The Images Festival is on now. The program is here. Note: Peggy Anne Berton's excellent film is showing on the 22nd! Also note Deirdre Logue opening tonight at Paul Petro. Tomorrow I'm conducting a marathon gallery tour of the "off screen" projects, meaning stuff that's in galleries rather than in the theatre. Here's the blurb:
A Guided Tour to the Images Festival's Installation Projects
Saturday, April 15, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Meet at 401 Richmond St. West, suite Suite 448
Join Toronto artist, curator writer and IF tour guide Sally McKay for a free guided walking tour of the installation and new media projects exhibited in this year's Images Off Screen.
Here is the schedule. Yes, we will see 14 galleries in 4 hours! Join us for the whole thing, or pick up the tour along the way...
1:00
Images Office (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 448
Welcome (grab a snack)
1:11
Vtape (15min)
401 Richmond, suite 452
Mieke Bal
short artist talk
1:28
Trinity Square Video (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 376
Michael Campbell
1:41
YYZ (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 140
Laiwan and Kristan Horton
1:52
Prefix (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 124
Annika Larsson
2:03
WARC Gallery (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 122
Alison Chun Ya
short artist talk
2:15
A Space (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 110
Mieke Bal and Sadegh Tirafkan
2:26
Gallery 44 (15min)
401 Richmond, suite 120
Tony Cokes, Chris Curreri and Carol Flax
2:42
Wynick/Tuck (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 128
Takehito Koganezawa
2:52
bathroom break (5min)
3:03
Gallery TPW (10min)
80 Spadina, suite 310
Calum Stirling
(walk west on Queen St.)
3:38
Mercer Union (10min)
37 Lisgar St.
Brian Joseph Davis
3:48
Coffee Break (15min)
4:08
InterAccess (10min)
9 Ossington
Hisako Yamakawa
4:19
Paul Petro (20min)
980 Queen St. W
Deirdre Loque
short artist talk
4:42
Edward Day (10min)
952 Queen St. W
John Oswald
4:53
MOCCA (10min)
952 Queen St. W
Tammy Forsythe, Jeremy Shaw and J.R. Carpenter
5:03
the end! but stay at MOCCA as long as you like...
(performance by Tammy Forsythe at 6:00)
Dammit. I feel so guilty. The Sherpa guides you hired were a no-show because I got them all piss drunk the night before. Did everyone make it to the summit of MOCCA?
more than 60 people showed up for the tour! we had less at the end, but still a respectable number. And we were only 10 minutes behind schedule by the time we reached MOCCA. Christina Battle made arrangements with a lot of the artists and so we were priviledged with intimate presentations by Mieke Bal, Michael Campbell, Laiwan, Alison Chun Ya, Annika Larsson, Tony Cokes, Brian Joseph Davis, Deirdre Logue and John Oswald. And though Chris Curreri and J.R. Carpenter didn't do a talks, they were present to meet people and answer questions. Shannon Cochrane made an excellent little flag for me, and we just charged along from space to space. A lot of people on the tour had not been to 401 Richmond before, so it was a real introduction to the galleries as well as the artists. For those who were more familiar with the venues, there were some other perks like getting to hear Andy Paterson sing "Yesterday" for Brian Joseph Davis, and meeting the artists from out of town. The downside was that we did not have time for much group discussion, and some of the work didn't get enough attention, cause we were cruising pretty fast. Fun day.
note: there is audio by the artists available online here.
Also, Deirdre Logue's piece has a really excellent web component.
Thanks again, Sally. It was fun.
Sally on the way to Images Festival Tour ...
Tino took a picture of me on my bike on Saturday but luckily only L.M. and I have picture posting powers on this blog!
And I constantly abuse that privilege.
....sqawk....follow me! ....sqawk ....this way to the art show!
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The Images Festival is on now. The program is here. Note: Peggy Anne Berton's excellent film is showing on the 22nd! Also note Deirdre Logue opening tonight at Paul Petro. Tomorrow I'm conducting a marathon gallery tour of the "off screen" projects, meaning stuff that's in galleries rather than in the theatre. Here's the blurb:
A Guided Tour to the Images Festival's Installation Projects
Saturday, April 15, 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Meet at 401 Richmond St. West, suite Suite 448
Join Toronto artist, curator writer and IF tour guide Sally McKay for a free guided walking tour of the installation and new media projects exhibited in this year's Images Off Screen.
Here is the schedule. Yes, we will see 14 galleries in 4 hours! Join us for the whole thing, or pick up the tour along the way...
1:00
Images Office (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 448
Welcome (grab a snack)
1:11
Vtape (15min)
401 Richmond, suite 452
Mieke Bal
short artist talk
1:28
Trinity Square Video (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 376
Michael Campbell
1:41
YYZ (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 140
Laiwan and Kristan Horton
1:52
Prefix (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 124
Annika Larsson
2:03
WARC Gallery (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 122
Alison Chun Ya
short artist talk
2:15
A Space (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 110
Mieke Bal and Sadegh Tirafkan
2:26
Gallery 44 (15min)
401 Richmond, suite 120
Tony Cokes, Chris Curreri and Carol Flax
2:42
Wynick/Tuck (10min)
401 Richmond, suite 128
Takehito Koganezawa
2:52
bathroom break (5min)
3:03
Gallery TPW (10min)
80 Spadina, suite 310
Calum Stirling
(walk west on Queen St.)
3:38
Mercer Union (10min)
37 Lisgar St.
Brian Joseph Davis
3:48
Coffee Break (15min)
4:08
InterAccess (10min)
9 Ossington
Hisako Yamakawa
4:19
Paul Petro (20min)
980 Queen St. W
Deirdre Loque
short artist talk
4:42
Edward Day (10min)
952 Queen St. W
John Oswald
4:53
MOCCA (10min)
952 Queen St. W
Tammy Forsythe, Jeremy Shaw and J.R. Carpenter
5:03
the end! but stay at MOCCA as long as you like...
(performance by Tammy Forsythe at 6:00)
- sally mckay 4-14-2006 8:57 pm
Dammit. I feel so guilty. The Sherpa guides you hired were a no-show because I got them all piss drunk the night before. Did everyone make it to the summit of MOCCA?
- L.M. 4-16-2006 7:44 am
more than 60 people showed up for the tour! we had less at the end, but still a respectable number. And we were only 10 minutes behind schedule by the time we reached MOCCA. Christina Battle made arrangements with a lot of the artists and so we were priviledged with intimate presentations by Mieke Bal, Michael Campbell, Laiwan, Alison Chun Ya, Annika Larsson, Tony Cokes, Brian Joseph Davis, Deirdre Logue and John Oswald. And though Chris Curreri and J.R. Carpenter didn't do a talks, they were present to meet people and answer questions. Shannon Cochrane made an excellent little flag for me, and we just charged along from space to space. A lot of people on the tour had not been to 401 Richmond before, so it was a real introduction to the galleries as well as the artists. For those who were more familiar with the venues, there were some other perks like getting to hear Andy Paterson sing "Yesterday" for Brian Joseph Davis, and meeting the artists from out of town. The downside was that we did not have time for much group discussion, and some of the work didn't get enough attention, cause we were cruising pretty fast. Fun day.
note: there is audio by the artists available online here.
Also, Deirdre Logue's piece has a really excellent web component.
- sally mckay 4-16-2006 9:47 pm
Thanks again, Sally. It was fun.
- mike w (guest) 4-17-2006 5:24 am
Sally on the way to Images Festival Tour ...
- tino (guest) 4-17-2006 4:24 pm
Tino took a picture of me on my bike on Saturday but luckily only L.M. and I have picture posting powers on this blog!
- sally mckay 4-17-2006 7:57 pm
And I constantly abuse that privilege.
- L.M. 4-17-2006 8:12 pm
....sqawk....follow me! ....sqawk ....this way to the art show!
- sally mckay 4-17-2006 8:20 pm