Phil Morrison  |  Sculpture

The Sky Canoe is a collaboration between four artists: Phil Morrison, Al Rempel, Steph St Laurent, and Jeremy Stewart. Phil is a sculptor who works mainly in concrete & metal, and often incorporates text into his work. Al is a poet and teacher; his first book is understories. The poem in this piece is from This Isn't the Apocalypse We Hoped For, which is forthcoming with Caitlin Press in spring, 2013. Please visit http://alrempel.com for more info. Steph is a filmmaker as well as an actor. His site is http://www.videonexus.ca . Jeremy is a musician and a poet; his first book of poetry is called (flood basement and he can be found at http://www.jeremystewartmusic.bandcamp.com The Sky Canoe has been accepted into the Visible Verse festival, 2012! Details can be found here: http://www.cinematheque.bc.ca/visible-verse-festival-2012 Bring Me My Sky-Canoe a small apology of light between the clouds then it evaporates — the sun ogles the hills the bears continue to hide in the shadows and we keeping driving our cars into the harsh glare which species will see the second coming? we could travel in sky-canoes if the air wasn't so thin or if our canoes were built with feathers & breath the trees below are perfect. the sun up here has a way of lighting everything slantwise strong arm of my paddle — strong arm of my paddle — strong arm of my paddle — take me safely along this ancient and fearful river

A documentary of a unique poetry event, which links the sculptures from Phil Morrison's exhibit, "Heaven. Hunger. Heart.", at the Two Rivers Art Gallery (Prince George, 2014) with both classical and original poetry. Videographer: Mick Harper. Performers/Poets: Al Rempel, Michael Armstrong, Glen Thielmann, Adrienne Fitzpatrick, KD Taylor, Ivy Chelsea, George Harris, and Phil Morrison. Producer: Linda Rempel With thanks to Carolyn Holmes, Peter Thompson, and George Harris from the Two Rivers Art Gallery, as well as Blake Productions for providing the lighting. Link to Art Gallery Page with description and text of the original poems: http://www.tworiversartgallery.com/experience-art/past-exhibitions/2014/phil-morrison-heavenhungerheart/