paintings, writing, and explorations in sound
It wasn’t the flood waters that destroyed three dozen homes and buildings in Eagle, Alaska. It was the ice. One cubic foot of ice weighs an astounding 60 pounds, a formidable force once it starts moving. Even now huge pieces of grimy ice remain everywhere, creating a mud bog as they slowly continue to melt… Continue reading ice in news: Dawson work crews assist ice-crushed Eagle, AK
. Clap for the Zamboni (an ice-tale memory for The Ice Cubicle's latticework of files, from Vancouver writer Luella Iwasiuk) Each year, as Christmas would grow closer, my parents would deposit my siblings and me at the Prince George coliseum ice rink so they could “meet with Santa to discuss our presents” – in other… Continue reading ice tale: Clap for the Zamboni
Lance Blomgren's Operation Northern Shield (ONS) is a speculative research project investigating the possibility of new settlements in the Canadian arctic. Inspired by Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s well-publicized obsession with Canadian sovereignty in the far north—not to mention its wealth of resources and economic potential—ONS depicts a world where ice is both material and idea, building material… Continue reading ice in lit: Operation Northern Shield (excerpt)
The Ice Cubicle has received its first literary contribution about ice! "Numb," a poem by John D. Lund. If you wanted to know about making hand-sewn, carefully crafted chapbooks in Victoria in the late 1990s, John was the guy with the knowledge because he usually had one on the go. We used to cross words… Continue reading ice in lit: painkiller direct
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