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A Story that Sticks
Sometimes email brings one the most marvellous of anecdotes. Like this one in a message announcing a show at the Yumart Gallery http://www.yumart.ca “Stuck” isn’t in the exhibition. It’s gone. I was having a difficult time in my studio; the … Continue reading
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undotting the i-candy
Felix Gonzalez-Torres B. 1957, GUÁIMARO, CUBA; D. 1996, MIAMI Gonzalez-Torres invited physical as well as intellectual engagement from viewers. His sculptures of wrapped candies spilled in corners or spread on floors like carpets, such as “Untitled” (Public Opinion) (1991), defy … Continue reading
Good Technique Pays
A sample from The Beggar’s Handbook: A Guide To Successful Panhandling by M.T. Pockets (Loompanics Unlimited, 1989). To be a successful panhandler you must lead the intended giver to believe that you will be slightly improved by the gift, however … Continue reading
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Palm and Sole
Ronald Johnson ARK (Albuquerque: Living Batch Press, 1996) You are immersed in a sequence of poems, you turn the page and face A hand print. Sends me back to my first imprints. Recording weight and length and even the name … Continue reading
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Sibling Conviviality
These were slides that periodically projected onto the wall of our house. Magic lantern show. But also upon retrospect all these years later: an oft repeated object lesson in sharing. 3 candles Sharing the slices Thanks to my sister who … Continue reading
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Like How
Wrote to my sister and my niece about a culinary accomplishment (from a family friend from St. Pierre et Miquelon, Mme Amandine Lalande, who gave the recipe to my mother who made pâté maison at Christmas time and passed on … Continue reading
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Just Staring Just Writing
Ephemera from the Royal Alexandra show opens up to a reprinted interview and old chestnut. From the programme to Lily Tomlin in The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe written by Jane Wagner, this bit on the … Continue reading
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Floating Signifier: Die Zauberflöte
Mozart’s Magic Flute has spawned many a gorgeous visual treatment in materials advertising the opera. Perhaps none so elaborate as this emblem-endowed figure. Opera Atelier, 1991. My copy of this ephemera was used as years as a book marker witnessed … Continue reading
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All Shapes and Sizes
It was Hilary Clare (formerly C.M. Donald) who introduced me to fat liberation. I have in my library a copy of The Fat Woman Measures Up. I also have a gift — a laminated poster of Obélix sporting a gay … Continue reading
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Defiance
From a 1993 group show, these three posters by Richard Hydal provide a note of defiance to the show’s title: I Love You But You’re Dead. As someone concerned with HIV we must not fall into the stereotypes and cliches … Continue reading
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