The other day, while pawing absent-mindedly through an old cardboard box of miscellanea, I happened upon a treasure trove of Children's Record Guild 78s. Dressed in garish, dog-eared sleeves, and bearing titles like, Mendelssohn's... A Midsummer Night's Dream, Swing Your Partner, and Said the Piano to the Harpsichord, the actual records themselves are no great find — all vaguely familiar, though the last time I'd heard any of them I'd been too short to reach the ice cream in the freezer without the assistance of a chair, and even then it was old home-made re-recordings on tape.
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Andrea Wan is a visual artist and illustrator based in Vancouver, BC. She went to Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she received a degree in Film, Video and Integrated Media. With a strong passion in storytelling and image making, she went on to study illustration and design at Designskolen Kolding, Denmark. Since starting her career in illustration last year, she has worked with various local and international clients including publications, fashion labels and record companies.
http://www.andreawan.com/
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Viewers take a look at the works, with Mars-1's Tulpa 2 on the main wall
"Phantasmagoria" refers to a procession of ever-changing and often fantastical imagery. This sequence of imagery, haphazard and associative, is not something we would see on an everyday basis. A surreal passage through time. The transition from waking to dreaming. The unknown plays a large role in phantasmagoria since what we see in dreams is never clearly rationalized and always appears somewhat alien to our waking consciousness. Because of this, phantasmagoria, or more generally the unknown, has become a popular artistic theme as there is no clear ...Read More
