October 27, 2004

Arts 8

Arts and Culture Stand Tall In Prince George
“We are entering post-industrialism and we are way thankful.”

PHOTO BY MARLON FRANCESCINI

Helen Tremethik and Jeremy Stewart have taken initiative to create
an Arts and Culture centre for Prince George.

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http://www.angelfire.com/moon/six-
tyninebuffalos where you can post and
view recent works by fellow students.
You have to create a login name and
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glitchy process sometimes, but if you
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agonizing over, this is the only place to
do it. Comments are much appreciat-
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of our labour!

- STEAMGHOsT & WHITEBUFFALO

Cable

BY STEAMGHOST

Flipping channels on the tube can
induce -.

Hypnosis is easily achieved when opti-
cal senses are dominated in a process
called -

Entrancement; an ancient idea, stem-
ming from -

The art of attracting an observer’s
attention is most valuable when -

Bad things are happening that we
don’t see, because the people who
cause them would rather -
‘Sell me anything, I need -

Retail therapy; known to reduce
depressive

tendencies in middle to upper-upper
class -

Everyone knows they’re getting ripped
off,

but -

It’s only exploitation when -

Profit gains of a thousand percent or
more are acceptable for -
Impoverished people work in factories
even though -

The pay is not enough to support their

Psychopaths are people who -

If they really wanted to, they could -
Do everything you can do to save the
world, but -

We are aware that our bombs kill more
civilians than -

Our new machines can do the work of
People come in all shapes and sizes
because of-

Buying into petroleum based beauty
products makes my wife happy, so -
It’s only terrorism if -

This is a textbook example of -
Anti-socialites are those who -
Causing trouble has a negative -
‘Impact zone’ is a pre-explosive term.

New Delhi, August 3!
2000

By STEAMGHOST

Smoke and glare, heat dust
honking horns and high-beams
bleating goats, bears

and painted elephants

held by children staring out

from the dry crowd

flowing like cells

through the veins and arteries

of Delhi

Holy cows eat cardboard and newspa-
per

clean the streets of fruit peels and
garbage

a knife-sharpener attaches a whetstone
to an upside down bicycle

and peddles until night fall

for he has many customers
brown and black and

white clothes won’t last

for more than a few hours

in the dust that gathers

in the cracks around your eyes

* By MAGGIE GILBERT

Arts EDITOR

UNBC is one of the best things
this community has ever accom-
plished and it is proving itself
once again by being the encour-
agement of another centre that
will bring life to Prince George.

Helen Tremethik and Jeremy
Stewart of UNBC along with Erin
Arding and a woman named Trish
are in the process of developing a
creative and performing arts cen-
tre in Prince George.

The group has decided that

Prince George has been an indus-
trial mill-town for long enough,
and although we are standing on
the fruits of that development it’s
time to look towards the future.

Stewart and Themethik aim to
open the doors to a new era of cre-
ativity that will bring the commu-
nity together to learn and grow.
“We are entering post-industrial-
ism and we are way thankful.”
Jeremy Stewart stated..

The idea behind the centre is to
bring stable, civic minded com-
munity members and responsible
individuals together into.a space

La Lune ;La Mer

BY WHITEBUFFALO

(I promise to be more emoceanal

more sea sway, more moon steady
into the deep dark linen

waves
swim out to me
and drown peacefully,
now
when tempestuous winds storm my
waters
fear not as these long arms
will surface and hold you on
pink islands

warm waves of seawater lick at your
shoulder

my fingers embrace
deeper than silence of the
ocean floor
punish me w/ breaststrokes ; so invis-
ible

was I as a man,

so as water J am surround-
ing
your love ;
the inside passage, chart a course
quick rows of stars
mouth is a place - safe, naked
you floatin absolutely salt shines
on your cheeks woman allow these
hands _ on violet horizon / single bed
and in the hallway don’t cry (I
promise to be more emoceanal

Unity
BY JENN SCHWEHR

A golden eye winks solemnly
In the ocean of blue:

‘The panoptic opticon of

The omniscient presence.

Heads or tails? I forget...

It seems a spineless way to decide.
Rock, paper, scissors, too;

It needs to be fleshed out.

We change our world to suit ourselves

where they can learn and
exchange a wide range of skills.

The centre would hold work-
shops such as stilt dancing, hoola
hooping, various art activities,
music sessions, dance lessons and
any other activities that partici-
pants are interested in.

In addition to workshops, the
contributors hope to hold outdoor
concerts two or three times a year.
The concerts would include
demonstrations of all the things
that take place at the centre along
with lots of music, food, “And fun
dammit!” says Tremethik.

The present, the four founding
members are currently looking for
a few things to help put the.centre
together.

They need a space large enough
and with high enough ceilings for
people to dance on stilts and with
good acoustics to give musicians
the best advantage. It is hoped
that they can find this space in a
central downtown location to
make it accessible to both students
and community members.

In order to do make this project
work,: they need contributions

But nothing really changes.
Is it better? Does it suit? ©
Not really.

Why can’t we see the connections?
Why can’t we be the’same?

Since when is. the answer so...
Complicated?

Have you seen

The poetry in motion,
The beauty in nature,
Specific grace of

The razor?

The slim blades

Sliding smoothly

Across slick skin, eS clean...
One slip though,

And a trickle of crimson
Wends its’ way

Down.

Down to the sink,

The rushing water poised
To strike out against the
Red imperfection.

The alcoholic smell

Of aftershave

Permeates the air

_ And the moment is lost.

Elegy Written ina —
Wednesday Evening
Library

BY WHITEBUFFALO

Up in the library the pages.turn: b/ w.
soft glances,
silently stretching students crave au
curve
away from the el edges and paper
cuts;
Let us rise alt

© Pope, smal
‘with essays,
_ you'd be bett

“. neck so I'd spee

semesters fro:
a militia

from other dynamic individuals
who are interested in building a
creative arts community in Prince
George. They are hoping to find
some of these types soon so that
plans. for the centre can begin.

Once this larger group has been
brought together, their next
responsibilities (other than find-
ing a space) will be to determine
how to pay for the space (and
workshops) and how to run the
workshops, which workshops to
run and what other activities the
centre will have.

“I’ve been to Vernon where
they've just developed a new arts
and culture centre and it’s defi-
nitely enriched their community
and their environment,” says an
excited fourth year student. The
future centre in Prince George
should be an equally. fantastic
venue with lots of opportunity for
the citizens of our community.

If you are interested in joining
Helen, Jeremy, Erin and Trish in
their quest to start an arts and cul-
ture centre visit Helen at the
PGPIRG office or else email her at
pgpirg@unbe.ca

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