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_Dossier – Mutations : arts, sciences et technologies
Cautionary Tales of Art on the Frontier of Technology
Much of today’s technology-aided art production seems to be locked into the imperatives of progress, growth, and innovation and oblivious to their dire social and environmental consequences. North Americans appear especially transfixed by this expansionist mindset, rooted in what historian […]
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_Dossier – Mutations : arts, sciences et technologies
An Artistic Examination of Medical Records: A Critic of Biopower in the Work of Salima Punjani and Carolyn Lazard
Medical imagery and medical records, far from being disinterested documents, are the dehumanizing and violent artefacts of medical objectification. These records contain only the point of view of doctors and are devoid of the voice of the person to whom […]
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_Reviews
Eye of the Beholder – The Extremeness of Vikky Alexander
Coming of age in the heady photo-conceptualist decade of the 1980s, Vikky Alexander quickly rose to be among the most visually challenging and thought-provoking Canadian contemporary artists. She became known for her insightful investigations of the found and appropriated image, […]
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_Reviews
Forest of Memory: the Provocative Art of Dana Claxton
Aesthetic agent provocateur par excellence. That’s the most accurate artistic and spiritual job description that I can ascribe to both the complex interdisciplinary work of Dana Claxton and the multi-layered persona that she shares with us in each new exhibition. She […]
