Critical Writing Index

Big-Box Knockout: Community vs. Consumerism

by Sherri Telenko

Fuse, Spring 1997, v. 21, no. 2, pp. 41-42

A video series involving local artists and their reactions to the issues of community versus consumerism. The show was inspired by the debate over building big-box stores (ie. Walmart) on the outskirts of the city of Guelph.

ITEM 1997.048 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

Cultural Overload – Mike Leznoff

Bigger Isn't Always Better – Mike Constable

Big Box Stores Mean Cheap Housing – Mike Constable

Swept Away – Kathleen Doerner Miller

Always Fresh – Gregory Klages

Peter – Bonnie Bettridge

I Was Once Alive – Mary Cross

In Response – Christof Migone

If You Ask Us – Don Alexander