FARM Show Opening!

The opening went really well and I am getting geared up to ship the work from Red Deer to Lethbridge. I will tell you more about this a bit later, not now, but soon! But instead of just telling you all how the event went down, here are some images.



Photos taken by my dearest Pamella

Uni-Farm: Field Lab at the Reddeer Museum

Opens May 1st from 2:00 - 4:00pm at the RedDeer Museum. Everything looks amazing, and even though we are on the verge of I think the Royal Wedding and the Canadian Federal Election , I am hoping you all will be able to make it to the opening.

Upcoming Exhibitions: Red Deer Museum - The Farm Show

I have been invited to exhibit with several other artists at the Red Deer Museum, located in Red Deer Alberta. There are three shows as part of the museums summer/fall programming (seeding, growth, and harvest) The Uni-Farm will be part of the first section of programming from May 1 through June.
Get a chance to see and possibly purchase Uni-Farm: Episode 1 on DVD
along with a installation.

Uni-Farm: Ep 1 Trailer!

Uni-Farm: EP 1 Screening at the Plaza Theatre

As far as comments go, I am going to take it that the premier screening of Uni-Farm: Ep 1 Employee Misconduct has been a success. Just sitting in the audience that night and experiencing vicariously the delight of everyone present was re-affirming to say the least. It is of course a credit to all of the amazing talent both onscreen and off that it, well.. that it happened at all, most importantly my best friend Pamella Stewart. I would also like the profusely thank the very nice folks at Em/Media Production Society [Eric, Vicki, Tom, Shelly, Peter] for their financial assistance through the Bars n' tone program on this project, as well as their subsequent funders.

My video was stolen in Toronto... Yay?

An interesting piece of news today. A video, which I submitted on a whim to a project in Toronto by Suzanne Carte-Blanchenot and Su-Ying Lee called Under New Management’s Video Rental Store, was recently reported interminably missing by the creators. I am surprised I heard back at all! apparently it was taken out twice and not returned the second time. Did I just get scammed? I don't know as though I care all that much. Here are some pictures.

photos courtesy: Chris Blanchenot

Correspondence as follows received Monday, August 6th 2010

Dear Alex,

The New Management team would like to extend our appreciation to you for the donation of your work. The video rental store was received very well by the surrounding community and the artists’ videos were flying off the shelves!

As you may recall, an integral element of the video store is the opportunity for exchange. The pay-what-you-wish rental fee was meant to be a reflection of the value of the viewer’s experience watching the video. Your video was rented 2 times over the course of twelve days from August 2 – 15, 2010. Unfortunately the last renter did not return it

Attached are a couple images of the installation and an (unedited) interview with Mél Hogan of No More Potlucks (http://nomorepotlucks.org/cover) to get a better sense of the outcomes. Again thank you so much for entrusting us in this venture. We will be calling on you again for future projects, so you are not getting off that easy!

If you have any questions or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.

For project updates, follow us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/pages/Toronto/Under-New-Management/317357654698

http://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/839799--queen-west-has-a-surprise-in-store

The New Management:

Suzanne Carte-Blanchenot & Su-Ying Lee

Behind the scenes pictures

Here are some behind the scenes pictures from a recent video shoot for Uni-Farm: Episode 1. These were taken by my good friend Sean Esopenko who was recently married to Ljubica Todorovic I guess now Esopenko aswell.





I want to thank them and their parents for putting up with the extra headache I caused them around their special day. I am eternally grateful.
Also Garrett Baumgartner did a stunning job on this shoot with my makeshift camera gear.