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Gareth Long CPL593H (Remake/Remodel), 2013 The text is from the first song on Roxy Music’s first record, Remake/Remodel. Gareth Long is a Canadian artist living in New York. His work centres on processes of transference, translation and collaboration as a means to question authorship and the mechanisms of cultural and knowledge production. 8.5 x 11 inches, published in an edition of 50

Colter Jacobsen The Best of Art Mutat, 2013 The Best of Art Mutat is part of a series called The Golden Green Selves of Lewis Rist. It’s a drawing of an Art Tatum record cover, like a cover song of his cover (and the mutation begins). Lewis Rist is a name found in a library book. Does he exist or is it a schoolboy pun for loose wrist? Colter Jacobsen is an artist from San… read more Colter Jacobsen ‘from Lewis Rist’ for Some Woolly Buzz

Kim Kennedy Austin The Buddha, 2013 The Buddha quotes from the 1987 film Five Corners. Vancouver artist Kim Kennedy Austin is known for her intricate and delicate drawings, which often feature hand drawn text and imagery. 8.5 x 11 inches, published in an edition of 50

Euan Macdonald Untitled, 2013 Los Angeles based artist Euan Macdonald presents a woolly image with a quote from The Doors. Macdonald’s videos, drawings and sculptures are informed by philosophical, musical, literary and popular references. They often depict everyday scenes while examining landscape, entropy, stillness, noise, and duration. 8.5 x 11 inches, published in an edition of 50

Charlie Satterlee Broken Fall (Geometric and Organic), 2013 Broken Fall (Geometric and Organic) is a still from a video taken on top of the Second Peak of the Stawamus Chief in Squamish. The artist made a stack of peanut butter and jam sandwiches using a whole loaf of bread. The title is in reference to Bas Jan Ader’s Broken Fall pieces. Charlie Satterlee is an American artist based in Vancouver. He is an editor of… read more Charlie Satterlee for Some Woolly Buzz

Elspeth Pratt Asoke, 2013 Elspeth Pratt is a Vancouver sculptor who has been exhibiting since the 1980s. Her exhibition catalogue Haptic, a two-person show with Tegan Moore, is available from Publication Studio Vancouver.

  Christian Mayer Quest for Fire: Language, 2013 German artist Christian Mayer made a brochure for his contribution to Some Woolly Buzz. Quest for Fire: Language looks at a ‘teaching’ manual given to the actors of the 1981 film Quest for Fire to help them learn the fictitious indigenous language spoken by the ‘Ulam’, a Neanderthal tribe in the film. Christian Mayer’s work engages with historical episodes to engage with the present. He often uses… read more Christian Mayer ‘Quest for Fire: Language’ for Some Woolly Buzz

Jonathan Middleton Black Friday, 2013 Rebecca Black’s video for her song Friday went viral in 2011 and was dubbed the worst song ever by critics. Here Jonathan Middleton quote’s Black who states that she is ‘not trying to position Friday as a descendent these works or interests, [Fluxus and Kosuth] but I have to say that I owe something to them.’ Jonathan Middleton is an artist and curator in Vancouver. He is the Director/Curator of… read more Jonathan Middleton ‘Black Friday’ for Some Woolly Buzz

Myfanwy MacLeod Too Old for the Draft, 2013 Myfanwy Macleod found a Xerox of this poem in an old Playboy magazine while doing research for her series of Dorothy Stratten origami works. The authorship of the poem is unknown. Macleod is interested in the way an image or a concept can be altered, transformed or even given new meaning when its context or form is changed. A wry sense of humour pervades her work as… read more Myfanwy MacLeod ‘Too Old for the Draft’ for Some Woolly Buzz

Derek Sullivan Concrete Poem, 2011-13 The text was generated using a free online OCR service, from photos taken with an iPhone of Ian Wallace’s late 1960s essay on Concrete Poetry found in a library’s special collection…. the photos weren’t the best, and confused (or inspired) the software. Derek Sullivan is a Toronto-based artist who works with artists’ books, ephemera, drawing, and installation. 8.5 x 11 inches, published in an edition of 50