Five Notes
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Compiled by Meera Margaret Singh and Luke Painter 1. Wrik Mead: I’m Not in Love by 10cc Wrik Mead’s video begins with a celestial introduction, leading into an otherworldly, sensuous, glamorous journey through the glimmering bodily landscapes of... -
By the Editors From the series “Black Holes” (2010): Courtesy Prefix Photo, Toronto.1. Marie-Jeanne Musiol at Prefix Photo Quebec-based photographer Musiol’s series of photographs, “Black Holes”, picture the latrines in the women’s prison at... -
By Shane Lavalette 1. Gottlund VerlagBrilliantly edited, hand-printed and bound with care by Nicholas Gottlund in his Kutztown, PA studio.2. TBW BooksA subscription series to a set of four books. The latest series includes books by Mark Steinmetz,... -
By Bill Clarke Obviously, the New York Art Book Fair, which took over three floors of the sprawling P.S. 1 MoMA space in Queens from November 4 to 7, 2010 is mainly about art books, but there is so much more. Ephemera and objects of all shapes and... -
By Andy Adams Earlier this summer, I attended LOOKbetween to facilitate a discussion addressing new trends in online publishing. The weekend was filled with exciting ideas and featured nightly photo projections presenting multimedia work from the 90... -
By Sarah Robayo Sheridan 1. The History of a Hoax: Edmund Lester Pearson, John Cotton Dana, and the Old Librarian's Almanack by Wayne Weigand I came across this title in a Pittsburgh bookshop. The brown linen cover embossed with gold type coaxed me... -
Yang Zhenzhou: Light and Easy2002: Courtesy BAGART, Art Metropole, Toronto and Gendai Gallery, Shanghai.By Ann Dean 1. The BAGART Project from Shanghai with invited Toronto artistsBAGART has been created by the Shanghai art collective, Birdhead,... -
By Kerri Reid1. The NFB Mediatheque This summer, I discovered the National Film Board (NFB) of Canada’s Mediatheque. There are over 5,000 NFB films ready for viewing in personal viewing stations, and it was free all summer. (The rest...
