I see it in your eyes
10 Saturday Aug 2019
Posted Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
in10 Saturday Aug 2019
Posted Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
in17 Friday Aug 2018
Posted Alberta, Calgary, Canada, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
inA retro-looking sign for a historic building housing Theatre Junction in downtown Calgary. According to this article, the building has had a variety of functions over the years, operating over the years as a traditional theatre, a movie house and, at one point, an indoor golf driving range.
13 Wednesday Dec 2017
Posted photography, photowalk, photowalking, Portland, random, Travel, urban
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arts, Oregon, performance, photography, photowalk, Portland, random, theatre, Travel, typography, urban
09 Wednesday Aug 2017
Posted Alberta, art, Calgary, Canada, music, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
in29 Saturday Apr 2017
Posted Calgary Expo, random
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alberta, arts, Back to the Future, Batman, Batmobile, calgary, Calgary Expo, canada, cars, comic books, comics, convention, DeLorean, entertainment, Hollywood, sci-fi, science fiction
In anticipation of my one and only day attending the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo tomorrow, here are two iconic vehicles from the comic and science-fiction world — Batman’s Batmobile, above, and the DeLorean from Back to the Future, below. Spotted both during my first Calgary Expo back in 2012.
21 Tuesday Feb 2017
Posted Alberta, art, Calgary, photography, photowalk, photowalking, random, urban
inMembers of the public line up to view Light Shower, one of the exhibits mounted as part of Glow, Downtown Winter Light Festival, in Calgary on Feb. 20, 2017.
If you’d told me 10 years ago Calgarians would willingly line up more than half-an-hour to experience a shower of light, I wouldn’t have believed you — and I would have been wrong.
There I was, just one of hundreds (maybe even thousands?) of people who patiently queued up this past weekend to experience a piece of modern art called Light Shower, part of Glow: Downtown Winter Light Festival, an interactive, multi-disciplinary, multi-location display of modern art in Calgary.
You often hear complaints about public art being inaccessible, both figuratively and literally, but from what I witnessed this weekend, it can safely be said Glow was just the opposite. While not every piece was a smashing success, people seemed to keep an open mind about what they were seeing, based on fragments of conversations overheard as I wandered from installation to installation.
On top of it all, it was awesome to see so many people — including families with young children — out enjoying our downtown core well into the evening.
With hope, this event will make a comeback for many years to come … and given Glow’s apparent success, perhaps now’s the time to introduce more of such events, to breathe some life into Calgary central business district outside business hours.
11 Tuesday Jun 2013
Posted broadcasting, Canada, journalism
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arts, branding, broadcasting, canada, Canadian, CBC, commerce, culture, diffusion, Ici, marketing, marque, montreal, PR, public broadcasting, public relations, quebec, radio, Radio-Canada, relation publiques, Société Radio-Canada, SRC, television
La Maison de Radio-Canada à Montréal (PHOTO: Ricky Leong).
Si vous n’étiez pas déjà convaincus que la direction de Radio-Canada se trouve à la dérive, sûrement vous avez changez d’avis depuis le 5 juin.
Qui aurait pensé que trois petites lettres, I-C-I, pouvaient causer autant d’ennuis?
Je n’exaggère pas en déclarant que le Canada entier vient d’être témoin d’une catastrophe de marketing jamais vu en temps moderne.
La direction de la Société Radio-Canada a dépensé plus de 400 000$ pour des consultant à l’externe (en plus du travail à l’interne) pour corriger un problème qui n’existait pas. En fait, c’est la «solution» elle-même qui cause des maux de têtes à la société d’état.
Le mercredi 5 juin, on annonce officiellement que tous les services de Radio-Canada seraient rassemblés sous le nom «Ici».
Le changement sème la confusion et soulève la tollé. Les critiques proviennent de partout : l’auditoire, parlementaires, amis, ennemis, même de la part de ses propres employés.
Jeudi, on clarifie les choses … un peu. La marque «Radio-Canada» ne serait pas rayée de la carte. On nous rassure que la direction est fière du nom «Radio-Canada» et de son héritage. (Par ailleurs, la Société Radio-Canada ne peut changer de nom légalement sans un amendement à la loi fédérale sur la diffusion.)
Dimanche, on attire l’attention des voisins : les nouvelles de la controverse sont publiés dans le cahier B du grand journal américain, The New York Times.
Lundi, la SRC déclare avoir entendu les souhaits du grand public. On s’excuse et on fait semblant d’avoir fait volte-face : la marque «Radio-Canada» demeure partout mais le mot «Ici» ne disparaît pas. Loin de cela, on fera presqu’exactement ce qu’on a voulu faire depuis le début.