Pre-Plank Colin Upton's old buddy Bryce-Thing (né Rasmussen) finally makes good on a longstanding threat to recruit the Planks into performing at an exhibition of his visual work at the Gallery Gachet (88 East Cordova). We will give it our anarchic best (cutting ourselves short only of Puke Theatre), and he wouldn’t have it any other way. Also featuring the opening of Florida artist Jordan Massengale’s work Sub-Urban Commentaries.
But what of Bryce's work? Let the curatorial blurb speak for it:
Vancouver-based Bryce Rasmussen’s Gutter Punk Space Opera chews on the themes of outsider, a reflection of his childhood, weaving epic personal myths, populated with monsters, spaceships and bedraggled heroes that seem to stumble through the backwaters of the mind. The work emerges through a liberal use of whatever medium is available - most often from the alleys around town. Focusing on isolation and rebellion, filtering the street culture through a wonky lens.
The only thing that could improve this grouping would be if his co-exhibitor's show was instead entitled "Sub-Human Commentaries". For a taste of his work, enjoy the two (decade-old) photos below of some of his earlier work on similar themes:
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Clark Nikolai took a heaping tablespoon of photos over the course of the evening:
the Planks Creak on
Our fervour was so vehement, we even stopped people in their tracks passing by on the sidewalk
The show was visited by our friends in the Margaret Charles Chopper Collective (MC3)
The joint, as they say, was jumping... albeit while we were still setting the PA up.
Caught in the act!
Rumblebucket manipulates his intriguing theremin.
Daisy Jones-Locher's santur also provoked its fair share of questions.
The artist is moved to join us on the harmonica
At long length, the Puke Theatre principals determine they can't keep up with us
