Canadian Colinization
C Magazine, Fall 1991, no. 31, pp. 44-52
Andrew Sorfleet reviews Colin Campbell: Media Works, 1972-1990, a retrospective of Colin Campbell's works at the National Gallery of Canada. Sorfleet elaborates on Ferguson's belief that video art is Canada's first art history, by dissecting Canada's struggle of creating a national identity within mass media, which is primarily dominated by American content. Campbell's work including himself in drag, as characters inspired by women in American pop culture. An excerpt from an interview with Campbell's collaborator Lisa Steele is also included in which she discusses Campbell's influence and participation in the early Queen Street scene.
ITEM 1991.060 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Dangling by their Mouths – Colin Campbell
Modern Love – Colin Campbell
Woman from Malibu – Colin Campbell
Sackville I'm Yours – Colin Campbell
The Woman Who Went Too Far – Lisa Steele
Shango Botanica – Colin Campbell
Bad Girls – Colin Campbell
Colin Campbell