Johanna Householder: Ambiguous Redemptions
Caught In the Act: an anthology of performance art by Canadian women, 2004, p. 251
Toronto: YYZ, 2004
This article explores Johanna Householder's work as ambiguous in its subversity. Ian Carr-Harris discusses specific works from 1979-2003 while noting biographical moments of Householder's life. Citing Craig Owen' essay The Allegorical Impulse, Householder's work is examined in terms of allegory and the collaborative laboratory, and describes her effect as misbehaving, or "reiterating the behaviours we take for granted.", Collaborations with Janice Hladki, b.h. Yael, and her daughter Carmen Householder-Pedari ("Last Year at Marienbad: the missing scenes")are described.
ITEM 2004.066 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
The Secret Life of Sgt. Preston – Johanna Householder
The Secret Life of Sgt. Preston – Janice Hladki
December 31, 2001 – Johanna Householder
Last Year at Marienbad: the missing scenes – Johanna Householder
Last Year at Marienbad: the missing scenes – Carmen Householder-Pedari
December 31, 2001 – b.h. Yael