ST. GEORGE MARSH: QUITTING BUSINESS. LOADING BAYS at CATRIONA JEFFRIES
ST. GEORGE
MARSH
QUITTING BUSINESS
MARSH
QUITTING BUSINESS
EVERYTHING MUST GO
AWAY
AWAY
LOADING BAYS
AT CATRIONA JEFFRIES
AT CATRIONA JEFFRIES
THURSDAY 24 AUGUST UNTIL FRIDAY 1
SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER
(CLOSED SUN & MON) - 7 DAYS ONLY - HOURS 1 -
5
5
St. George Marsh began just over a year ago in June 2005,
without premeditation, and formed from the possibility of creating something out
of a commercial space in a quiet residential environment in Vancouver. Its
placement in a non-commercial sector was important, with the potential for
people to come across it unexpectedly. The proprietors Gareth Moore and
Jacob Gleeson were interested in intermingling museological oddities with
ingestible goods and art, in the hope of confusing the roles of these objects.
The store was in a continuous state of reformation, growth and dispersal, as
items were gathered for display, passed on and re-interpreted into other
formations and combinations.
without premeditation, and formed from the possibility of creating something out
of a commercial space in a quiet residential environment in Vancouver. Its
placement in a non-commercial sector was important, with the potential for
people to come across it unexpectedly. The proprietors Gareth Moore and
Jacob Gleeson were interested in intermingling museological oddities with
ingestible goods and art, in the hope of confusing the roles of these objects.
The store was in a continuous state of reformation, growth and dispersal, as
items were gathered for display, passed on and re-interpreted into other
formations and combinations.
The name of St. George Marsh reflects the
history of the area, which was at one point a wetland holding a complex network
of streams and rivers. People used to paddle through, picking swamp tea for
evening ingestion. If you walk south two blocks to
30th Avenue and put your ear to the culvert you can hear a long-diverted river
still churning away.
St. George Marsh contained:
- a video rental department/shelf predominantly stocked with VHS
tapes. - a candy bar with rock candy imported from
with gum that tastes like soap. - a garden centre stocked with clippings of other plants.
- a book store and
Library with books loaned out and rarely returned. - a grocery department
where you could find three kinds of mustard. - a small
gallery (Decoy gallery) which held a quiet mandate of showing art made
for typically private reasons, not for the pursuance of any critical,
financial or institutional acclaim.
Also:
Canned Goods, Dry Goods, Books, Videos, Cassette Tapes, Oil
Paintings, Plants, Candy, Clocks, Curios, Drawings, Toys, Chairs, Maps, Masks,
Antiques, Signs, Display Cabinets, Nails, Candles, Museological Displays, Cash
Box (with Float), Grabbers, Mugs, Portable Marsh, Ice Skates, Bags, Helios
Planetarium, Suitcases, Receipts, Lamps, Wood Sculptures, Rim Zim, Locks, Tins,
Mead, Christmas Decorations, Rope, Toiletries, Organic Lemonade, Historical
Cane, Carboy, Wine Skins, Office Supplies, Beacon, Games, Miniature Marsh,
Artwork by: Red Roney, Karen Birch, Fisher, Jeff Chute, and more; Climbing Gear,
Tables, Keys, Bayrisch Malz Bonbons, Mini Golf Course, Blinds, Alpine gear,
Musical Instruments, Poetry, Stereo, Lamps, Pelts, Photographs, Broom (with
Dustpan), Jaw Breakers, Bandages, Gliders, Lucky Pennies, Sandwich Boards, Wine
Press, Piggy Banks, Ledgers, more…
Paintings, Plants, Candy, Clocks, Curios, Drawings, Toys, Chairs, Maps, Masks,
Antiques, Signs, Display Cabinets, Nails, Candles, Museological Displays, Cash
Box (with Float), Grabbers, Mugs, Portable Marsh, Ice Skates, Bags, Helios
Planetarium, Suitcases, Receipts, Lamps, Wood Sculptures, Rim Zim, Locks, Tins,
Mead, Christmas Decorations, Rope, Toiletries, Organic Lemonade, Historical
Cane, Carboy, Wine Skins, Office Supplies, Beacon, Games, Miniature Marsh,
Artwork by: Red Roney, Karen Birch, Fisher, Jeff Chute, and more; Climbing Gear,
Tables, Keys, Bayrisch Malz Bonbons, Mini Golf Course, Blinds, Alpine gear,
Musical Instruments, Poetry, Stereo, Lamps, Pelts, Photographs, Broom (with
Dustpan), Jaw Breakers, Bandages, Gliders, Lucky Pennies, Sandwich Boards, Wine
Press, Piggy Banks, Ledgers, more…
LOADING BAYS AT 274 E. 1ST AVE. CATRIONA
JEFFRIES
JEFFRIES
274 EAST 1ST AVENUE VANCOUVER BC CANADA V5T 1A6 TELEPHONE
604.736.1554 WWW.CATRIONAJEFFRIES.COM
604.736.1554 WWW.CATRIONAJEFFRIES.COM