper rest day will go a long way to easing some of the soreness creeping in in various places! Supplies are looking good so it's time to find a spot to rest for a while.
See you all back on Monday!
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WAIT A MINUTE BANFF CENTRE FOR ARTS HAS COMIC/GR NOVEL SPECIFIC A.I.Rs???? am i gonna have my alberta era
#i just finished an artist residency workshop w a bunch of info for applying to shit too#including some grant writing tips!!#it’s only two weeks though RIP
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