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Some of my animated gifs will be appearing at YEAR ZERO ONE for the next couple of months as part of their Splash Page Project. I'm very proud to have my images appear on this excellent website about digital and media arts.
Another self-promotional update: The joint catalogue for the AGYU's What it Feels Like for a Girl and Sinbad in the Rented World exhibitions is out now. I wrote an essay. Lisa Kiss did an excellent design job, and the other writing is really good. RM Vaughan is his usual insightful self, and there are two pieces of fiction, a nice bit by Dereck McCormack on sequin expert Herbert Lieberman, and a brilliant disturbing story by Sheila Heti about living in the big city.
Incidentally, the Art Gallery of York University also has a blog now. I like the idea of inviting comments and dialogue on curatorial blurbs and essays. There is an interesting 28-post open discussion from January between Philip Monk and Mike Hoolboom, with participation from Demetra Christakos and Mike Cartmell.
Many thanks to guest poster Joester! Nice job. Joester posts may continue to appear on this blog from time to time.
I just got back from San Francisco, where Joester and I actually attended the same penny arcade.
The display on the right was called "Laughing Sal." The mannikin loomed and laughed demonically for an unnervingly long time on a single coin. This place is all about value for $$. Note the demented tourist that forced her way into the shot. The execution chambers provided dang good cartharsis for a quarter, but the Opium Den might have been my favourite display. When activated, doors and curtains opened to reveal all kinds of psychedelic horrors. I also very much appreciated the opportunity to play Pole Position again! Such a sweet little old racing game...I still remember every curve and oil patch.
Okay, my guest blog stint is almost up, but I do have one more thing to say. There’s an ad here for the new Star Wars film that says “ You Cannot Control Your Destiny”. Especially, I would add, if you’re making a prequel. Anyone remember the first Star Wars? Wouldn’t you have said that one of the themes of that movie was “you don’t have to work on your uncle’s space farm your whole life”, or “You Can Control Your Destiny”? A better blogger might find a way to tie this into the politics and social fabric of the day making some keen cutting observations, but I am but a lowly guest blogger and will leave that to the professionals.