Coming to Video - A Canadian Perspective
Locus Suspectus - Where the Hidden Comes to Light, 2004, p. 4
Calgary: Truck Contemporary art, 2004
In this essay for the exhibition catalogue for Locus Suspectus: Where the Hidden Comes to Light, curated from Canadian and Irish video work, Canadian video artist, (and curator) Sandra Vida gives a short history of the development of feminist Canadian video art from its beginnings in the 1970's to present day. Drawing on examples of many female Canadian video artists Vida chronicles the exploration of identity and self transformation these artists found possible with video. In the context of the exhibition Vida brings recent work of female Canadian video artists who are still using video to directly explore issues of identity and transformation.
ITEM 2004.045 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Birthday Suit - With Scars and Defects – Lisa Steele
Edited Messages – Marcella Bienvenue
I Believe in Myself – Marcella Bienvenue
The Secret Life of Cornelia Lumsden:A Remarkable Story – Vera Frenkel
near where my great aunt was born – Sandra Vida
Me, Myself I – Shelia Urabanoski
Overweight with Crooked Teeth – Shelley Niro