Tag: Jarrod Barker
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US Premiere of Small Wonders: The VR Experience At Metropolitan Museum Of Art
“Walking through 500-year-old art…Once I put the VR headset and headphones on, it truly felt like I was transported to another world. You could walk through the levels of sculpture and detail in the bead, which was a frieze of heaven on top, purgatory in the middle, and hell below it. There were easily 20…
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Light Informs Art In Ways That Cannot Be Disentangled
We sit in the grip of deep winter, snow reflecting the moonlight at last. At this time of the year, the earth slows down and so too can we. It is time for us to reflect as well, upon the year that has been and the year ahead. During these dark months, light becomes a…
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Across The Arts Vulnerability Prevails And Here’s Why It’s An Asset
Just for a moment, think about all of the many career fields in the world. Now think about those that require a personal emotional investment as a matter of course. How many bankers make a regular practice of exposing their deepest insecurities to the world through their work? How many veterinarians routinely put on display…
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Boston Based Artist Jeannie Motherwell Draws Structures From Uncertainty
Dear Artist, Aristotle differentiated humans from their animal counterparts by dint of logos, the power of rational speech. Napoleon was attributed the quote, “four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” Human civilization was founded on the exercise of this divine faculty, and is destroyed by it in equal measure. Speech,…
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A Quest To Lost Arts In Chicago To Build My First Hyve Touch Synthesizer
I started out creating sound experiments while in high school, circa 1980 with circuit bent hardware and a cheap Casio keyboard. I then entered the working world and forgot all about making music. Fast forward 30+ years, and the itch to make experimental music overtook me again, but now technology had changed drastically. I no…
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Why You’ll Be Wearing Your Next Computer
Imagine looking in your glasses to see updates from your friends on social media. The future is coming sooner than you think and yes, you will be wearing your next computer- check out this future ready infographic from our friends at Frames Direct. Supplemental- Building the World of Tomorrow, 1939 New York World’s Fair The first…
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Ciroc Presented ‘King Of The Dancehall’ Premiere Screening Party in Toronto
A gala premiere screening party for King of the Dancehall was well attended on Sunday, September 11th at the Toronto Film Festival. Star watchers noticed Film star and director Nick Cannon in attendance as well as additional talent from the film including Busta Rhymes, Kreesha Turner and Kimberly Patterson. Adding to the excitement, Kardinal Offishall, Extra’s A.J.…
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Poetic Grace Gesture Is Needed In All Art Work
Dear Reader, it is difficult to deny that a side of art making is fatally concerned with the poetic grace of the gesture – it is expected that a work should exude a cosmic and ineffable air. Regardless of your medium, I hope this glance into the minds of two established poets from very different…
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Celebrate 20th Century Fox Alien Day On April 26 With Re-Issued Reebok Shoes
Is the Alien(s) franchise overdue for an official day of recognition and fan celebration? I think so. Fans of the original 1979 movie and the sequels and prequel that followed are a loyal bunch. They spend money on toys, posters, t-shirts, Blue-ray box sets and some like me, shelled out big bucks in 1987 for a…
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Celebrate Blade Runner 2049 Release With First Film’s Sketchbook
We’ve seen a lot of sequels and reboots over the years and the buildup to some of those (for example, a certain Sci-Fi movie series set in a galaxy far, far away) have been justifiably a social phenomena even if they disappointed fans of the original movies. But what to make of Blade Runner? Originally released in 1982 this…
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Almost 200,000 Canadian homes have Dangerous levels of Radon
November is Lung Month and also Radon Action Month, and health officials are urging Canadians to test their homes for radon. It is estimated that 3,000 Canadians die each year from lung cancer caused by exposure to radon. Yet only about 4% of Canadian homes have been tested for radon, the second leading cause of…
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PRINT ALL OVER ME co-creates collection with WORKING NOT WORKING
WORKING NOT WORKING is an obsessively curated network of the world’s best creative talent. With so many incredible artists in their arsenal, it seemed obvious that PAOM (PRINT ALL OVER ME) and WNW should create a collection! Eight amazing illustrators and designers from around the world were chosen to be a part of the first…
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LIFE SPORT Is Athens Sweatpants Shop And Art Space
LIFE SPORT (est. 2014) is both a sweatpants shop and an art space. Based in Athens, we aim to become a fully functioning shop with the intent to generate alternative arts funding in a time and place where there is none. Hosting presentations, spoken word and services, LIFE SPORT is invested in the experiment of…
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Subliminal Advertising In McDonald’s Ad Ice Cubes
I was a bit confounded because at first, I couldn’t understand what was drawing me into the advertisement- then I remembered a well worn paperback book I have called Media Sexploitation by Wilson Bryan Key, sitting on a book shelf somewhere back home. That book is all about subliminal advertising and its photo section showing…
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Electronic Jazz Collective Hits SOMA FM charts
The music collective GANFUNKEL released the 5-song-EP Fighting Music with Music following the successful 2013 release of Machine Coincident Jazz. The former album produced one song that reached #1 on jazz radio charts, 2 songs that reached #2, and one song that reached #3. Ganfunkel is California-based and led by Simcoe native Rik Ganju. Personnel…
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Brampton’s Skylink offers home app for mobile- allows phones to control home devices
We know they let you watch TV on the go, surf online, send emails and, oh yeah, make phone calls. But an innovative new tool now also gives you the power to use your mobile device to switch on any light in your home, open your garage door or turn on any other piece…
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Ceramic Food Art Inspired By Cultural Differences
Jack Nicholson, playing The Joker in the 1989 Tim Burton film Batman, said “I don’t know if it’s art, but I LIKE IT!” Looking at artist Sarah Smith’s ersatz ceramic food sculptures I am convinced this work is incredibly effective art. And I like that. A lot. Part of Smith’s inspiration comes from the cultural…
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Picasso Exhibit At AGO Was Invigorating
Time flies. Seven years ago, The Silo visited the AGO’s Picasso exhibition. We were not disappointed. Approximately ¼ of the entire second floor was dedicated for displaying works from Picasso’s private collection. That’s right- these are the pieces that Pablo himself deemed specially significant for archiving and for his personal reflection. We were not disappointed. Organized…
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Protest at Marineland, Niagara Falls Gains Momentum
On Saturday August 18th- hundreds of protesters gathered in front of the main entrance gates of Marineland in Niagara Falls, Ontario. At stake was the ethical treatment of animals used for performances and entertainment. Over the past three years there have been increased reports by the media regarding the attacking of trainers by killer whales…
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Ontario Beach Zoomorph Profiled In Mexico City University Of Art Publication
Artist Jarrod Barker, was recently invited to take part in MUCA-Roma’s Ala Afuera project. Based in the Roma district of Mexico City, MUCA is a University Museum of science and art. What made this project doubly exciting was the opportunity to show case a part of Barker’s home internationally. The curators asked for a submission…
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AyrSpace Gallery Men in Business Painting Exhibition
AYR, Ontario — In 2011 when AyrSpace held Canada’s only one hundred-woman art show for the 100th anniversary of International Women’s Day https://www.thesilo.ca/international-women-join-forces-through-art/ , the men took note. The idea of the painting exhibition “Men in Business 2012” was born. “The idea came to me to encourage the hidden talents among us,” said John Redfern, a…