Explosion in the Movie Machine: Essays and Documents on Toronto Artists' Film and Video
Toronto: Images Festival, 2013
ISBN 9780920397619
Explosion in the Movie Machine: Essays and Documents on Toronto Artists' Film and Video is an anthology edited by Chris Gehman. The featured texts discuss independent and experimental film and video art in Toronto, highlighting the emergence of artists and organizations working with this medium. As well as, notable exhibitions, festivals, and educational programs that have been influential to an evolving video arts community in Toronto.
Contents:
Introduction by Chris Gehman;
Toronto Media Arts Timelines;
Toronto Artists' Film Activity 1950-1969 by John Porter;
Photo Portfolio by John Porter;
All these years: Early Toronto Video by Peggy Gale;
Transvideo by Tom Sherman;
The Cinema We Need by R. Bruce Elder;
Toronto as Experimental Film Capital: Screening, Schools, and Strong Personalities by Michael Zryd;
Let's Set the Record Straight;
Women and Film by Kay Armatage;
Colouring the Screen: Four Strategies in Anti-Racist Film and Video by Richard Fung;
Introduction: A New Showcase by Marc Glassman;
We Like to Watch: Toronto's Passion for Film Festivals by Richard Fung;
Truce or Compromise?: Censorship, Media Regulation, and Exhibiting Policies in Ontario by Taryn Sirove;
Statement of Unity;
Cultural Sovereignty in Cinema: Beyond Tonto in Toronto by Wanda Nanibush;
Farther Shores: Experiments in Canadian Feature Narrative by Jonathan Culp;
Notes on a Sea Change by Jon Davies;
Contributors' Biographies;
Additional Resources;
Contributing Organizations
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Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
O, Zoo! (The Making of a Fiction Film) – Philip Hoffman
Transvideo – Tom Sherman
The Very Eye of the Night – Maya Deren
Cadet Rousselle – George Dunning
Canoe Trip Diary – Warren Collins
The Shaggy Bear – Warren Collins
A-Z – Michael Snow
Walking Woman – Michael Snow
Larry's Recent Behaviour – Joyce Wieland
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome – Kenneth Anger
Chelsea Girls – Andy Warhol
Portrait of Lydia – John Straiton
Dance Soap – Marien Lewis
Synapses – David Askevold
Chinese Characters – Richard Fung
Birthday Suit - With Scars and Defects – Lisa Steele
The Woman from Malibu – Colin Campbell
Just Because of Who We Are – Heramedia
Bolo! Bolo! – Gita Saxena
A Voice of Our Own – Premika Ratnam and Ali Kazimi
Night Visions – Marusia Bociurkiw
A Place With No Name – Elizabeth Schroder
The Flow of Appearances – Tess Payne
Kipling Meets the Cowboys – John Greyson
Nelson is a Boy – Edward Lam
Second Generation Once Removed – Gita Saxena
Naked Spaces: Living is Round – Trinh T. Minh-ha
Framed Youth – Lesbian & Gay Youth Video Project
Pretty Baby – Louis Malle
Citizens Against Censorship – Ian Murray
See Evil – Kim Tomczak and Lisa Steele
White Fawn's Devotion – James Young Deer
Smoke Signals – Chris Eyre
The Ballad of Crowfoot – Willie Dunn
The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company – Willie Dunn
Christmas at Moose – Alanis Obomsawin
Amisk – Alanis Obomsawin
You Are On Indian Land – Michael Mitchell and Mort Ransen
Dance Me Outside – Bruce MacDonald
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner – Isuma Productions
Doctor, Lawyer, Indian Chief – Carol Geddes
You Are Here – Daniel Cockburn
The Hundred Videos – Steve Reinke