-Who should investigate reports
of elder abuse? And who will
provide treatment and other ser-
vices? (At t there is no
agency in B.C. designated to help
elderly people in trouble.)

-What forms of treatment or ser-
vices should be provided to
caregivers who become abusers?

The conference will be held on
Friday, November 20th, from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Saturday,
November 21st, 8:30 a.m. to 300
p.m. at Douglas College. Call
520-5476 for information.

Sub Urban City :
ASSEMBLAGES
BY KEN
GERBERICK

Wree Ken Gerberick was
growing up in St. Louis,
Missouri he was torn between

two ambitions: becoming an art-
ist or running an auto salvage

Now a Vancouver resident, he
has the best of both worlds. Ger-
berick has gained notoriety as an
artist whose medium includes car
parts and other recyled materials.

Gerberick’s art shines. In fact
many of his assemblages glow
from within. flash on and
off in hues of gold, orange and
red: colours of auto tail lights.

His exhibition coming up at
Douglas College in New
Westminster is called Sub Urban
City. It’s an appropriate title; his
works have the feel of an urban
underground the way they are
loaded with plastic toys and
garish ick knack.

 

Gerberick approaches his art
with a sense of humour. Traffic
Condition is a free-standing work
of assembled auto parts. It is
topped with the flashing yellow
lamp used to warn motorists of
road hazards.

The assemblages often reveal
some of Gerberick’s wit, sarcasm
and contempt toward the throw-
away society. "Some of the pieces
are actually pretty but there are
other pieces that I wouldn’t want
to live with," he says with a laugh.

Indeed, some of his “industrial
stained glass" is pretty and whim-
sical. These contrast with a few
works such as Psychedelic
Entrails. He describes it as "an of-
fensive piece made from
hundreds of plastic knives, forks,
and spoons melted over every-
thing."

In his studio a colourful hang-
ing lamp attracts attention. It is
made up of long intact tail lights.

"If that piece is ever for sale..."
Gerberick looks at it with some af-
fection. "Usually a lot of my stuff
is about $49.95. If anyone talks
me out of that piece they'll have
to come up with a couple
hundred bucks. It’s got sentimen-
tal value."

The tail light lamp is all that is
left of a ‘72 Ford Galaxy that he
drove to the salvage yard before a
"shredder" turned the car into
scrap metal. He points to some
nickel and dime-sized chunks of
twisted steel. “That’s what my
car ended up like," he says.

Gerberick says that most of his
materials are found in the streets
and alleys of downtown Van-
couver. But once every six
months or so he goes to the sal-
vage yards.

"The salvage yard in Burnaby
closed up in 1975. I go out there
and act like an archeologist. I
find a good area and just start
picking away. Some of it’s buried
or lying under leaves and bushes.
It’s a great place. It’s sort of my
meditation to go there and pick

 

 

around in the rubble for two or Oo
three hours. It’s like a whole dif-
ferent world."

Ken Gerberick’s exhibit runs
from November 13th to Decem-
ber 13th at the Douglas College
Theatre Foyer and the College
Library. Open Mondays -
Thursdays, 9:00 a.m. - 9:00 p.m.;
Fridays and Saturdays, 9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m.

 

MUSIC IN THE
MORNING

Lee Canadian piano duo

James Anagnoson and Leslie

Kinton will bring their virtuosity-
times-two to the Performance

Theatre at Douglas College,

Thursday morning, November XY
19th. The concert will be

preceded by coffee in the foyer at

10:00 a.m.

The program is part of the
popular "Music in the Morning"
series. This season for the first
time the series is being held in
two locations in New
Westminster and Vancouver. The
Vancouver concert of Anagnoson
and Kinton takes place Novem-
ber 18th in the Recital Hall of the
The Vancouver Academy of
Music.

For this performance, the duo
pianists will be joined by Van-
couver percussionist Sal Ferraras
to present works by Bartok,
Debussy, and Arensky.

For more information about this
or other Music in the Morning
events, call 736-5650.