Simbiosis/Symbiosis project in Mexico

Haruko Okano with her new 'Kimono' piece she is working on in Mexico this spring as part of the Simbiosis/Symbiosis project.

by Joyce Majiski

The LLAMA Project team is gathering breath for its next project. After a successful residency and its inaugural Voz/Voice exhibition in Whitehorse in November/December 2009, we are waiting for [...]

Cesar’s new website

A few stills of Cesar's Voz/Voice work, like this one, have been integrated into the "work in progress" slideshow.

Cesar Damian, one of the LLAMA Project’s artists, has launched a lovely new website. The header on the new home page shows some of his work featured in the LLAMA Project’s Voz/Voz exhibition at the Yukon [...]

Thank you Yukon!

Cesar made it to the White Pass while he was in the Yukon. Despite the lack of mountain views, and damp weather, he was still full of joy.

by Cesar Damian

So much to do and so little time
So elemental what it’s really important
So many ideas, reflections
So many people to share things with and sometimes so [...]

Open Studio Photos

About ten days ago, the LLAMA Project hosted an open” studio” at Tuktu Studio (Joyce Majiski’s studio). A number of people dropped by meet the three artists currently in the Yukon: Patricia Deadman, Cesar Damian and Joyce Majiski. Upstairs, Cesar and Pat talked to people about their photographic work currently on their computers. Meanwhile, Joyce [...]

Bears, bison and burnt gold

by Joyce Majiski

We finally made room in our schedule to head out to Haines Junction, a short two hour drive west from Whitehorse. I was desperate to see the colours, especially after hearing all of the reports from my friends trips up the Dempster Highway. It didn’t take much to convince Pat and Cesar it [...]

Underwater filming of feet

by Joyce Majiski

Cesar has made an important connection with a local film maker here in Whitehorse, Allan Code (Nah Ho Productions). After trying Allan’s aquarium to do some underwater filming, Cesar was hooked–big time! So–following a quick trip to town to find an aquarium for him, Cesar was set.

As part of his migrations and [...]

Snippets of experiences

by Joyce Majiski

Last Wednesday, I was sitting and chatting with  Haruko in the trees as she was preparing her trees to cover with paper and ink. We were reflecting on some of the comments made by the other two here–about their perceptions of the space and the experience.

Then Haruko says…”Wow washing this tree down is [...]

Cesar responds to Yukon News article

Letter to the editor (published August 26th in the Yukon News):

Last Friday, I was interviewed by the Yukon News (“Yukon woos ‘unwelcome’ Mexicans” Friday, August 21). I am concerned that people were given the wrong impression about how I feel about Canadians and coming to Canada.

In all of my travels to Canada [...]

Braving Crag Lake

Cesar took a dip this week in Crag Lake while staying at the Ted Harrison Artist Retreat… a fair bit cooler than the waters of his home in Mexico!

Reflections from Cesar (en Espanol)

by Cesar Damian

Hacer un viaje como este,  equivale a abrir la puerta y entrar a otro lugar por la ventana.

No es mi primera vez en Canada, aunque despues de estos cinco dias en Yukon, tengo un nuevo concepto de naturaleza,  de pureza de la tierra.

Mi sistema personal, esta reinterpretando la nocion de amplitud, de frio, [...]