The Artists of GOOEY
Midnight Snail
by Tianna Vertigan
“Midnight Snail” was photographed in 2019 on a dreadful Fujifilm FinePix S2950 at midnight in a desperate attempt to meet the deadline on my first ARTS 244 project in my very first semester at VIU. I chose this photo to demonstrate diagonals and triangles for our assignment on exposure and composition. As you can see, the snail’s eye stalks form a triangular blank space while the yellow car it sits upon kind-of-sort-of forms a diagonal line. The vehicle was one of probably twenty belonging to my then-landlord who was not happy about my Tercel taking up one of “his” parking spaces, and I’d hoped the snail would leave a great big trail of goo all over his precious automobile.
Panic at the Disco
by Mickyrose
Often, artists say that creating is a cathartic and enjoyable experience. Sure, I enjoy my fingers going numb and the rest of my body following suit as the rain pelts down, but. Just need to get that perfect shot. Preferably, before my neighbour comes out and asks why I’ve been standing in their yard for the last thirty minutes. Or maybe they’ve grown used to it, being the best Christmas light display in the neighbourhood. Or maybe not when their yard goes dark, and I scurry back home with my newfound art.
Energy Drained
by Bea Waines
Energy Drained” is a depiction of the zero fucks we all have left to give in this circus called Life. Found in the wild, just outside of Kmart in Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa (colonially known as Hamilton, New Zealand). I like to imagine this fuel source was abandoned with a bit of spite at the end of a minimum-wage employee's too-short break. An ironic depiction of the unnaturally rapid pace we so desperately try to maintain.
Art from the Archive
Pouting In Pink
By Sophia Wasylinko
Original graffiti tagger(s) unknown
When I was studying in Nanaimo, I lived near Colliery Dam Park. Assigned to collect pictures of interesting graffiti for GOOEY's previous issue, I immediately thought of the pieces at Colliery Dam. Armed with my humble yet trusty iPhone, I set out to photograph as much graffiti as I could. Nearly all these pieces come from the bridge just before the waterfall, which in the dark looks like something from a slasher film. While never used in GOOEY’s first issue, a few of these photos have resurfaced in this one for everyone around the world to see.
Biblically Accurate Dandelion
By Darrian Thompson
Biblically Accurate Dandelion is a horticultural hallucination, where plastic trolls are reborn as petalled prophets. It’s a daisy chain of divine oddities converging around an all-seeing eye that serves as an anchor amid the chaos. This piece marks the cathartic closing chapter of my life in Alberta, and was inspired by a Good Luck Troll I found amid the many boxes that contained the tumultuous remains of my childhood.
UH-OH
By Kate Apland
Making UH-OH was really a cathartic experience. I used its making as a sort of break from day to day life. When school got to be too much, making it was like taking a step back, letting my brain spill for a while, only increasing the weirdness of the whole piece.
Specific Images
By Evan Shumka
"Specific Images" is a collage of doodles from my notebook. They were drawn during poetry classes in the fall of 2021. This makes the doodles poetry by association.
