The Images Festival, “Toronto’s 2nd oldest film festival and North America’s premiere integrated media arts festival,” has launched their 2009 website, and their extensive list of programming looks fantastic and daunting. Take a look at their calendar for a complete list of exhibitions, art talks, parties, satellite shows, tours and more. Images run from April [...]
Diamanda Galas, the ever haunting, ever outspoken, voice of the avant-garde. I came across this cover of Billie Holiday’s “Gloomy Sunday” and had to share it. Perhaps a tamer version of the Galas I’m used to, it still reverberates a certain something that feels a little like fear. My favourite comment on the YouTube page [...]
It’s opening night at the 401 Richmond building, so if you’re looking for something that’s warm, cozy and arty, come by the building for openings at A Space, Gallery 44, Red Head Gallery and YYZ Artists’ Outlet. You can see the Akimbo posting here and below, which include details about all of the exhibitions. A [...]
By Marissa
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Posted 9 01 2009
in recommendation
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Tagged a space, art, gallery 44, installation, mixed media, openings, photography, recommendation, red head, sculpture, spaces, video, yyz
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I didn’t realize it until I went to Montreal and Quebec a couple of weeks ago, but a lot of what bores me about art is the familiarity of media, the same ol’, same ol’ use of photography, painting, multi-dimensional materials, space, video, animation. I came to this realization first at MOCCA in Toronto, then [...]
Peter Kinstone’s 100 Stories About My Grandmother is on exhibit now at Gallery TPW, as part of both the Inside Out Lesbian and Gay Film and Video Festival and CONTACT 2008. Interviews with 100 male sex workers who are asked to share stories about their grandmothers are split into four viewing stations. The interviews range [...]
Art in public spaces is one of my areas of interest in studying critical theory. Catching people off guard with an impromptu performance is clever, immediate and impactful. In one of the best public-space/improv performaces I’ve seen in a long time, Improv Everywhere freezes Grand Central Station for five minutes. Watch the video. I could [...]
