The Deadhead publication presents a rich visual narrative of an ambitious sculptural project by the Bomfords that leads the reader through phases of early research, studio production, installation, life on the water and final deconstruction. Mounted to a barge and towed to different locations during the summer of 2014, this large-scale installation acted as a curious marine outpost asserting a presence that both troubled and delighted. In amongst paddleboats, pleasure craft, passenger ferries, cruise ships, freighters and barges stacked high with global commodities, Deadhead introduced art as valuable cargo within a constantly changing flotilla of economic exchange. As a platform from which cultural activities unfolded, Deadhead hosted a lively program of events including weekly open houses, film screenings, workshops, choir performances and a series of improvisational sunset performances. Photographs by Cedric Bomford, Nathan Bomford, Barbara Cole, Maegan Hill-Carroll, Michael Love, Philip Nee Nee, David Peters, Bob Ross, Rachel Topham, Karen Zalamea
Lorna Brown is a Vancouver-based visual artist, curator, writer and editor. Independent projects include the public artwork "Digital Natives", and "Ruins in Process: Vancouver Art in the Sixties". Brown is Associate Director/Curator of the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery at the University of British Columbia. Kimberly Phillips is Director/Curator of Access Gallery, a Vancouver artist-run centre committed to supporting the work of emergent and experimental artists. She has authored, edited and contributed to numerous exhibition catalogues and her writings have appeared in Artforum, C Magazine, and Filip. Jen Weih is and artist and educator based in Vancouver. Her projects range from printmaking to video to participatory movement events to projects in public programming and community engagement. She is an instructor at Emily Carr University of Art and Design.