Bridging the gap between war's myth and reality
The Globe and Mail, Feb. 27, 2008, p. 5
Andrea Carson provides a concise description of University of Toronto's double-venue exhibition Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War. The exhibition comprises of 17 local and international contemporary reactions to military action both from past and present, covering an array of responses from surreal mental experiences to video performance art. As a heavily video-mediated exhibition, Carson cites the digital revolution as a means to effectively critique the media's mythical representations of war.
ITEM 2008.051 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
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Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Drawing of A History of the First World War – Kristan Horton
Drawing of A History of the First World War – Jessica Bradley
Double Bubble – Maja Bajevic
A Tank Translated – Omer Fast
Time Withheld (Rock) – Kendell Geers
"You have left the American Sector" – Ron Tereda
Untitled – Abdel-Karim Khalil
A Short History of Conscription in Canada – Annie Macdonell