Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Lion, Jenny
2. Plug In Inc. (Gallery)
3. Walker Art Center

Description

1. 383 p. : ill. (some col.); 23 cm.

Summary

1. "Critical essays by Peggy Gale, Nicole Gingras, Bruce Jenkins, Victor Masayesva, and Chris Straayer create a context for the work and cover topics such as the history of Canadian video, voice and language, materiality and hybridity, indigenous aesthetics, and the body and performance. A unique feature is impressions and responses to the work from a number of prominent filmmakers, artists, and writers, including George Lipsitz, Yvonne Rainer, and Carrie Mae Weems, which were commissioned for this volume. Also included are excerpts from scripts and fiction by some of the artists, as well as work in other media."--Jacket.
2. "Magnetic North includes early Canadian video art from the 1970s to the present, providing historical perspective and the basis for positioning this work in an international context. More than forty artists are represented, spanning divergent regions, eras, and genres that range from innovative documentary to conceptual art from experimental narrative to performance video. This compendium not only illustrates an important exhibition of established and emerging Canadian video artists, but also provides new scholarship and criticism in the field of contemporary art practice."
3. "Occasionally shocking, often funny, and above all genuinely experimental, this collection explores developments in the field of Canadian video often overlooked in the United States. With critical essays on video theory and practice by senior and emerging media arts critics, theorists, and artists from the United States and Canada, Magnetic North offers an in-depth look at this vital art form."

Alternative title

1. Canadian experimental video

Subject

1. Exhibition catalogs
2. Video art > United States > Exhibitions
3. Lion, Jenny > Exhibitions
4. Video art > Canada > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

1. Exhibition catalogs

Contents

1. [Videos by]: Arnait Ikajurtigiit -- Susan Avingaq -- Mary Kunuk -- Madeline Ivalu -- Marie-Hélène Cousineau -- David Askevold -- Charles Binamé -- Nathalie Bujold -- Colin Campbell -- Dana Claxton -- Norman Cohn -- Kate Craig -- Donigan Cumming -- Thirza Cuthand -- Shawna Dempsey -- Stan Douglas -- Lorraine Dufour -- Pierre Falardeau -- Marcel Fayant -- Kenneth Fletcher -- Toni-Lynn Frederick -- John Greyson -- David Hoffos -- Mike Hoolboom -- Simon Hughes -- Donna James -- Leon Johnson -- Zacharias Kunuk -- Marion Labrecque -- Allan Harding MacKay -- Doug Melnyk -- Robert Morin -- Jan Peacock -- Alain Pelletier -- Grant Poier -- Al Razutis -- Steve Reinke -- Cathy Sisler -- Rae Staseson -- Lisa Steele -- Jana Sterbak -- Ho Tam -- Stéphane Thibault -- Ana Torfs -- Rodney Werden -- Paul Wong.

Owning institution

1. Harvard Library

Note

1. Published on the occasion of the video program "Magnetic North," held at the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Oct., 2000, and at Plug In, Winnipeg, Nov., 2000.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 379).

Processing action (note)

1. committed to retain