Category Archives: Performance Art

TIFF SELLS THE MOVIES—MARKETING DESIGN STRATEGIES

Posted on September 9, 2014 by Jim Clark

Film festivals are remarkable in many ways. The approach I want to explore a bit is the marketing apparatus one can dip into in order to post some semblance of “success” with a varied population. The chess game shown above … Continue reading →

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ARCADE FIRE—DON’T DREAM OF MISSING THEM!

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Jim Clark

Many rock and roll bands pride themselves on a punchy rhythm section. Those Montreal-based, world-renowned rockers, Arcade Fire, true to their Surrealist captivation, take percussive fire to startling dimensions! Their numerous pistons, deftly digitalized, do not simply get your toes … Continue reading →

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COMING OF AGE—ON THE SILVER SCREEN AND IN ORIGINAL VINTAGE POSTERS

Posted on August 19, 2014 by Jim Clark

Buy U.S. War Stamps Bonds 1942; Al Parker; 20” x 14 ¼”; A-,L The film, BOYHOOD, is a coming-of-age creation, with a difference. It particularly reminds us that in the golden era of graphic design (and right up to the present) this irresistible … Continue reading →

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MAKING A BEAUTIFUL MESS—KONTAKTHOF BY PINA BAUSCH

Posted on July 1, 2014 by Jim Clark

One of the most magic moments of the fare provided by the Toronto Luminato Art Festival every June came our way a few days ago, in the form of the Pina Bausch Wuppertal Dance Theatre performing one of their classics, … Continue reading →

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WHAT HAPPENED? BALLET’S BIG SURPRISE!

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Jim Clark

We tend to think of ballet as a field of design effort—not unlike original vintage posters—as a bastion of antiquated ways. We know how inaccurate that supposition is, when it comes to vintage graphic art as whipping up a tornado … Continue reading →

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THE BIG TOP—SURPRISINGLY AND CHARMINGLY SUBDUED

Posted on March 25, 2014 by Jim Clark

We’re looking forward to the upcoming Cirque du Soleil show in September. Having been thrilled by several of their shows, we know we can count on feats of dynamic marvel to send us home more alert than when we arrive.

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ANNIE CLARK (ST. VINCENT) AND THE SLIPPERY ROAD TO THE NEXT THING

Posted on December 10, 2013 by Jim Clark

Sometimes we learn more from what disappoints us than from what excites us. For instance, there is a pop music phenomenon, recently lauded by the Smithsonian Magazine (and awarded, by them, an America Ingenuity recognition, in Performance Arts), who calls … Continue reading →

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“GROUND CONTROL TO MAJOR TOM” THE DAVID BOWIE SHOW

Posted on October 29, 2013 by Jim Clark

The Art Gallery of Ontario, deftly following up on its Surreal Things show, has tapped into London’s Victoria and Albert Museum’s rampage of a show, a wild and wonderful bundle of entities, pertaining to singer/songwriter PLUS, David Bowie (b. 1947). … Continue reading →

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HERMES, BEING TOUCHED BY HEAVEN!

Posted on October 8, 2013 by Jim Clark

For a full week, the Design Exchange was graced by artisans in action and in interaction, from that Centre of the Sublime, Hermes.

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SHEILA AND NICHOLAS PYE: SLEEPLESS NIGHTS AND THEN SOME

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Jim Clark

Sheila and Nicholas Pye are an art partnership like none other. Married to each other, until a few years ago, they continue to produce videos and photographs that depict difficulties of love. But here we should drop all vestiges of … Continue reading →

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