C: International Contemporary Art articles from June 2006

C: International Contemporary Art archives from June 2006

The manifesto issue.(EDITORIAL)
June 22, 2006... The question of which next step to take is a lot less intimidating than how to reach a far-off goal in a distant future where all our problems will finally be solved. (1) --Brian Massumi In the Communist Manifesto of 1848, Marx and...

A museum of the future.
June 22, 2006... Excerpt from a presentation given at Art Basel Miami Beach, 2004 In the beginning of my career, I considered museums unnecessary; I could avoid museums, I wanted to avoid museums. My generation of artists saw the museum as a place with no...

Manifestos for beginners.
June 22, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1848 The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels France Marx and Engels formulated the philosophy of communism. Their manifesto outlined a belief in a proletarian society where no...

Puts the fest in manifesto.(INSTANT COFFEE)
June 22, 2006... With wavering clarity we understand that what we do is confined to the limitations of representation, and we're OK with that. As a product and service Instant Coffee is an effective substitute: It mimics the real thing without the pretense of...

All you need is leniency.
June 22, 2006... Leniency, by lowering standards and increasing permission, laxity and indulgence, is a compassionate, autonomous gesture. No matter the circumstance, in cases of leniency, an affinity is usually drawn upon. As a conscious decision to take it...

Manifestations of Soft Revolution: Toronto School of Creativity & Inquiry.
June 22, 2006... The energy of the manifesto is drawn from expressions in the here and now of alternate possibilities for life. Music is just one territory of cultural production in which such expressions of the possible manifest, in all their messy...

Bid!
June 22, 2006... The Board of Directors and Staff of C Magazine would like to thank everyone for making Spring Fling 2 such a success. Thank you to our generous sponsors: Leo Kamen Gallery, McAuslan Brewing Inc., Akau Framing, Museumpros, Bar Italia,...

A message from the P.R.A.: Purple Resistance Army.
June 22, 2006... The Purple Resistance Army (PRA) and its auxiliary wing, the Purple Menace Society (PMS, the women's division), is a united and federated grouping of members of different races, genders and socialistic political parties of the oppressed people...

Not impressed by civilization: welcome to freedom street: Mark Nault's nationalist underground.
June 22, 2006... For almost four years, starting on September 9, 2001. Mark Nault occupied a space in the underpass on 5th Street SW between 9th and 10th Avenue in Calgary. Claiming the area as "Freedom Street," Nault made the bridge both a home and a vehicle...

... Ifesto: feminist art's shifting ground.
June 22, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] I Congenitally opposed to the macho tone of so many avant-garde polemics, suspicion of the manifesto comes naturally to feminism. And yet, as the credibility of the manifesto declined over the past 40 years,...

Theatre embarrassment and commodification: an aesthetic of civic engagement.
June 22, 2006... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Over the course of the 20th century, theatre has been eclipsed by other time-based representational forms: film, television and now gaming and other online activities. Theatre practitioners tried to hold on, often...

I fell pretty.
June 22, 2006... What is it that is so attractive about making art? Everybody wants to be an artist, and artists are everywhere. It's like tap dancing, or playing the piano or a wild jazz saxophone, or being a world-class pizza spinner, playing in a rock and...

Berlin Biennial 4.
June 22, 2006... BERLIN BIENNIAL 4 CURATED BY MAURIZIO CATTELAN, MASSIMILIANO GIONI AND ALI SUBOTNICK BERLIN, GERMANY ANTONIA HIRSCH AND MELANIE O'BRIAN [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Perhaps the strongest features of this year's fourth Berlin...

Michael Lewis: Ancestor Corridor.
June 22, 2006... MICHAEL LEWIS ANCESTOR CORRIDOR CENTRE D'EXPOSITION L'IMAGIER, GATINEAU, QUEBEC DIANE HARDY TRANSLATED BY DOROTHY HOWARD [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Shadows suit enigmas, especially when they draw on the function of...

Mika Rottenberg: Dough.
June 22, 2006... MIKA ROTTENBERG DOUGH NICOLE KLAGSBRUN GALLERY NEW YORK CHEN TAMIR In Mika Rottenberg's world, every woman is a superhero. Although each woman is ordinary enough to be modest, every one has an extraordinary characteristic,...

Arnaud Maggs: Nomenclature.
June 22, 2006... ARNAUD MAGGS NOMENCLATURE THE ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN GALLERY, OSHAWA GIL MCELROY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] While Newtonian physics may have prompted the understanding that, within the electromagnetic spectrum, a given colour is...

Canada Dreaming.
June 22, 2006... CANADA DREAMING MICHEL DE BROIN, NELSON HENRICKS, SIMON HUGHES, MARK LEWIS, KELLY MARK, ALEX MORRISON, ANA REWAKOWICZ, KEVIN SCHMIDT, JEREMY SHAW, STEVEN SHEARER, CORIN SWORN, ALTHEA THAUBERGER, EVE K. TREMBLAY CURATED BY JUSTIN...

Supernovas.
June 22, 2006... SUPERNOVAS IAN AUGUST, TAMARA RAE BIEBRICH, ADAM BROOKS, CHRIS COOPER; ERICA EYRES, LIZ GARLICKI, MIKE GERMAIN, RICHARD HINES, GLEN JOHNSON, ERIE LESAGE, JUSTIN LUDWAR, SHAWNA MCLEOD, SHAUN MORIN, JENNIE O'KEEFE, HEIDI PHILLIPS, TALIA...

Michael Euying Oh.
June 22, 2006... MICHAEL EUYING OH PARI NADIMI GALLERY, TORONTO EARL MILLER [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] With a concurrent exhibition of On Kawara's seminal date paintings at Toronto's Power Plant gallery forming a backdrop, Michael Euying Oh's...

Getting there is Half the Fun.
June 22, 2006... GETTING THERE IS HALF THE FUN PAUL BUTLER WYNIEK/TUCK GALLERY, TORONTO NADJA SAYEJ [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Collage parties are public gatherings with magazines, scissors and glue. A bunch of strangers get together to cut,...

Chart.
June 22, 2006... CHART KATHY SLADE TRACEY LAWRENCE GALLERY, VANCOUVER CATE RIMMER [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Learn three chords and you can start a revolution. Learn nine and you can play it. In music lore, bands from the Beatles to the Sex...

Better Living.
June 22, 2006... BETTER LIVING SHINOBU AKIMOTO ART GALLERY OF WINDSOR, WINDSOR SALLY MCKAY [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "Why is this art?" It's a question that never goes away, asked by children, adults, art tourists and art professionals...

Big picture.
June 22, 2006... THE ARBOUR LAKE SGHOOL UNTITLED, 2006 BURGER KING PLAYS TUBES, SUBURBAN CONSTRUCTION SITE, CALGARY PHOTO: JOHN FROST WWW.THEARBOURLAKESGHOOL.COM [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]