Château-vacant…

is an artistic collective based in Montreal. It’s composed by Lémuel Malicoutis, Yannick Calvez & Baptiste Alchourroun.

At Château-vacant we enjoy
Introducing our domain, meeting, adventuring ourselves, extending our action field. Searching, doing, suggesting. Manipulating things, elaborating artisanal objects, using tape.

We wish Château-vacant looks like a changing-space where we lend and borrow. You can visit, stay and leave whenever you feel like it.

Web: chateau-vacant.com

Nicolas Sassoon…

lives between Vancouver and his hometown Biarritz, France. Nicolas regularly puts out new drawings and animations on his blog, he is also part of the collective Computers Club and gets regular publications on Rhizome.He recently collaborated with fashion designer Risto Bimbiloski, and is starting to show his artwork around Vancouver.

Web: youmakemesohappy.blogspot.com

Melissa Paget…

is currently earning her BA in visual Arts at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design. She enjoys kraut rock, burgers, drawing, sleeping and collecting swatches.

Web: uuiuu.net

Allister Lee…

is always up to something, but
nothing in particular.

Know what I mean?

Web: enterthealist.com+ studiobib.com
Email: allister@enterthealist.com

Travis Collier…

If I imagine Travis when he was eight and a half years old, he would be the boy wearing a cowboy hat and a plaid shirt tucked into his shorts at a birthday party sucking on a neon green Freezie. When it’s time to hit the piñata, he would be patiently awaiting his turn to bat. When his turn does arrive, he would beat the shit out of that paper Mache pig. His shirt gets untucked while he wails on it. His hat falls of his head and he’s breathing heavily. Candy flies in all directions. The other kids at the party are all frantic cause they’ve never seen such ferocity. The adults at the party are all scratching their heads. And Travis will pull down his blindfold when done revealing fiery eyes. The Travis Collier of today still beats the shit out of piñatas. But now there’s more than just one. And he still hits with precision and wails on it. His shins get scarred in the process, there’s always graphite embedded in his nails, but his breathing is much deeper now. And we always watch in amazement at what he is doing, and some still scratch their heads. There’s no more blindfold to pull down. He’s fiery eyes are out in the open curiously casting gazes at everything.

Harrison Boyce Photo

Web: traviscollier.com
Email: info@traviscollier.com

Jessica Atkinson…

is a Toronto based designer. She’s collected pebbles, befriended birds, made rubber rabbits, jumped off a balcony, created an ant farm, won at poker, flew a kite… She hasn’t scuba dived, met a tennis player, published short fiction, shaved her head, crocheted, boarded a yacht or designed a light fixture … yet.

Web: jessatkinson.ca
Email: hello@jessatkinson.ca

Arseni Khamzin…

is a photographic artist based out of Vancouver. He is currently interested in creating photographs, deconstructing photographs, and making snapshots. He is interested in figurative depiction and photography contextualized as a language. He is enrolled in BFA studies at the Emily Carr University of Art & Design, and will be at The Cooper Union School of Art in New York from January 2010 – June 2010.

Web: arsenikhamzin.com
Email: arseni@sixohfour.net

Eli Horn…

as he spent his first three years of life tossing his worldly possessions over the side of a sailboat, Eli would like to spend his last decade doing the same: Imagine yourself, old but undefeated, setting feet down on port side with a handful of your dearest material objects; Upon ritualistic disposal of the final of these keepsakes, you find yourself alone with nothing, drifting. In the meantime, Eli spends his time cruising down many different creative avenues, usually on his bicycle. Accompaniment is always welcome.

Web: elihorn.net Email: hello@elihorn.net

Mathew Arthur…

likes Freestyle and Italo Disco, Japanese technical drawings, everything airbrush, corporate logos, cellphones and pizza. He works for molo design in East Vancouver during the day and nerds out at night. He is trying to build a body of work that explores a smaller-scale, visual approach to architectural design and is influenced by serial product design, manufacturing, wayfinding and architectural illustration.

Web: mathewarthur.com
Email: mathew@mathewarthur.com

Kyle Scully…

is a Vancouver based photographer. His work, which follows his life, highlights the peripheral corners of everyday with a direct romance.

Web: playwithfire.tumblr.com
Email: kylejohnscully@gmail.com

Nathan Siemens…

is all grown up with a beautiful wife and a career and he lives in a smaller town than you. His town’s population could fit into BC Place Stadium nine times over, and bears leave piles of crap next to his backyard fire-pit.

He loves searching for cute kitten videos on YouTube and hates drawing with pencil crayons.

Email: nathan@nathansiemens.com

D. Calen Knauf…

is a designer based out of East Vancouver. Although well established in the graphic design realm, with clients such as Adidas, Stussy, Nike, Goodfoot, he is currently enrolled in Emily Carr University to further his design skills. Knauf is a very creative individual and unlike anyone else I have ever met. He is a very passionate person and always stays committed to the things he believes in. Knauf grew up in East Vancouver and will probably die in East Vancouver.

Calen doesn’t really just like anything… he either loves it or he hates it. Some things that he loves are: skateboarding, design, cereal, double features, rope swings, steak and tripe soup with rice noodles, shoes, red vine ropes, smiling, staying up late, Blair’s Death Rain, bahn mei, stale candy, rats, oysters, the city of Vancouver, straight razor shaves, jackets, music, smooth ground, hair cuts, smashing things, the cyber punk genre, Kingsway, waterproof cameras, hot sauce, the internet, Joe Colombo, helping friends, Letraset, cappuccinos, trying new things, granite, stationary, swimming, objects with purpose, white tee shirts, comedy shows, boats, collecting furniture, Halloween, yelling, painting, playing records, TV, climbing, hosting pictionary, camping, the outdoors, typography, computer monitors, Canada, spicy food, cliff jumping, making stuff, riding bikes, throwing knives, and being right. Some things that he hates are: crocs, rough ground, and fur protestors.

Written by: Greg Papove

Web: calenknauf.com
Email: calen@trakstareastvan.com

Taylor James…

is a self taught fashion photographer from the West Coast. He splits his time between Toronto and Vancouver working as a professional dancer and taking pictures of tall pretty girls.

Web: taylorjamesphoto.blogspot.com
Email: olafsveen@hotmail.com

Tyler Quarles…

is a Vancouver based multi-disciplinary graphic designer working out of the Cartelera Talent House. Tyler currently splits his time working with various (wonderful) clients and as Art Director of ION Magazine.

His work can be seen on coffee tables, clothing, snowboards, skateboards, business cards, store fronts, toilet tanks, telephone poles, and online. Concept, relevance, and message are constant mantras in his work process and he looks forward to striving to be better at all three with every new project that comes his way.

Web: tylerquarles.com