Critical Writing Index

Curatorial Incubator v.6: The Dark Arts: Magic + Intuition

by Lisa Steele

Toronto: Vtape, 2009

ISBN 978-0-9734831-7-8

This edition of The Curatorial Incubator sifts through the archives for surreal cinema, the ones about voodoo, that address the unknown.

Darryl Banks' programme and essay approaches hoaxes as acts of the paranormal. Erik Martinson's programme and essay reflects on the dynamics between parents and their children. Leigh Fisher's programme and essay draws inspiration from Andre Breton and challenges the experience of disbelief "that is constantly suspended only to appear again." Matthew Hyland's programme and essay questions the gendered nature of the uncanny.

Contents: Introduction, by Lisa Steele; trickx of light, by Darryl Bank; where the wild things are, by Erik Martinson; marvelous! ruin! collapse!, by Leigh Fisher; life on venus, by Matthew Hyland; Artists' and Curatorss Biographical Information.

ITEM 2009.177 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

trickx of light – Darryl Bank

where the wild things are – Erik Martinson

marvelous! ruin! collapse! – Leigh Fisher

life on venus – Matthew Hyland

The Dead Weight of a Quarrel Hangs – Walid Ra'ad

Dorothy Dunbar – Gretchen Sankey

Memory Inversion – Lynne Kirby & Erika Suderburg

Who's Listening 5 – Tseng Yu-Chin

five more minutes – Dena DeCola and Karin E. Wandner

Parenthesis – Mary J. Daniel

Light Work I – Jennifer Reeves

The Watermelon Box – Steve Reinke

Family Planning – Steve Reinke

Supposed To – Aleesa Cohene

Magical Thinking – Michael Stecky

Le Tournis – Gwenaël Bélanger

Semiotics of the Kitchen – Martha Rosler

SHARONY! – Jennet Thomas

CRASHBANGSMASH – Gunilla Josephson

Me/We, Okay, Gray – Eija-Liisa Ahtila

Whispering Pines 8 – Shana Moulton

Eclipse – Deirdre Logue

Lasso – Salla Tykkä