Magnetic North
dal 7/12/2001 al 3/3/2002
Segnalato da
7/12/2001
Magnetic North
The Power Plant, Toronto
Canadian Experimental Video. showcases a thirty year explosion of compelling Canadian independent video in a six-part series comprised of 40 tapes by 47 artists. Curated by J. Lion and co-presented by the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and Video Pool, Inc., Winnipeg, with assistance from Plug In, Winnipeg, the videos range from innovative documentary to conceptual art, and experimental narrative to performance.
Magentic North: Canadian
Experimental Video showcases
a thirty year explosion of
compelling Canadian independent
video in a six-part series
comprised of 40 tapes by 47
artists. Curated by Jenny Lion
and co-presented by the Walker
Art Center, Minneapolis, and
Video Pool, Inc., Winnipeg, with
assistance from Plug In, Winnipeg,
the videos range from innovative
documentary to conceptual art,
and experimental narrative to
performance. Organized by
thematic concerns, rather than as
an historical survey, the programs
establish relationships between
diverse works, creating
associations across history,
regions, languages, generations
and genres. Occasionally
shocking, often funny, and
above all, genuinely experimental,
Magnetic North asserts beyond a
doubt that video is alive and well,
and that Canadians have
produced some of the most vibrant
work in the international arena.
Magnetic North is accompanied by
a full-colour 384-page publication,
jointly published by Video Pool, the
Walker Art Center and the
University of Minnesota Press,
containing critical essays,
responses to the work from
prominent filmmakers, writers and
artists and excerpts from scripts.
Image: Object/Subject of Desire Directed by Shawna Dempsey/Lorri Millan 1993, Manitoba 5:14
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