jermalism

Thursday, March 25, 2010

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

a1one - Iran to Van

i am proud to be putting up a1one's work in Vancouver and humbled and honoured to collaborate with him. much more to come. A better shot of the piece above by Vegas was featured on unurth.com

a1one is one of my very favorite artists. his work is so rich with style and culture. refreshing, mesmerizing, fascinating. here are the tattys he designed for me.

a1one's jerm sword of zolfaqar (tehran, iran)

Friday, March 12, 2010

DEATH BECOMES HIM

jerm IX feature in ION magazine.
click on the photo to read the article.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

hello my name is jerm and i'm an alcoholic

i'm not the go to meetings sober and drink 6 coffees kind of alcoholic, i'm the just got back from the liquor store kind of alcoholic. alcoholism comes up a lot in my writing process, i was entrenched in it right from birth. in fact, my middle name Aaron, was derived specifically from the acronym AA. my parents split up shortly after i was born and my mom eventually remarried a man who was once my sperm donor father's AA sponsor. i have been a daily pot smoker for over 20 years, since before i graduated elementary school, but it has never been an issue, just a seemingly natural part of the day. ganja has never caused me harm or raised danger flags to me. alcohol however, is capable of destroying me, i'm becoming all too well aware, yet still mixing those rum and diet soda water concoctions. i don't know why i feel inclined to further expose this shameful truth, but i do. it is the one personal issue that i discuss regularly in my work that is not merely trapped in the past or from a reflective perspective. it's a war i'm still in, and it doesn't seem like i'm fighting a very good fight. honestly, i'm very afraid of sobriety.

Thursday, February 18, 2010

It's Yours, Take It! Vancouver 3 - The 2010 Olympic Edition

This was the third time that we hosted this event in Van City. The first two shows were held last year on the stairs of The Vancouver Art Gallery, which is now Olympic Central. With The Olympics in full throttle and the Art Gallery out of the question. we struggled to choose a location for round 3. Security forces and cops are omnipresent. We considered a dozen or so locations and even made some calls while scouting, but nothing was panning out. and time was running out. fuck it, that's what i always say. we hopped off the train at science world, which is Russia House for the duration of the games, and hustled into the park with our boxes and bags of art, just hoping that the right moment would reveal itself to us. didn't take long. the park on the eastern shoreline of False Creek was packed. Stephen Colbert was just finishing up on stage as we approached and the crowd was coming right at us. The Stephen Colbert Show stage was inhabited by a stuffed moose, an American flag and a Stephen Colbert poster that appeared to be a Shepard Fairey, among other Canadiana. The wind coming from the water forced us behind the grassy knoll, as much of the art was on cardboard. we laid over a hundred pieces on the hill as Ninja IX waved her Free Art sandwich board. bang bang bang. Just like before, it happened quite quickly. Many very happy people made even happier. The smash hit of the show was the 50 Canada 2010 pieces on wood by Daniel N., who is Ninja IX's father.

to see the rest of the show and previous shows in beautiful Van City, check out the
IYTI Vancouver photostream.

We picked up the leftovers and began our pilgrimage to the Olympic Torch Cauldron, fenced off to the public. we spread out the leftovers on the benches amongst the crowd behind the fence, looking over the torch, and then we walked away.

Monday, February 8, 2010

Jerm Inc. Art Collection - Daniel N., Liberation Please, Pahnl

over the next few months, i plan to share some artwork that i have amassed from artists that i admire. figured i'd start off with a few gifts that showed up at my door recently.

Daniel N...