This weekend, the Globe and Mail published my review of Fall In/Fall Out, which is taking place at the Blackwood Gallery to December 13. One thing I didn't get to mention in the article are the extensive resources available on the Blackwood's exhibition website, including responses from a variety of artists and curators to two questions:
"What is the quintessential work about falling?"
and
"What is the quintessential work about jumping?"
Interestingly, House of Pain gets two shout-outs in a row!
What is the quintessential work about falling?
JOHN PAUL RICCO: Genesis 3.
What is the quintessential work about jumping?
JOHN PAUL RICCO: House of Pain’s Jump Around (1992).
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What is the quintessential work about falling?
KATIE BETHUNE-LEAMEN: Yves Klein, The Leap into the Void, 1960.
What is the quintessential work about jumping?
KATIE BETHUNE-LEAMEN: That's harder, and I don't like my response:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwQbPgouUYo
Take that, Van Halen! Actually, in a strange turn of events, Van Halen is getting their own artistic homage this month at YYZ, where Kathleen Hearn gets local musicians to cover their 1984 chart-topper.
In any case, those responses on the Blackwood site are worth a read if you're looking to poke around on the Interwebs.If you like inter-persons more, Shannon Hoff will give a related talk on November 18 at 7pm.
Image from Simone Jones' film Perfect Vehicle from the Blackwood
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Review of Fall In/Fall Out @ the Blackwood Gallery
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Still No Such Thing as a Free Lunch; Bus Trips Another Story Altogether
Last week I trekked out to the Blackwood Gallery at the University of Toronto at Mississauga to check out its interesting, evolving show "Fall In/Fall Out." More on that hopefully later this week. But for the time being I wanted to spread the word that the U of T's shuttle bus rides from its downtown campus to the Blackwood's campus--previously $12 round trip for non-students--are now free if you pick up your tickets at the downtown campus' Barnicke Gallery.
This new ticket intiative doesn't make the bus ride--which as many know, happens on a pretty bare-bones school bus--any shorter; it's still 45 minutes to an hour when I've gone. But the initiative does make the Blackwood a little more accessible financially, which is nice. For info on the Barnicke's opening/ticket sign-out hours click here.
Video still from Paul Litherland's Force of Attraction, a highlight of "Fall In," from the Blackwood Gallery
