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My charming new school...
Yesterday at grad student orientation at York University we were reminded that the campus isn't really safe for women walking alone after dark (bad news), but there is a free shuttle bus that we can take that will keep us all super duper safe and sound (good news). While standing in one of several administrative lineups I noticed a taped-up campus-wide memo about a sexual assault perpetrated by a guy on a bicycle*. Today, while in another requisite lineup, I noted yet another campus-wide memo about another different sexual assault perpetrated by a white guy with a bald head.
It was a beautiful day today and the campus was swarming with co-ed groups of frosh being herded around and forced to do charming embarrassing little indoctrination activities. The first group I saw were engaged in a friendly tousle in which the (very young) women were paired up against the (very young) men and instructed to wrestle. The second little bi-gendered pod I saw were marching and chanting military style:
Call: What are you here for?Super-duper charming! Makes me feel like re-reading Neal Stephenson's The Big U.
Response: Stroke my pussy.
Call: What are you here for?
Response: Stroke my pussy.
Refrain: Stroke my pussy, stroke, stroke, stroke my pussy (repeat)
* I must admit that, given the extreme remoteness from downtown of the campus, the fact that there was a cyclist on campus made me feel somewhat reassured, despite this particular cyclist's unsavoury activities.
Lots of shows coming up...September being what it is...
Neutrinos They Are Very Small
Rebecca Diederichs, Gordon Hicks, Sally McKay, curated by Corinna Ghaznavi
opens at Render Gallery in Waterloo on September 13th. We will also have a Saturday afternoon closing event later in October with performance lecture and an all ages Art and Science Lab. Come and party in the "Top Intelligent Community of 2007!"
Quantal Strife
Scott Carruthers, Crystal Mowry, Marc Ngui, curated by Sally McKay
opens at McMaster Museum of Art in Hamilton on September 13th. Come and party in Steeltown! (Also watch Hamilton Life for a profile on the exhibition).
Granite Club - Persona Volare at the Tree Museum
Carlo Cesta, Michael Davey, John Dickson, Rebecca Diederichs, Brian Hobbs, Lorna Mills, Lisa Neighbour, Chantal Rousseau, Lyla Rye, Kate Wilson, and Johannes Zits
opens at the Tree Museum near Gravenhurst on Sunday September 16, 2007 noon to 5pm. Come and party in the woods!
In celebration of the Tree Museum's 10th Anniversary, Personal Volare is also mounting an exhibition at York Quay Centre The Road North/The Road South, September 14th. Come party at the Harbourfront!