Category: Film and Video

Virtual capitalism assures us that economic production is now dean. Industrial spaces are transformed into expensive lofts or tourist centres, supply shops become art galleries, manufacturing has moved offshore or is hidden away in sweatshops. As the meanings associated with these spaces are exchanged for new ones, older histories are erased We are left with vestiges of the old way,…

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“Every visit to the cinema leaves me against all my vigilance, stupider and worse.”–Theodor Adorno I suspect Robert Lee must approach his own images with a reluctance similar to Adorno’s. If the Toronto artist’s past attempts at suspending his videos from distribution are any indication, he harbours troubled sentiments towards image-making. With only rare glimpses at his work possible in…

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True confession: Before I saw his recent feature film Stryker at the Ontario College Of Art And Design earlier this year, I didn’t know a lot about Noam Gonick. After interviewing him by phone-me at a sweltering, heat wave—cramped desk in Toronto and he in Guy Maddin’s air-conditioned purple bathroom in Winnipeg–I don’t know if I’m any closer to understanding…

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