Walking that duck into this Friday’s Art Crawl Reception for Anran Guo: Proactive Cynicism and Nichol Marsch: Subjects April 14, 7pm - 10pm 173 James St. N, Hamilton ON Free Admission & Wheelchair Accessible ANRAN GUO: PROACTIVE CYNICISM “Other dogs bite their enemies, I bite my friends to save them.” — Diogenes. It is human nature to turn away from information or situation that are sad, dark, and cruel. Most people can easily spend hours on their phone smiling and watching cute kitten and puppy videos, but be disturbed and repelled when watching the documentary of newborn male chicks being shredded. Nothing will be changed if people look away. Humour and metaphor provide the best weapon and shelter to ease the struggle and exhaustion from resistance and open passways for expression and communication. Daily objects bridge disturbing facts with their shared familiarity and original functional intentions, slip in alarms to self-deception. From the garbage bin trap and the soccer ba...