Walkups : documentaries and commentary : a series of prose poems

Walkups is a series of linked narrative prose poems set in various Montreal apartments. Titled after the outdoor "walkup" staircases typical of Montreal's row-house architecture, these pieces take the reader on a tour of some of the city's apartments, providing glimpses into the ways in which our designed living spaces influence our attitudes and perceptions: the building blocks (indeed, architecture) of our notions of self. Composed as a series of poetic documentaries, Walkups presents detailed, voyeuristic snapshots of the goings-on and mundane dramas that people enact within their private spaces

Lance Blomgren, Annika Grill, Yvette Poorter : The Complete Owner's Manual

Written in the style of a surrealist instruction manual, this series of cards, with texts by Blomgren, was produced to accompany an exhibition of works by Grill and Poorter. Rather than describing the works, Blomgren elaborates on subjects such as "the apparatus," towels, Danish design and "the ass." Includes floor plan of the gallery with list of works

Lance Blomgren : Walkups

Blomgren’s book comprises a series of short texts or vignettes apparently based upon and at actual addresses of buildings in Montreal. Combining descriptive reportage of everyday life events with sheer fantasy and humour, the book, like the photographs illustrating it, depicts the murky transactions of the quotidian. Biographical note