Images Blog 6 - 2010 Andrew James Paterson
Sunday (Easter, no less) was the marathon cinematic grinder of the 23rd Images Festival. This was the day for three On-Screen programmes and, not unlike a durational performance-artist, I clocked in and clocked out.
The first afternoon programme […]

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Images Blog 5 - 2010 Andrew James Paterson
Canadian Artist Spotlight Ross McLaren
Ross McLaren is a very good choice for a spotlighted Canadian artist since (a) he was the maker of a significant body of cinematic works that stand tests of time very effectively indeed and (b) he was a prime catalyst in experimental film […]

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Images Blog 4 - 2010 Andrew James Paterson
Port of Memory, Kamal Aljafari & Covered, John Greyson
Images’ opening night gala double bill was one of bittersweet subtlety. Both Kamal Aljafari’s Port of Memory and John Greyson’s Covered are concerned with surfaces that are not at all what they appear to be. And , although Port of […]

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Images Festival Blog 3 Andrew James Paterson
Daniel Barrow Emotional Feelings
Art Gallery at York University, Mar. 31- June 6
I take two or three trips through Daniel Barrow’s two rooms of magical projections at the Art Gallery of York University and find myself thinking about ornamentation and all that is ornate, as in rococo. I […]

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Images Blog 2 - 2010 Andrew James Paterson
Power Plant Mar.26 - May 24
Podworka Sharon Lockhart, Any Ever Ryan Trecartin,
Reflections and Inflections Peter Campus, Hypnagogia Joachim Koester
The spring 2010 exhibition at the […]

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