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Arctic travels

Arctic travels

12 Jan. 2015

Iqaluit, Nunavut, Baffin Island (Canada)

Jamie's artist talk at Rye School Creative Centre for the Arts, UK

11 July 2014

Online newsletter, from 48:Eight Gallery including a link to audio recordings of the artists talks.

A Michel Gondry film

A Michel Gondry film

12 Nov. 2013

'Is the Man Who is Tall Happy?' A new film by Michel Gondry, from an interview with Noam Chomsky. Hand drawn animations, and conversation with one of the worlds greatest social minds and philosophers. 

Yes, we do

28 May 2013

Sunday May 26th in Vancouver 

Gay US Airman remembered

25 March 2013

A good story I noticed on the BBC website today, reminding us of the sacrifices it takes to reach out for our rights and protections. Courageous, loving hearts make a difference to the lives of all. 

Memoto

24 Oct. 2012

Remember the (not great) movie, 'Final Cut' a few years ago with Robin WIlliams as the lead actor? A society that recorded video through the eyes of every person, their whole life long and hired editors to make a 'Final Cut' of the video content for funerals and memorials...

health, happiness, prosperity

health, happiness, prosperity

15 June 2012

At 75 years old, Ernestine Shepherd is the oldest competitive body builder in the world. But what makes her even more amazing is that she started bodybuilding at the age of ... 71 

Poet Mary Oliver

21 May 2012

I have always loved this womans poems. She gets deep into the heart of the matter of nature and the experience of life itself. A mystic and a great poet.

Kepler 22-b

5 Dec. 2011

NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone" of a distant sun-like star. I hope that whatever inhabits it, lives with more humility than homo sapiens do... just saying... we need to work on ourselves... a lot..(from jamie)

CBC Petition

29 Nov. 2011

Please sign the petition to express your feelings about not selling off the CBC to private (likely to be US) corporate ownership!

San Martin Raffle

San Martin Raffle

12 Nov. 2011

I am helping to raising cash for supplies for the kitchen at the Tikuna school in San Martin, in the Colombian Amazon. They needs pots, pans, cutlery, plates.. everything.

Protect Ancient Forests

28 Oct. 2011

by Greenpeace. 3 minutes, Narration by Ewan MacGregor & Richard Attenborough.

jesus was a surfer-biker?

jesus was a surfer-biker?

29 Aug. 2011

How society adapts the past to create the future, and omits the present to protect the status quo.

STEIM Instrument Building workshop & artist residency

STEIM Instrument Building workshop & artist residency

16 Aug. 2011

Total immersion in Amsterdam: STEIM's approach to instrument building and mapping software to custom-built hardware devices. An instrument building workshop, connecting sensors, controllers via Arduino, 4 day Isadora workshop, artist residency; building a custom instrument, public presentations & events. Its wonderful to be here. Thank you STEIM!

Climate Change Facts.

Climate Change Facts.

27 June 2011

If you think technology will save us... think again… and do your part to reduce your carbon footprint. Links at the bottom of the page.

MapSense Workshop by Co-Lab and Vancouver New Music

MapSense Workshop by Co-Lab and Vancouver New Music

26 June 2011

Spent the afternoon at a workshop with Germaine Koh and Gillian Jerome, mapping video, stills, text and poems to an online mapping project of Vancouver's  downtrodden Downtown East Side. I wrote a prose/poem... as a result.

Artists Cost of Living?

Artists Cost of Living?

20 June 2011

The recent Arts cuts in BC cost most independent artists 70% of the income normally derived from non-profits arts organizations commissions. So I asked myself…   "WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY COST a (fictitious) new media interdisciplinary artist, living in BC?"

Vancouver Hockey Riots discussion & Noam Chomsky

Vancouver Hockey Riots discussion & Noam Chomsky

16 June 2011

I received a group email on the topic this morning. Plus wonderful insight from Noam Chomsky, as always, on the role of team sports in modern society.

"Together is Amazing", the evolution of the FlashMob & Sweet Justice

13 June 2011

A silent FlashMob dance protest at the Jefferson Memorial ended when a couple were arrested for kissing. This sparked the (aggressive) arrest of outraged bystanders as well. Shockingly people were also threatened with arrest themselves for filming the police (at the end of the video). But what has this got to do with Shaw cable TV? Read on...

Interviews with Hamas

1 June 2011

Fascinating to listen to these men and women's interviews from Gaza and the West Bank

Bear rescues in China

12 May 2011

Warning. Some of the images in this video are disturbing. Please consider donating to the rescue organization. Please link to the video to share the cause.

Mozart for Palestine - Danile Barenboim conducts in Gaza

4 May 2011

25 handpicked musicians from europe cross into Gaza through the Egyptian Rafa crossing and play Mozart in 'Orchestra for Palestine'. Fantastic!

Tim Hetherington - War Photographer/Journalist - Video Diary

25 April 2011

A film, 'Diary 2010' by Tim Hetherington, recently killed in Libya.

Wales, near Talybont-on-Usk

24 April 2011

A photograph revealing the mystical 'Prince of Talybont'.

1995 Gallery Exhibit at Stoodeo, Vancouver

21 April 2011

A fun little video clip from 16 years ago! In the video are me and Yvette Narlock, my partner at that time, and also the model for the two photographs. The second photograph pictured was called 'Angel at my Table' and won the first prize for the commissioned exhibit, which was conceived by Tink. It was a collaboration between designers and photographers.

What Do You Live For?

2 April 2011

Taiwanese commercial that made me cry :) about what it means to be alive? That dusty motorbike is the similar to mine, but a couple of years younger and the smaller engine version of my 1981 Suzuki GS750EX

Goodbye Blogspot, Hello ADJO :)

31 March 2011

I have shifted this website to a new hosting paradigm, with the help of the wonderful Adam Jones of ADJO. Read more about Adam by clicking on his link on this website or by visiting www.adjo.info. I have known him for years and highly recommend him.

Zach Wahls speaks on family

4 Feb. 2011

Zach Wahls speaks on family

Amazon droughts increasing

3 Feb. 2011

Amazon droughts increasing

Copyright attack (Bill C-32) Canada

12 Jan. 2011

Copyright attack (Bill C-32) Canada

Transparency, Love & Fortitude

3 Jan. 2011

Well, its been a long, tough, interesting year, full of politics, economics and interesting technology developments. Sometimes it feels as ...

Safety Tips for net activists & NGO's

21 Dec. 2010

Some links to help you be more secure on the net. Especially useful for human rights activists and NGO workers. ...

Art Censorship USA. Ants on a cross

21 Dec. 2010

http://www.xtra.ca/public/National/Hundreds_rally_against_censorship_in_New_York-9573.aspx http://blogs.artinfo.com/modernartnotes/2010/12/only-on-man-smithsonian-secretary-pulled-video/ http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/30/AR2010113007227.html http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/11/30/smithsonian-remove-ant-covered-jesus-cross-video-exhibit/ I watched the 20 minute video. You can see it in full below. The 11 second ...

I love the CBC Petition

19 Dec. 2010

Green Energy from waste

2 Dec. 2010

World Aids Day

1 Dec. 2010

World Aids Day

BC Liberals 'delete' Arts Minister

26 Nov. 2010

http://www.vancourier.com/Gordo+Liberals+gutted+arts+culture+funding/3883718/story.html Some crucial excerpts from this story: (in case you are too busy to read it in full!) "The question ...

"I LOVE YOU" video by Ronnie Novak

15 Nov. 2010

This was filmed by my friend Ronnie Novak in the summer & fall of 2010. It is an ongoing project ...

Capitalism as the End Times?

12 Nov. 2010

Capitalism as the End Times?

Young Jewish Proud Disrupt Netanyahu

10 Nov. 2010

http://www.youngjewishproud.org/

Dead Sea Scrolls ownership

7 Nov. 2010

Social Arts Network (SANE)

7 Nov. 2010

Social Arts Network (SANE)

Batsheva Dance: Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions

6 Nov. 2010

Here is the content from an email interview that I did during the intense discussions in Vancouver about the boycott ...

An Artist's Pledge to Boycott Israel

5 Nov. 2010

An Artist's Pledge to Boycott Israel

Zeitgeist Movies by Peter Joseph

5 Nov. 2010

"It is no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society"  Khrishnamurti Discuss... Trailer for 'Zeitgeist: ...

BananaShark

30 Oct. 2010

My brother Cookee makes race boats... www.bananasharkracing.co.uk/    

'Water to Bone' rehearsals

19 Oct. 2010

Am in Roberts Creek with Viviane Houle at her beautiful home, where she lives with her husband, composer & software ...

Eckhart Tolle 'Life as a Movie'

19 Sept. 2010

As a filmmaker and visual artist that works with 'light' as my primary tool, I heard this podcast and loved ...

Amsterdam Glenys arrives

1 Sept. 2010

Went to meet mum at the airport. I brought my amsterdam bicycle so we could strap her rolling suitcase on ...

Amsterdam STEIM Workshop

24 Aug. 2010

STEIM Centre for the Arts. Rainy and stormy. Teaching an Isadora workshop.  Three dutch students, one Italian, one Brit, one ...

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