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It took be a while to make the time to finish my project proposal- I was hoping to have it finished yesterday, but I didn’t quite make it. This week was a busy one we seemed to be out almost every night this week to openings at all the major galleries in the city. Tuesday, I arrived early to see Trust in Me at the CH Scott Gallery, so I missed the main crowds. The big opening of the week was Exponential Future at the Belkin at UBC. The opening was packed and we didn’t really get to see much of the work, but it was fun to see people I hadn’t seen for a long time. Mark Soo made two amazing stereoscopic photographs where he recreated the Sun Recording Studios, the “birthplace of rock and roll” from the 1950s where Elvis Presley recorded his first recordings. You had to wear red and green 3-D glasses to see the piece in 3-D. He’s a really interesting artist and curator who’s also a partner with Matt Cox in a side music project called Quadra. Unfortunately, we never made it to the Anne Collier opening at Presentation House Gallery and the Isabelle Pauwels opening at ArtSpeak last night- we stayed home and had dinner with friends. I’ll have to see those shows over the next few weeks.

I look forward to reading my colleagues proposals and getting feedback from the group on Monday.