Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists
Toronto: Coach House Books, 2008
ISBN 9781552452004
In Practical Dreamers: Conversations with Movie Artists, Mike Hoolboom interviews 28 artists working with film and video. Hoolboom asks questions about the creation process, technical and thematic conventions, and audience reception. The conversations provide personal insights into the experimental practices employed by the featured artists.
Contents:
Smartbomb by Daniel Cockburn;
Priceless by Helen Lee;
Beyond the Usual Limits by Deirdre Logue;
Miss Chief by Kent Monkman;
Ironic Nostalgia by Nelson Henricks;
I Am a Conjuror by Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby;
The Singer by Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay;
The Red Army Is the Strongest by Shelley Niro;
Gambling, Gods and LSD by Peter Mettler;
Reality and Motive in the Documentary by Donigan Cumming;
Memos of Resistance by Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof;
Camera Obscura for Dreams by Midi Onodera;
Home is a Movie by John Price;
After Charlie Brown and Liberace by Daniel Barrow;
My Heart the Travel Agent by Wayne Yung;
From Lebanon to Kelowna by Jayce Salloum;
Soft Like Me by Jeff Erbach;
After Science by Su Rynard;
Doubling by Monique Moumblow;
My Rectum Is Not a Grave by Steve Reinke;
Twice-Told Tales by Aleesa Cohene;
Season of the Boys by Ho Tam;
Colour Processing by Christina Battle;
Blinding Light by Alex MacKenzie;
Life is Pornography by Jubal Brown;
Monster by Paulette Phillips;
Thinking Pictures by Richard Fung.
ITEM 2008.210 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Stupid Coalescing Becomers – Daniel Cockburn
Metronome – Daniel Cockburn
Sally's Beauty Spot – Helen Lee
My Niagara – Helen Lee
Prey – Helen Lee
Enlightened Nonsense: 10 short performance films – Deirdre Logue
Why Always Instead of Just Sometimes: 12 Short Films and Videos – Deirdre Logue
Group of Seven Inches – Kent Monkman
A Nation is Coming – Kent Monkman
Satellite – Nelson Henricks
Comédie – Nelson Henricks
Conspiracy of Lies – Nelson Henricks
Being Fucked Up – Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
Curious About Existence – Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby
Je Changerais d'Avis – Benny Nemerofsky
I Am A Boyband – Benny Nemerofsky
It Starts with a Whispher – Shelley Niro
Tree – Shelley Niro
Gambling Gods and LSD – Peter Mettler
Picture of Light – Peter Mettler
My Dinner with Weegee – Donigan Cumming
Voice: off – Donigan Cumming
Culture – Donigan Cumming
her carnal longings – Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
Light Magic – Izabella Pruska-Oldenhof
Ten Cents for a Dance (Parallax) – Midi Onodera
The Displaced View – Midi Onodera
Alpha Girls – Midi Onodera
Making Pictures – John Price
The Camp Series – John Price
Artist Statement – Daniel Barrow
Winnipeg Babysitter – Daniel Barrow
The Face of Everything – Daniel Barrow
The Queen's Cantonese – Wayne Hung
My German Boyfriend – Wayne Hung
Field Guide to Western Wildflowers – Wayne Hung
Untitled series – Jayce Salloum
Once You've Shot the Gun – Jayce Salloum
Gavin Frogboy – Jeff Erbach
The Nature of Nicholas – Jeff Erbach
Kardia – Su Rynard
Within Dialogue (Silence) – Su Rynard
Eight Men Called Eugene – Su Rynard
Winter Fruits – Monique Moumblow
Three Waltzes – Monique Moumblow
Having Coffee With No One – Monique Moumblow
The Hundred Videos – Steve Reinke
Spirit Animal Kingdom – Steve Reinke
Ready to Cope – Aleesa Cohene
Supposed To – Aleesa Cohene
All Right – Aleesa Cohene
Yellow Pages – Ho Tam
Book of James – Ho Tam
nostalgia (april 2001 to present) – Christina Battle
hysteria – Christina Battle
fall storm – Christina Battle
Parallax – Alex Mackenzie
Nightsky – Alex Mackenzie
I Am Watched – Alex Mackenzie
Life is Pornography – Jubal Brown
Find the Performer – Paulette Phillips
Sink or Swim – Paulette Phillips
Under the Influence – Paulette Phillips
My Mother's Place – Richard Fung
Islands – Richard Fung
Steam Clean – Richard Fung
Uncomfortable: The Art of Christopher Cozier – Richard Fung
The Imposter – Daniel Cockburn
Subrosa – Helen Lee
Shooting Geronimo – Kent Monkman
Blood River – Kent Monkman
Crush – Nelson Henricks
Shimmer – Nelson Henricks
Map of the City – Nelson Henricks
Lyric – Benny Nemerofsky
Overweight with Crooked Teeth – Shelley Niro
Honey Moccasin – Shelley Niro
Sky Woman with Us – Shelley Niro
Suite: INDIAN – Shelley Niro
After Brenda – Donigan Cumming
Wrap – Donigan Cumming
Skin Deep – Midi Onodera
The Basement Girl – Midi Onodera
The View Never Changes – John Price
I've Never Felt Sexually Attracted to Anyone At All – Daniel Barrow
Davie Street Blues – Wayne Yung
Introduction to the End of an Argument – Jayce Salloum
Under Chad Valley – Jeff Erbach
Soft Like Me – Jeff Erbach
Signal – Su Rynard
Joan and Stephen – Monique Moumblow
The Mendi – Steve Reinke
The Chocolate Factory – Steve Reinke
Season of the Boys – Ho Tam
Hair Cuts – Ho Tam
buffalo lifts – Christina Battle
Work – Paulette Phillips
Monster Tree – Paulette Phillips
Fighting Chance – Richard Fung
Chinese Characters – Richard Fung