Weird Place :: Saskatoon, SK
Saskatoon, SK

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From the whirring vituperations//wanting chronologies of Joshua Robinson:

All of this in loving, grateful, and ardent memory of Derek Bachman.

Saskatoon—that frigid, clandestine, temperamental spirit of sorts—masquerades paradoxically; caught in the confines of weather that seeps in through the cracks in floorboards and masonries, imbuing its denizens with the silent stutter-step of an enlivening cold-warmth.
It is a city landlocked in the expanse of the prairies, but it is much more than a mere point on the map. For many, it is a burgeoning creative community: lo-fi and humming with the rich analogues of the undercurrent of Canadian artistry. It is a city—as many cities are—with haunting histories, anxious presents, and hopeful futures. But for the musical, artistic, and creative sorts manifesting the city’s virile spirit, Saskatoon is a place of welcoming; of communal warmth overpowering the whirring vituperations of its temperate climates.

The city’s creativities seem forever influenced and inspired by the geographies surrounding them: space defined as place, rooms ripe with weathered canvas, aged musical stirrings, and invigorated poetics. Inasmuch, Saskatoon is the colorful conflagration of the seasons combined into one multi-spirited entity; raising and tempering its creative bodies; the kindling of our kindred … Read More »