Thu, Nov 14, 2013
A number of British Columbia-based creative artists - from visual artists such as painters and carvers, to writers, to musicians, to a landscape architect - speak about what home means to them, both in a general sense stemming from their background and experience, and as it relates to their craft. An ethnobotanist, a developer and a philanthropist also speak about the same from their unique perspectives, with the addition of speaking about that art piece in not being artists themselves per se. In both groups, the place could be a geopolitical entity such as a city, a physical space of some other kind, and/or a state of mind.
Thu, Nov 21, 2013
A number of British Columbia based athletes, both professional and amateur, and both active and retired, talk about what home means to them. Their perspectives are often in light of needing to be in a certain geographic location due to their sport, having done quite a bit of travel for that sport, and how participating in that sport has affected their decision of "home" in a retirement life. These perspectives somewhat apply also to a spoken word poet, who is on a stage like the athletes, but to some extent has a broader choice of home in relation to his work. The final interview is with an author, who has a totally different perspective in being able to choose wherever he wants to live in terms of his work, and in this specific incident what home actually means to him in light of that.
A profile of musician Alexis Puentes, who has taken the stage name Alex Cuba in homage to his homeland, is presented in relation to the outwardly unusual decision in adopting small town Smithers in Northern British Columbia as his new home. He not only discusses what drew him to Smithers, but his connection to Canada before making the decision.