Curatorial Incubator v. 15: What the F**k?1 Video in the Age of Sublime Uncertainty
Toronto: Vtape, 2018
ISBN 978-0-9867810-6-3
This publication, produced in conjunction with Vtape's annual Curatorial Incubator titled What the F**k?1 Video in the Age of Sublime Uncertainty, finds Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher creating a series based on the coined idea of a "crisis in democracy." This series responds to video's capability to focus on collective feeling in regard to moral scandals. The film chosen display affects that are resonant today, despite being created prior to the time they were screened in this series.
Contents: Introduction, by Lisa Steele; What the F**k?! Video in the Age of Sublime Uncertainty, by Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher; Just Leave Me Alone, by Almudena Escobar Lopez; Medi(t)ating the Temporality of the Untimely, by Masaki Kondo; Remote Preparation, by Mel Day; Artificial Tears, Isabelle Lynch and Sophie Lynch; Artists' and Curators' Bios.
ITEM 2018.014 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Sbara – Larissa Sansour
Les Documents – Cheryl Rondeau
Stretto – Serena Lee
Smart Bomb – Marnie Parrell
Here is Everything – Emily Vey Duke & Cooper Battersby
Aqtuqsi – Mary Kunuk
Kh – Nahed Mansour
disruption (aksama) – belit sağ
Push/Pull/Recover – Terra Jean Long
Castaway – Isabelle Hayeur
Fragonard's Swing (Miss La La; Hung Out to Dry) – Lisa Birke
A Time to Dwell – Katherine Jerkovic
Falling Among Cedars – Carolyn Doucette
Lantouy – Isabelle Spengler & Daniel Adams
The End – Steven Eastwood
Romance in China – Suzanne Caines
Advocate – Jeremiah Barber
Escape Raft – Angela Willets
Star Wars Trash Compactor Scene – Zoe Leigh Hopkins
Women Down Prospect, Final Report – Ariella Pahlke
A Cold Night in February – Yudi Sewraj
Item Number – Oliver Hussain
Neapolitan, (excerpt, without installation) – Nao Bustamante
Mary – Kent Monkman
The Natural Life of Mermaids – The Holiday Movie Initiative
The Big Scene – Tova Mozard