Review of Fall In/Fall Out @ the Blackwood Gallery

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

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