An 18th Century Staple
Three weeks ago I bought a packet of receipts dated to April 1799 at a flew market. They were held together by what we’d call a finishing nail.
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Henry VIII’s armour
I don’t usually do the tourist pose, but in this case I indulged. Partially because before seeing this at the Met at the end of June, I’d been watching David Starkey’s Henry: Mind of a Tyrant on TVO (which is available on iTunes). Seeing the armour made the history and the man (especially his kingly size) tangible.>
Nobody Can Ever Question
Alberta’s culture minister says:
“I sit here as a government representative for film and television in the province of Alberta and I look at what we produce and if we’re honest with ourselves, why do I produce so much shit? Why do I fund so much crap?,”
and this is a response:
“I was at a loss when I heard the statement – a complete loss and quite surprised and quite taken aback for every producer and content maker in Canada, let alone Alberta,” said CBC Television General Manager Kirstine Stewart, who was in the audience. “Nobody can ever question the quality of what we do here in Canada, creatively or otherwise.”
I take issue with the way this was instinctively (that is, without forethought) phrased:
Nobody can ever question the quality of what we do here in Canada, creatively or otherwise.
I think there’s a genuine problem in Canada when culture is subject to such dictatorial sentiments. There is certainly a culture of complicity in place, where we are expected to fall in line or be subject to censorship. I think it’s fair to say that Freedom of Expression within this country has been perverted into a freedom of expression in support of the status quo, and within the ideological confines established by Management.
“I was at a loss …” yes of course you were, because someone says something controversial, and instead of laughing, or simply disagreeing, you have to dig in your heels and make Dear Leader statements.
What we do here in Canada is apparently fucking awesome, as the embedded movie trailers below show:
This should be the logo for (i)Luminato
Thomas Hirschorn at the Power Plant
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INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES / Thomas Hirschhorn
May 19, 2010
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The celebrated Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (born in 1957, Bern) discusses his recent Amsterdam-based project, The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival (2009). Since the 1980s, the Paris-based former graphic designer has evolved a radical sculpture and installation practice that makes monumental works with humble materials like cardboard and packing tape to engage viewers in conversation about philosophy and global politics. Recent solo exhibitions have taken place at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain (2006), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (2007), Museo Tamayo, Mexico (2008), and the Gladstone Gallery, New York (2009). Hirschhorn has received the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2001) and the Joseph Beuys Prize (2004).
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Wednesday, May 19, 2010
7:00PM
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Israel’s Hit Squads
Israel's Hit Squads | by Yossi Melman and Dan Raviv
