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Apparently there are still people who think that having an exhibit in a museum is a serious chest thumping moment. I get a tremendous kick out of this press release from Barco, the company that manufactures the projectors that Workspace Unlimited uses (which also lead me to question if they paid full retail).
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Well it appears that my ambitions were just a little too small to start. Initially when moving everything over here (in case you didn’t know, these are the one, two, three, four other blogs that I combined to make this here one) my plan was to have about 10 to 15 minutes of new video everyday of the week.
But then I realized that video reviews of art exhibits might prove a tad difficult, and so I decided to also incorporate long (like 3,000+ words long) reviews. But then I realized that I missed commenting on various related things on the internet, like what I’m about to do. So, currently it appears like I will be writing about art, making videos about stuff, and commenting about things – if there is any change in the future I’ll let you know.
But in the meantime, back in May, the National Gallery of Canada and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston bought themselves one of the more riveting videos I’ve ever seen (OK, I haven’t seen it, but I can imagine). Called The Clock (2010) and made by your favorite (and mine) Christian Marclay. As far as I can tell it’s a video of a bunch of clocks showing the time.
What makes everyone go “ooooohhhh!” and use words like “a mesmerizing work of video art that captures the dynamic nature of time…” is that if you press start at exactly noon (or midnight) you can tell time with it, because it lasts 24 hours.
Anyhows, first it’s going to Boston and they are doing some sort of big shindig there during La Rentrée. But in scanning the press folderol, it occurred to me that since there are Nuit Blanches in both Toronto and Montreal (and it seems even in Vancouver) that Mr. Mayer could get some good press for his (and our) museum if he loaned The Clock (2010) to places like the MOCCA and MACM and whatever place shows contemporary art in Vancouver during their respective Nuit Blanches – after all it’s only a hard drive hooked up to a large screen, right? – and shared this mesmerizing and riveting contemporary masterpiece with the citizens of the country on a night that they all try to stay up for 24 hours.
Whadya think?
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Episode 288 [8:57]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand talking to Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal curator Mark Lanctôt about Dervish by Gary Hill, how he recognizes Great Art and Déjà, Grand Déploiement de la Collection exhibit on at the museum.
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Episode 286 [11:35]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand talks to Mark Lanctôt about his Master’s Thesis on Claude Tousignant, the day-to-day responsibilities of being a curator at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and the current and future projects that he is working on.
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Episode 285 [9:34]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand talks to Mark Lanctôt about how he got his job as a curator at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal and all the other jobs he has had in the Montréal art world.
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Episode 249 [16:28]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand talking about the weather and then discussing the exhibits Blue at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, St. Catherine Street Makes the Headlines! at Pointe-à-Callière, and Sex: A Tell-all Exhibition at the Montréal Science Center, along with pointing out two kick-as Christmas Trees in Old Montreal with Lisyan Pieries and Sabrina Santucci.
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Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
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Episode 186 [20:15]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand raving about Arrimages 2010 – Distortion at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
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Originally published on Zeke’s Alternate Art #%^$#@!
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Episode 181 [12:56]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand ranting on and about his disappointment with the state of current Montreal art world.
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Originally published on Zeke’s Alternate Art #%^$#@!
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Episode 124 [18:11]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand rambling on about the art books he received and will be reviewing in the future, (Art et politique: Nouvelles formes d’engagement artistique au Québec by Ève Lamoureux; Visites privées: 15 intérieurs d’exception by Marie-France Léger, and Les folles vies de La Joute de Riopelle by Jacques Keable. MACM vs. UQAM, round 2, The lecture he saw, Art as Knowledge: The Unspeakable Subject of Hieronymus Bosch by Joseph Leo Koerner. The vernissages he went to on Saturday; Tu n’es pas ici at Galerie Maison Kasini and Nelson Henricks at VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine and and why he doesn’t enjoy vernissages. Along with a brief mention of the Sold / Vendu fundraiser for esse arts + opinions.
Originally broadcast on the Monday Morning After on CKUT 90.3 FM, Montreal.
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Episode 118 [19:52]
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Chris ‘Zeke’ Hand rambling on about Lado, the National Folk Dance Ensemble of Croatia, Galerie FMR, Paulette Gagnon’s conference at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Pauline Gagnon’s exhibit at Galerie Lydia Monaro, and the recent groups show at Galerie du Viaduc.
Originally published on Zeke’s Alternate Art #%^$#@!