“After you have killed these suitors in your own palace,
either by treachery, or openly with the sharp bronze,
then you must take up your well-shaped oar and go on a journey until you come where there are men living who know nothing
of the sea, and who eat food that is not mixed with salt, who never
have known well-shaped oars, which act for ships as wings do.
And I will tell you a very clear proof, and you cannot miss it.
When, as you walk, some other wayfarer happens to meet you,
and says you carry a winnow-fan on your bright shoulder,
then you must plant your well-shaped oar in the ground” (The Odyssey, book XI, 11.119-137)
A winnowing fan is a device used to separate grains, and so only those living far from the sea would mistake an oar for one, thus this is how Odysseus knows that he is far enough from home. However to come to that realization, he must carry the Oar until someone questions its purpose. The question becomes a confirmation of expat status and a source of relief – once it is asked, he may abandon the proof. In the exhibition “ Canadian Mystic”, we want to get away too.
Canadian identity is characterized by mystical traditions and folktales that would not be understood elsewhere, we live in an insular, fragile world of magic and mystic traditions the balance of which is held up by self-awareness. The phenomena is tied to a culture of heritage preservation and the mixture of habit, tradition, art and sparsity. Our identities comprise a heterogeneous verse, concocted from generations of rejected, reclaimed and misunderstood practices.
When we go somewhere new, this becomes a point of struggle: do our efforts hold up in places shaped by traditions less diffused, are we able to plant ourselves there? When Odysseus got far enough, he had to abandon the oar, by sticking it in the ground, both claiming the earth and abandoning its virtue. Out of our National Canadian context, we might see something that brings us together. Something we could feel good about leaving behind.
This is a diverse group show bringing together a variety of identity and culture based practices.
This exhibition will travel to Mexico, a place that shares a continent with our country, however different. In this exhibition we want to bring ourselves there, to feel different enough, far enough from home to know who we are, to abandon our Oar.
Victoria Cheong, Brette Gabel, Ulysses Castellanos Matt Crookshank, Jamie Ross, Seth Scriver, Tyler Clark Burke,Terrance Houle, Xenia Benivolski.
At the Museo de la Ciudad, Querétaro, México
Opening: 11 November, 20
le samedi 1er octobre, au Café Le Falco (5605 de Gaspé, Montréal)
**17h-18h : Cartographier la track !** Atelier d'expérimentation cartographique et de création.
Cet atelier de création cartographique propose de réfléchir aux usages et réappropriations de l'emprise ferroviaire. À partir de leur propre expérience du lieu, les participants seront invités à représenter sur une carte leurs chemins de traverse, leurs détours et leurs dérives autour de la voie ferrée. Les cartes créées feront partie d'une exposition organisée par la galerie Articule à l'automne. Venez participer à la mobilisation et partager votre expérience du lieu de manière créative!
En partenariat avec : galerie Articule, cabinet d'architecture Rayside-Labossière, Comité citoyen du Mile End, Les Amis du Champ des Possibles.
**18h : Projection À la track !** Projection multimédia sur l'univers visuel et sonore de la track.
Projection des œuvres du concours ‘À la track ! Regards sur l'emprise ferroviaire’. Sélection de photos, dessins, vidéos, films, animations et créations sonores illustrant la réalité, l'insolite, la vie quotidienne, les rencontres, l’atmosphère et la poésie de la voie ferrée et ses alentours.
En partenariat avec : Pop Montréal, Ubisoft, Les Amis du Champ des Possibles.
I'm giving a talk about my upcoming film/book project at the Co:Lab lecture series Friday June 3rd.
514-448-4041 |
Here and There and Here
presented by Yo Guy
DATES/TIMES/LOCATIONS
EVENT #1:
February 27th, 2011_7PM – 11PM
First Performance Starts at 8PM
Last Performance Starts at 1030PM
Artscape Gibraltar Point
Gibraltar Point, Toronto Island
443 Lakeshore Avenue
Performative works by the selected artists, reinforce the setting of both shows, through their relationship to the spaces they inhabit. They will act as an anchor that stabilizes and reflects the atmosphere of the event. Each artist was specifically chosen based on similarity in tone, as opposed to visual manifestation. As a curatorial experiment it explores ways of viewing that are not relying on the superficial but on the undercurrents of feeling.
Video works:
Micheal Farley (Baltimore, Maryland)http://www.bakerartistawards.org/nomination/view/michael%20farley Paul B. Davis (London, UK)http://www.post-data.org/~paul/ Anna-May Henry (Toronto, Canada)http://fantasticalgeographic.blogspot.com/
Jamie Callum Ross (Montreal, Canada)http://www.jamieross.org/
Hazel-Hill McCarthy III (Los Angeles, California)http://www.hazelhillmccarthyiii.com/Geoffrey Pugen (Toronto, Canada)http://www.geoffreypugen.com/Jules Marquis (New York, New York)http://www.julesmarquis.com/Jon Clark (Los Angeles, California)http://jonclarkvideo.com/Abbe Findley (Kansas City, Missouri)http://www.youtube.com/user/sheughnessyIris Fraser-Gundrunas (Toronto, Canada)http://vimeo.com/irisfraserRobby Rackleff (Baltimore, Maryland)http://dothemathcomics.com/Dan Siney (Vancouver, Canada)http://lesgallery.ca/?p=123Laura McCoy (Toronto, Canada)http://lauramccoy.blogspot.com/Neelam Kler (Nanaimo, Canada)http://webspace.ocad.ca/~nk05lS/Colin Snapp (New York, New York)http://www.colinsnapp.com/
Performances at Space #1 (The Toronto Island Artscape Lodge):
Leah Finkle and Pat Jeffries (musical act)
Emma Cale Roberts (Reading and Visual)
Yuula Benivolski (Visual Performance)http://www.yuulabenivolski.com/
Lisa Cristinzo (Visual Performance)http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=173659
Performances at Space #2 (Double Double Land):
Laura McCoy (Visual Performance)http://lauramccoy.blogspot.com/
Jon McCurley (Visual Performance)http://www.amylamwebsite.com/craphead.html
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I'm going to be performing at the Lickety Split Smut Zine fundraiser
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Come support the Olympic Resitance Network
My short story, Draw Them All Together was chosen to be published in this anthology by Steel Bananas. It is semi-autobiographical and deals with my experiences teaching 3 and 4 year-olds. Coming this fall.
