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