Last summer friend Lee Demarbre wrapped on filming "Smash Cut" a film starring artist and porn star Sasha Grey, and horror legend and musician David Hess. I was lucky enough to be cast in a speaking role (Gretchen Gregorski - Film Critic) for this movie which is Demarbre's tribute to Herschell Gordon Lewis and inspired by his movie "Color Me Blood Red". Also my friend Jennilee Murray plays Gigi Spot the saucy stripper who's untimely death sends Able Whitman (Hess) off the deep end. Be sure to watch for it in local theatres. (most likey the MAYFAIR). Here's an interview i did with Lee last summer.
Smash Cut will have its world premiere at the Fantasia Festival in Montreal this July 18th.
"Frustrated with his most recent film doing poorly, film director Able Whitman finds himself at a strip club where he meets and takes home one of the strippers, Gigi Stops. They have an accident on the road which kills Gigi leaving Able to figure out what to do with the body. He conveniently decides to "disguise" the body parts as set pieces to his new horror film. When this new design style is met with much praise, Able decides he needs more parts to fulfill his new "project". Written by rivethead808
Smash Cut is a satire of the filmmaking industry and the challenges of independent filmmaking, with a story that draws on the filmmakers' real-life experiences. It follows the murderous exploits of Able Whitman, a horror-film director whose films are panned by critics and audiences alike - until he starts killing people and using their body parts as props in his new flick." Written by Ian Driscoll
some other press links:
www.twitchfilm.net
www.bloody-disgusting.com
www.dreadcentral.com
www.imdb.com
www.cinemafantastique.net
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Big BIG Cartel
So I've signed up for a BigCartel site so hopefully in the next few days i shall have prints of some of my work up for sale! woot woot!
bookmark it HERE and check back to get your grubby mitts on my art. (The first print up will be "Family Man")
bookmark it HERE and check back to get your grubby mitts on my art. (The first print up will be "Family Man")
Permanent Collection: Tattooed Artists
Permanent Collection: Tattooed Artists
Opens July 3rd at La Petite Mort Gallery
look HERE for the Gallery
and HERE for the Facebook event
This is my piece for the show:
"Family Man"
16x20
acrylic watercolour on illustration board - framed
La Petite Mort Gallery
$400
La Petite Mort Gallery present...
PERMANENT COLLECTION:
TATTOOED ARTISTS
Group Exhibit: Curated by GUEN DOUGLAS
One Month Exhibit / July 3 - 26, 2009
Vernissage Friday July 3 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Boy Scout Killers & Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
Statement:
"What are you gonna do when you're eighty?", as if any of us had planned that far ahead. Even those of us conscious of the future should be so lucky as to live to be eighty.
People fear the permanence, and the stigma that tattoos are for the marginalized. Forever is word not one of us could ever fully understand, like love and evil it is unquantifiable. We are made of flesh and when we die, our physical presence decays. Even those that believe in an afterlife might agree that it is doubtful you would take your tattoos with you. Like that nifty anorak you love or your favourite diamond earrings, those that believe might tell you that you leave with what you came in with. nothing. and maybe your soul. For some it is this very same longevity and marginalization that attracts them to this form of decoration. People get tattooed to either belong to or to disassociate from a group, often it is a little of both. These days with the hallmark sentiment of television shows pushing the tattoo world into new markets, we forget the perspectives of those that came before. Those artists and laymen who chose to adorn their bodies not to mark the passing of a loved one or to make grand gestures of faith, but those that flouted the public opinion and got tattooed in spite of the name calling.
What sets these tattooed artists apart from the rest of society? Do we have a deeper understanding of our own mortality, choosing to experience all that we desire, without the fear of consequences? or are we merely impulsive and careless? Even though society's attitudes are changing there is still a stigma that surrounds the tattooed; that we are morally vacant and criminals of lesser breeding. On the surface we have all been marked, each with our either small or all encompassing, permanent collections, but we come from every background, rich and poor, formally educated and street smart. Like anyone, our perspectives on life, death and in between unable to escape the influence of our choices in life, and vice versa .
- Guen Douglas, 2009
"Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones."
Henry David Thoreau
Photo Credit: Remi Theriault
ARTIST INCLUDE:
Hayden Menzies (Toronto) haydenmenzies.com
Crazzy Dave (Ottawa) (no website)
Azdead (no website)
Angela Marklew (Los Angeles) fstopinertia.com
Jon Claytor (Montreal) jonclaytor.com
Joel Conroy (Montreal) studiotattoomania.com
James Huctwith (Toronto) (no website)
Aaron Lucy (Los Angeles) aaronlucyphoto.com
Remi Theriault (Ottawa) remitheriault.com
Michelle Wilson (Ottawa) mwphotographs.com
Adam Turk (San Diego) turkturkturk.com
Josh Crowe (Montreal) (no website)
David Glantz (Toronto) archivetattoo.com
Adrienne Turner (Ottawa) (no website)
Scooter Laforge (New York) scooterlaforge.com
Brandon Steen (Toronto) brandonsteenart.com
Zachari Logan (Saskatoon) (no website)
Nico Mensinga (Rotterdam) 25tolifetattoos.com
Guen Douglas (Ottawa) guendouglas.com
Opens July 3rd at La Petite Mort Gallery
look HERE for the Gallery
and HERE for the Facebook event
This is my piece for the show:
"Family Man"
16x20
acrylic watercolour on illustration board - framed
La Petite Mort Gallery
$400
La Petite Mort Gallery present...
PERMANENT COLLECTION:
TATTOOED ARTISTS
Group Exhibit: Curated by GUEN DOUGLAS
One Month Exhibit / July 3 - 26, 2009
Vernissage Friday July 3 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Boy Scout Killers & Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
Statement:
"What are you gonna do when you're eighty?", as if any of us had planned that far ahead. Even those of us conscious of the future should be so lucky as to live to be eighty.
People fear the permanence, and the stigma that tattoos are for the marginalized. Forever is word not one of us could ever fully understand, like love and evil it is unquantifiable. We are made of flesh and when we die, our physical presence decays. Even those that believe in an afterlife might agree that it is doubtful you would take your tattoos with you. Like that nifty anorak you love or your favourite diamond earrings, those that believe might tell you that you leave with what you came in with. nothing. and maybe your soul. For some it is this very same longevity and marginalization that attracts them to this form of decoration. People get tattooed to either belong to or to disassociate from a group, often it is a little of both. These days with the hallmark sentiment of television shows pushing the tattoo world into new markets, we forget the perspectives of those that came before. Those artists and laymen who chose to adorn their bodies not to mark the passing of a loved one or to make grand gestures of faith, but those that flouted the public opinion and got tattooed in spite of the name calling.
What sets these tattooed artists apart from the rest of society? Do we have a deeper understanding of our own mortality, choosing to experience all that we desire, without the fear of consequences? or are we merely impulsive and careless? Even though society's attitudes are changing there is still a stigma that surrounds the tattooed; that we are morally vacant and criminals of lesser breeding. On the surface we have all been marked, each with our either small or all encompassing, permanent collections, but we come from every background, rich and poor, formally educated and street smart. Like anyone, our perspectives on life, death and in between unable to escape the influence of our choices in life, and vice versa .
- Guen Douglas, 2009
"Every man is the builder of a temple, called his body, to the god he worships, after a style purely his own, nor can he get off by hammering marble instead. We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and blood and bones."
Henry David Thoreau
Photo Credit: Remi Theriault
ARTIST INCLUDE:
Hayden Menzies (Toronto) haydenmenzies.com
Crazzy Dave (Ottawa) (no website)
Azdead (no website)
Angela Marklew (Los Angeles) fstopinertia.com
Jon Claytor (Montreal) jonclaytor.com
Joel Conroy (Montreal) studiotattoomania.com
James Huctwith (Toronto) (no website)
Aaron Lucy (Los Angeles) aaronlucyphoto.com
Remi Theriault (Ottawa) remitheriault.com
Michelle Wilson (Ottawa) mwphotographs.com
Adam Turk (San Diego) turkturkturk.com
Josh Crowe (Montreal) (no website)
David Glantz (Toronto) archivetattoo.com
Adrienne Turner (Ottawa) (no website)
Scooter Laforge (New York) scooterlaforge.com
Brandon Steen (Toronto) brandonsteenart.com
Zachari Logan (Saskatoon) (no website)
Nico Mensinga (Rotterdam) 25tolifetattoos.com
Guen Douglas (Ottawa) guendouglas.com
Sneaker Wars 2009
"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
acrylic and canvas, glue and shoes (VANS, women's 6.5)
For Sale at Top of the World skate shop bidding starts at 100$
I was invited to paint these fun little guys for the Ottawa "Sneaker Wars" sponsored by: Vans, Top of the World, The Layup and Kapacity Entertainment
monkey prep, in stages
freshly painted shoes for sneaker wars, this was my base
acrylic and canvas, glue and shoes (VANS, women's 6.5)
For Sale at Top of the World skate shop bidding starts at 100$
I was invited to paint these fun little guys for the Ottawa "Sneaker Wars" sponsored by: Vans, Top of the World, The Layup and Kapacity Entertainment
monkey prep, in stages
freshly painted shoes for sneaker wars, this was my base
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