- Paperback: 384 pages
- Publisher: Univ Of Minnesota Press; 1 edition (Jan 12 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0816637792
- ISBN-13: 978-0816637799
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.6 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 1.2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,058,041 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Book Description
Film/Art
A compelling exploration of experimental video in Canada, one of the most exciting arenas for independent film and video.
Occasionally shocking, often funny, and above all genuinely experimental, this groundbreaking collection explores exciting developments in the field of Canadian video often overlooked in the United States. With critical essays on video theory and practice by senior and emerging media arts critics, theorists, and artists from the United States and Canada, Magnetic North offers an in-depth look at this vital art form.
Magnetic North includes early Canadian video art from the 1970s to the present, providing historical perspective and the basis for positioning this work in an international context. More than forty artists are represented, spanning divergent regions, eras, and genres that range from innovative documentary to conceptual art, from experimental narrative to performance video. This compendium not only illustrates an important exhibition of established and emerging Canadian video artists, but also provides new scholarship and criticism in the field of contemporary art practice.
Critical essays by Peggy Gale, Nicole Gingras, Bruce Jenkins, Victor Masayesva, and Chris Straayer create a rich context for the work and cover topics such as the history of Canadian video, voice and language, materiality and hybridity, indigenous aesthetics, and the body and performance. A unique feature is impressions and responses to the work from a number of prominent filmmakers, artists, and writers, including George Lipsitz, Yvonne Rainer, and Carrie Mae Weems, which were commissioned for this volume. Also included are excerpts from scripts and fiction by some of the artists, as well as work in other media.
Contributors: Rebecca Baron; Marjorie Beaucage; Wendy Clarke; Sara Diamond; Peggy Gale; Nicole Gingras; Bill Horrigan; Bruce Jenkins; Gary Kibbins; George Kuchar; Ernest Larsen; George Lewis; George Lipsitz; Victor Masayesva; Sherry Millner; Na Maka o ka Aina; Catherine Opie; Yvonne Rainer; Chris Straayer; Carrie Mae Weems; and Lawrence Paul Yuxwelupton.
Jenny Lion is an independent curator and film/video maker whose works have been screened at museums and festivals internationally. She currently teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Published in collaboration with the Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, and Video Pool, Winnipeg.
Translation Inquiries: Walker Art Center
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover,
By Caroline (Washington D.C., US) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Magnetic North (Paperback)
I first found this book at my college's library, and thought that it would be very entertaining and artistic. Having received it for Christmas and looked it over thoroughly, I am sorely disappointed. The book is nothing more than artsy camera shots and people who are wannabe artists. No doubt, Canadian Experimental Video is interesting, but the people writing the text for this book were writing it in an incredibly fartsy manner. Some of the excerpts from the videos are just garbage, and some don't make any sense. Not that art has to make sense, but it was fartsy. NO ONE BUY THIS BOOK!
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent video art resource,
By A Customer
This review is from: Magnetic North (Paperback)
This a must-have for anyone interested in video art. Chock-full of colour video stills, featuring some of the major artists working in this medium over the past 25 years. Includes Zacharias Kunuk, Colin Campbell, Thirza Cuthand, Kate Craig, Lisa Steele, Robert Morin/Lorraine Dufour, Manon Labrecque, Cathy Sisler, and more. Good editorial introduction from Walker Arts Centre curator Jenny Lion and many fine essays and interviews, some in experimental format.
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Excellent video art resource,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Magnetic North (Paperback)
This a must-have for anyone interested in video art. Chock-full of colour video stills, featuring some of the major artists working in this medium over the past 25 years. Includes Zacharias Kunuk, Colin Campbell, Thirza Cuthand, Kate Craig, Lisa Steele, Robert Morin/Lorraine Dufour, Manon Labrecque, Cathy Sisler, and more. Good editorial introduction from Walker Arts Centre curator Jenny Lion and many fine essays and interviews, some in experimental format.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Don't Judge A Book By Its Cover,
By Caroline - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Magnetic North (Paperback)
I first found this book at my college's library, and thought that it would be very entertaining and artistic. Having received it for Christmas and looked it over thoroughly, I am sorely disappointed. The book is nothing more than artsy camera shots and people who are wannabe artists. No doubt, Canadian Experimental Video is interesting, but the people writing the text for this book were writing it in an incredibly fartsy manner. Some of the excerpts from the videos are just garbage, and some don't make any sense. Not that art has to make sense, but it was fartsy. NO ONE BUY THIS BOOK!
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