Everything Old is New Again: Re-inventing Stories to Collage

Since time immemorial, story tellers have been taking old stories and making them new again. Walt Disney after all was not the first man to relay the tale of Cinderella – its origins are centuries old and it has been re-crafted by many cultures around the world. You can use this same exciting tactic […]

Bedrooms, Soup Cans and Film Loops

In our teens, my best friend and I would often visit the National Gallery of Canada (NGC). Our favourite spot was the Pop Art section where Claes Oldenburg’s zebra print bedroom installation and Andy Warhol’s Campbell’s soup cans were displayed; these pieces never failed to elicit uproariously laughter from us. Oblivious to the strategies […]