The McMaster Museum of Art

SCRAPES: Unruly Embodiments in Video Art

 

November 18, 2010 - January 22, 2011

 

CURATORS: Drs. Sarah Brophy and Janice Hladki

 

ARTISTS
Back to Back Theatre / Theatre of Speed
Aleesa Cohene
Jeremy Drummond
John Greyson
Deirdre Logue
Jorge Lozano
Allyson Mitchell and Christina Zeidler
Shelley Niro
Lisa Steele
Anna Tsouhlarakis
Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby

 

OPENING RECEPTION: Thursday November 18, 6 - 8 pm

CONFERENCE KEYNOTE by Rebecca Belmore: Friday November 19, 4 - 5 pm

 

The exhibition, Scrapes: Unruly Embodiments in Video Art, is a centerpiece of the 2010 John Douglas Taylor Conference at McMaster University, Health, Embodiment, and Visual Culture: Engaging Publics and Pedagogies, Nov 18 - 20, 2010.

 

The exhibition features video art from Canada, Australia, and the U.S. that mobilizes the body as the method of political, social, and cultural investigation. The work of Mohawk artist Shelley Niro and Navajo artist Anna Tsouhlarakis is at the forefront of contemporary Indigenous media culture. Other work includes iconic and internationally renowned video by feminist artist Lisa Steele (winner of the Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts), queer activist media by John Greyson (internationally renowned filmmaker and activist), and a disability film by Australia’s Theatre of Speed, an ensemble of performers with disabilities.

 

Image above: Jorge Lozano, Out Side (Canada. 1:29 min. 2006) detail from video still, courtesy of Vtape.

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List of Works in Exhibition (with video still thumbnails):

 

	Back to Back Theatre Theatre of Speed Theatre of Speed versus Boz 'n Hok Australia. 3:45 min. 2004.		Allyson Mitchell and Christina Zeidler Unca Trans Canada. 4:30 min. 2007.
	Aleesa Cohene Abscess Canada. 10:18 min. 2001.		Shelley Niro The Shirt Canada. 5:55 min. 2003.
	Jeremy Drummond Spit Canada. 2:27 min. 2000.		Lisa Steele Birthday Suit - with scars and defects Canada. 13 min. 1974.
	John Greyson Shame on Abbot Canada. 1 min. 2007.		Anna Tsouhlarakis Let's Dance U.S.. 14 min. 2004.
	Deirdre Logue Eclipse Canada. 4:38 min. 2005.		Emily Vey Duke and Cooper Battersby Songs of Praise for the Heart Beyond Cure Canada. 14:40 min. 2006.
	Jorge Lozano Out Side Canada. 1:29 min. 2006.