David LaRiviere
@dlariviere.bsky.social
Artist & Anti-Tourist, following lines drawn by chance encounters, not brochures.
Pinned
"Empire of Blight II" A century old infrastructure dreams of an incomprehensible expansion. The subject and dream share a smoke.
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Protect Saskatoon’s arts, culture, and community programs
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November 27, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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"Empire of Blight II" A century old infrastructure dreams of an incomprehensible expansion. The subject and dream share a smoke.
November 18, 2025 at 5:01 PM
"Empire of Blight II" A century old infrastructure dreams of an incomprehensible expansion. The subject and dream share a smoke.
Doesn’t A.I. stand for “as if”?
October 19, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Doesn’t A.I. stand for “as if”?
Empire of Blight
October 14, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Empire of Blight
Here is one from antitourismtour.com: "Controversy swirls around Tent City, Victoria. What began as an opportunity to advocate for housing would soon become a police state involving 12-hour shifts of intimidation; “just waiting for a probable cause.” The anti-tour remembers… LEFT 2018 - RIGHT 2016
September 21, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Here is one from antitourismtour.com: "Controversy swirls around Tent City, Victoria. What began as an opportunity to advocate for housing would soon become a police state involving 12-hour shifts of intimidation; “just waiting for a probable cause.” The anti-tour remembers… LEFT 2018 - RIGHT 2016
Welcome to Bitumount!
September 6, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Welcome to Bitumount!
Hot off the presses.
Cessna Window: A Proposed Video Sculpture
“Cessna Window” projects video onto the prepared glass surface of an actual Cessna aircraft window. The footage was recorded while flying over the vast…
vimeo.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Hot off the presses.
Bitumount is an abandoned plant north of Fort McKay, a "historic resource" built in 1925 and known as the place where oil was first separated from the sand. It's also terrifying and frequented by bears.
August 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Bitumount is an abandoned plant north of Fort McKay, a "historic resource" built in 1925 and known as the place where oil was first separated from the sand. It's also terrifying and frequented by bears.
Red Carpet to Ruin
August 15, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Red Carpet to Ruin
Follow the money:
From economy of occupation to economy of genocide - (A/HRC/59/23) Report of the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories occupied since 1967 (Advance unedited...
To learn more about Special Procedures of the UN Human Rights Council and the Question of Palestine, click here to visit the dedicated webpage. Human Rights Council Fifty-ninth session 16 June–11 July...
www.un.org
July 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Follow the money:
Happy to announce the availability of our new commemorative t-shirt for Alberta's most beloved/terrifying historical site and danger zone... Bitumount!
July 5, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Happy to announce the availability of our new commemorative t-shirt for Alberta's most beloved/terrifying historical site and danger zone... Bitumount!
Fort McMurray Fox
June 26, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Fort McMurray Fox
Hanging out by the mk-ultra haunted house: the Allen Memorial Institute high atop the McGill campus in Montreal.
June 22, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Hanging out by the mk-ultra haunted house: the Allen Memorial Institute high atop the McGill campus in Montreal.
Bitumount is a terrifying historic site (so designated by the Government of Alberta) swarming with Grizzly bears in the midst of the TAR sands:
June 1, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Bitumount is a terrifying historic site (so designated by the Government of Alberta) swarming with Grizzly bears in the midst of the TAR sands:
Reposted by David LaRiviere
"Melting away - Bitumen Porsche" by Ernst Logar - Seen at "Reflecting Oil" at AIL Vienna
November 22, 2024 at 3:10 PM
"Melting away - Bitumen Porsche" by Ernst Logar - Seen at "Reflecting Oil" at AIL Vienna
Remembering my Mom, seen here ready for travel and hanging out with a best friend.
May 3, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Remembering my Mom, seen here ready for travel and hanging out with a best friend.
A pictorial movie review for Penn and Teller's documentary film "Tim's Vermeer".
April 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
A pictorial movie review for Penn and Teller's documentary film "Tim's Vermeer".
Reposted by David LaRiviere
Five eclectic artists from British Columbia to Québec will converge at PAVED Arts in Saskatoon on May 9th for a very special showcase of experimental and extreme sound performances. Earplugs will be provided. Doors at 8:30pm. PWYC, suggested donation of $25. Poster design by Parker Thiessen.
April 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Five eclectic artists from British Columbia to Québec will converge at PAVED Arts in Saskatoon on May 9th for a very special showcase of experimental and extreme sound performances. Earplugs will be provided. Doors at 8:30pm. PWYC, suggested donation of $25. Poster design by Parker Thiessen.
Reposted by David LaRiviere
#Sudan: We are appalled to learn that nine staff from Relief International were killed on April 11. It was the only international assistance organization still operating in #Zamzam camp.
Our thoughts are with their families, colleagues & all affected.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-deadly...
Our thoughts are with their families, colleagues & all affected.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-deadly...
Sudan: Deadly attack on Zamzam camp, with survivors arriving to Tawila | Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF ...
After being starved, shelled and deprived of vital assistance, people in Zamzam displacement camp, near El Fasher, are once again under attack. The Rapid Support Forces and allied armed groups launche...
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca
April 14, 2025 at 12:55 PM
#Sudan: We are appalled to learn that nine staff from Relief International were killed on April 11. It was the only international assistance organization still operating in #Zamzam camp.
Our thoughts are with their families, colleagues & all affected.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-deadly...
Our thoughts are with their families, colleagues & all affected.
www.doctorswithoutborders.ca/sudan-deadly...
Reposted by David LaRiviere
Our Executive Director, Em, weighs in on arts funding with CBC.
There is a critical need for increased arts funding! Inflation and production costs have skyrocketed by 30-40% since the pandemic and without additional resources to address these rising costs, Sask risks losing more arts organizations
There is a critical need for increased arts funding! Inflation and production costs have skyrocketed by 30-40% since the pandemic and without additional resources to address these rising costs, Sask risks losing more arts organizations
April 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Our Executive Director, Em, weighs in on arts funding with CBC.
There is a critical need for increased arts funding! Inflation and production costs have skyrocketed by 30-40% since the pandemic and without additional resources to address these rising costs, Sask risks losing more arts organizations
There is a critical need for increased arts funding! Inflation and production costs have skyrocketed by 30-40% since the pandemic and without additional resources to address these rising costs, Sask risks losing more arts organizations
(On Trumps fixation with shower water pressure) “I’m fine with side-quest Trump! What, would you go up to Hitler and be, like, ”Why are you painting? You’ve got work to do!”” -Troy Iwata
April 12, 2025 at 5:59 AM
(On Trumps fixation with shower water pressure) “I’m fine with side-quest Trump! What, would you go up to Hitler and be, like, ”Why are you painting? You’ve got work to do!”” -Troy Iwata
