Our BizSpark Canada Commission

This was a nice little gig: A large print for Bizs­park Canada.

Three thoughts:

1. This is my first Mic­ro­soft gig for a while [Bizs­park is part of their mas­sive star­tup outreach pro­gram], so it felt good to be back in the ol’ saddle again.

2. This piece is a riff on a fami­liar theme of mine, that a nation is only as good as its star­tup cul­ture etc. As we see all the eco­no­mic crap hap­pe­ning in pla­ces like Spain and Greece (Unem­ploy­ment bet­ween 25%-60%, depen­ding on the age group!), it’s somethng we urgently need to teach our lea­ders, by any means neces­sary. And yes, gaping­void likes having clients who agree with us.

3. Though I love doing my more high­brow, intros­pec­tive fine art sch­tick, I also love the more extro­vert stuff for the office wall. Espe­cially offi­ces that belong to inte­res­ting folk doing inte­res­ting stuff, like the Bizs­park gang. This “tense dua­lity” bet­ween the inner and outer parts of exis­tence is where the action is. Too much of either one would be BEYOND tedious IMHO…

Thanks to Mark Gagne and the rest of the Bizs­park Canada team for making it hap­pen. Rock on.