Hot One Inch Action made my night!

Posted by Julia
Filed in Arts
April 29, 2007

Energy was bouncing off the Gallery Gachet walls as I made my way though their blue doors on Saturday 28th to attend this exciting art exhibit. I don't know if any of you know this but *just in general* most of the art usually displayed at the gallery is created by local Vancouver artists with disabilities.

In Saturday's case, buttons were all the rad as a simple idea of purchasing a mysterious collection of buttons will motivate one to pursue the craft of trade with other enthusiasts, hunting for the buttons of their choice.

I've lost count to how many artists were featured that night, but four wall sections were covered with a wide range of different buttons all uniquely interesting. It really lets one see how a small thing such as a button could make a huge statement. The most popular and in demand button of the night *not to offend anyone* was "Flipside" by Lee Romeo. I couldn't stop hearing inpatient faces with their eyes bulging out yelling "Do you have Flipside?" Some of the other artists that caught my eye were:
"Cross-section A4-point zero" by Char Hoyt and Jeremy Jansen
"Sunflower" by Barbara Day
"X" by Peter Hoang
"Beastly Child" by Michelle Kuen Suet Fung
'Are we having fun yet?" by Howard Penning
"There's no business like war business" by Alex Ushijima
"Embrace" by Laelia Wade
"The Flute" by Ryan Hughes
"Toxic Heart" by Maya Wilson
"Take me with you" by Linda Lencovic

The back of Gallery Gachet depicted a different theme as spectators were surprised not to be surrounded by a startling amount of buttons anymore but paintings, some of them depicting the Vancouver life and some abstract, all by Leef Evans "Visual Apostrophes". A number of his paintings even had canvas sticking out, presenting a different idea to the craft of painting, maintaining the idea of balance between painting and sculpting.

The event was great, a thick crowd, and a lot of energy! People were happy with the buttons they got and traded, some pursuers even made friends and some stayed all 4 hours to keep trading buttons because really, I could not find any other reason to stay all that time and do anything besides trade buttons. That's what it's all about!

Some of the pictures from the event can be found at Photo District.

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I concur, the event was a blast. I had no idea what it was all about going in (I tagged along with some friends) but very quickly got swept in. Flipside was definitely the fave of the evening (which I traded for the elusive fluffy baby chick) but what we found funny was how fast the popularity of certain buttons changed. We actually heard someone say "oh that was hot like half an hour ago". Tip for next year - bring a few buttons from this year - they'll be instant bargaining chips.

Posted by: Chandra at April 30, 2007 9:09 AM | Quote Comment

You'll be hard pressed to find another art event where all the attendees actually like TALK to each other. Good art, good times.

Posted by: statusq at April 30, 2007 10:08 AM | Quote Comment

fuck, statusq, i know what you mean. i actually forgot about it this year which blows but i love how it really is the only art event where people actually talk!

Posted by: amanda at April 30, 2007 11:33 AM | Quote Comment

i heard the eggs on toast was the hot commodity of the night and i was definitely not going to part with it! :)

Posted by: col at April 30, 2007 2:55 PM | Quote Comment

I think I read about this the day after every year and then vow to make it the next year... and inevitably forget and curse myself out the next day.

Posted by: Quinn at April 30, 2007 3:32 PM | Quote Comment