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Rocketday Arts @rocketday

inspirations & updates from the Rocketday Arts studio

Joined February 2010
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Rocketday Arts@rocketday
9 Jan 2025
Hey friends — I've started posting on BLUESKY — as an alternative to Meta and X (whose agendas seem dystopian to me). My personal posts are at: bsky.app/profile/emrysdamonm… My design studio posts are at: bsky.app/profile/rocketday.s…
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WITNESSES ART SERIES :: I live by the ocean And during the night I dive into it Down to the bottom Underneath all currents And drop my anchor And this is where I’m staying This is my home — from “The Anchor Song” by Björk #light #photography #ocean witnesses.substack.com/p/int…
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I share this, as many of my contacts/followers have known him. This is for my dear father, Dr Gary Glenn Miller, 1941-2025: thisfleeting.world/
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THANK YOU to all who attended our SURFACING event last month!! An evening salon of artist presentations, a short film screening, and the Witnesses zine launch. September 2025, at KWENCH. BROWSE the photos at: facebook.com/media/set/?set=…
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WITNESSES ART SERIES :: This episode features guest author Anne-Sophie Cournoyer — one of my favourite #painters in Victoria — as she explores three recurring #archetypes in her work: the #FemmeFatale, the #Witch, and the #Cyborg. witnesses.substack.com/p/gue…
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WITNESSES ART SERIES :: NEXT EPISODE goes out tonight at 11:06pm (Pacific), at the new moon. SUBSCRIBE to receive it for free! witnesses.substack.com
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PINHOLE :: Made a #pinhole #camera using tin foil, then took it to the #carnival last night. I had grit on my sensor, but I still enjoy how this camera constantly draws my attention to qualities of light.
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NEW PROJECT :: Dear friends, I've been working on an art series for the last few years, called "witnesses" — and am now ready to start sharing it! Yesterday I launched a Substack/newsletter which you can subscribe to, with one episode each new moon! 🌑 witnesses.substack.com/p/ins…
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CLIMATE ::
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9 Jan 2025
#Globalwarming of 1.1°C has resulted in more frequent & more intense extreme weather events that have caused dangerous impacts on nature & people worldwide. Every increment of warming results in rapidly escalating hazards. #IPCC's Synthesis Report 👉 bit.ly/SRYRpt23
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PROJECT :: republishing Robert Bringhurst's "A History of Typography" as a graphic design community fundraiser, 2017 #language #linguistics #typography #typedesign rocketday.studio/journal/bri…

Rocketday Arts :: Robert Bringhurst: A History of Typography

Publishing a print by typography and language expert Robert Bringhurst. Rocketday Arts is a communications studio supporting projects in education, ecological health, humanism and the arts.

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PROJECT :: The 2005 Victoria Film Festival visual design. #poster #graphicdesign #posterdesign #collage #texture rocketday.studio/journal/vic…

Rocketday Arts :: Victoria Film Festival

Visual design for the 2005 film festival. Rocketday Arts is a communications studio supporting projects in education, ecological health, humanism and the arts.

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ISLAMIC GEOMETRIC ART :: Really enjoyed class with Hala Qasqas over the last two months at @uvic Continuing Studies. A wonderful introduction to the topic.
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PROJECT :: Rocketday worked with the pianist Bruce Vogt, supported by Andrea Young, on a set of cds. rocketday.studio/journal/bru…

Rocketday Arts :: Bruce Vogt

CD packaging for the pianist Bruce Vogt Rocketday Arts is a communications studio supporting projects in education, ecological health, humanism and the arts.

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STUDIO NEWSLETTER :: healthy systems, creative labours newsletters.rocketday.studio…
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PIC-A-FLIC CLOSING SALE :: #yyj friends — all 30,000 titles in Pic-a-Flic Video's inventory are for sale. Got these two for my studio today — documentaries about two of my favourite art photographers, Francesca Woodman and Sally Mann!
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CHEERS to Pic-a-Flic Video :: After 40 years, Victoria's beloved video rental spot is closing — and their closing sale (30,000 titles) starts today. Just posted the details on their website. Proud this special cultural collection lasted this long. pic-a-flic.video/
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THE VERY SOUL OF THE WORLD :: fan question & response with Nick Cave about why we engage in creative labours. theredhandfiles.com/chatgpt-…
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DANCE & DRAWING :: This week in London, I helped by taking snapshots of my friend Esther, a professional life drawing model, and her friend Alex, a drummer, as they prepped for a kinetic drawing event.
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LOGO :: Rocketday's logo & colour palette explored in 2007 (top), and our current logo (below).
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PORTRAIT :: of my dad and collaborator, Gary Glenn Miller, math professor, physicist, cosmologist, philosopher, conversationalist, at his home, two days ago, on his 82nd birthday.
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