A Recession of Mortality
The Syphilitic Mermaids Magazine Ghost Show

Fountain253 Gallery
1267 Bloor St. West (just east of Lansdowne)
Toronto
August 21st - September 5th, 12-5 PM.

Opening Night:
Friday, August 28th, 7pm

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With ghost-themed artworks by Syphilitic Mermaids Magazine contributors Sketchbookkid & Triumphene, as well as an auxillary show and celebration of Canadian DIY including chapbooks and other crafty releases of Syphilitic Mermaids Magazine & a host of other local & Canadian artists, including:

Britt Wilson
Vicki Nerino
Reetbot
Kara Von Cannibal
Ilichna Morasky
Katy Gates
Kenneth Reaume
& more to be announced.

Triumphene aka Eli. W. Rockmell is a Montreal based artist & illustrator of space-exploring boys & dejected girls in unitards, as well as the popular Jiminy Sinner and LIFE comics. You may have seen her stickers deep beneath the city in the Montreal Metro.
Triumphene will contribute haunting cartoon-ghost murals to the show, including the ghost of your first pet.
http://syphmag.net/rockmellcomics.htm
http://www.nuclearwar.co.nr/

Sketchbookkid aka 'Lil is a traveling artist & photographer currently hovering between Montreal & Toronto. Known best for abstract graffiti ghosts and as illustrator of Tiny Tommy Comics, she will contribute five mural-sized and painstakingly detailed renditions of her ghostly line drawings, as well as photos from Syphmag's Lara Violet Stars series.
http://sketchbookkid.net/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sketchbookkid/sets/72157603608240907/

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Opening Night:

Friday, August 28th at 7PM

With Music by:

VIVIV :: http://www.myspace.com/kennethreaume
Kram Ran :: http://myspace.com/kramran
MANT :: http://www.myspace.com/thedeadlymantis
DJ Lord Lankan (aka Ranbir Gundu) :: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=97096774213

FREE / PWYC

W/ fine cheese, good friends, & more.

Syphmag stars Coyote Rosebud, Dottie Jax, Betty McKenzie, Kram, Eli W. Rockmell (Triumphene), Robert Hiley & Lara Violet will also be in attendance on opening night.
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Currently accepting small art & crafts for auxiliary / friends exhibition. Loose theme of ghosts.
Contact: magazine@syphmag.net.
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Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=112892839590&ref=mf
Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/sketchbookkid/sets/72157621945466310/

Home: www.syphmag.net
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