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Editorial

Editor

The Manifesto Issue

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Manifesto

Relational art

Editor Rosemary Heather discusses the theme of manifesto in terms of artistic disciplines striving to revitalize social experience.

Feature

Writer

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Museums

In this excerpt from his presentation given at Art Basel Miami Beach in 2004, Vito Acconci considers the possibilities of a mobile, reactive museum. The speech accompanies a description of his collaborative project _Re-Shuffle: Notions of an Itinerant Museum_ (2006).

A Museum of the Future

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History

Art movements

This infographic synthesizes eight famous manifestos from history: The Communist Manifesto (1848), Manifesto of Futurism (1909), Dada Manifesto (1916), Manifesto of Surrealism (1924), Refus Global (1948), Russell-Einstein Manifesto (1955), SCUM Manifesto (1967), Cyborg Manifesto (1986).

Timeline: Manifestos for Beginners

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Humour

Collective

Toronto based artist collective Instant Coffee presents its artistic manifesto of mimicking quality without any pretense of superiority.

Instant Coffee Puts the Fest in Manifesto

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Social

Critique

This article explores the concept of leniency and the ways in which it is overused, distributed, and employed. Leah Glushien advocates for an increase in leniency as a way to assuage interpersonal relationships.

All you need is Leniency

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Music

Pop culture

The Toronto School of Creativity and Inquiry explores _soft_ revolution as a concept challenging assumptions about revolts as inherently aggressive with immediate action. The project focuses on Canadian indie music as a medium of exploration and consists of lyrical citations from artists within the genre. 

Manifestations of Soft Revolution

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On behalf of the Purple Resistance Army, Bruce LaBruce outlines the group’s manifesto which declares “revolutionary war against the Fascist, Capitalist and Largely Heterosexual Class and all its agents of murder, oppression and exploitation.” 

A Message from the P.R.A. (Purple Resistance Army)

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Politics

Video

Documentary

This transcription of Evan Godfrey’s video by the same title profiles Mark Nault, who began to occupy the space below an underpass in downtown Calgary in 2001, calling it Freedom Street. Nault called for an inversion of conventional political power dynamics and argued for a state where he, as ruler, would be subject to the needs of “the people.”

Welcome to Freedom Street: Mark Nault's Nationalist Underground

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Feminism

Helena Reckitt reflects on the feminist skepticism of the historically macho tone manifestos from history tend to take. This suspicion has led to a feminist appropriation of the manifesto that, while mixing irony and passion, simultaneously channels the power of the form and questions its revolutionary certainty.

---ifesto: Feminist Art's Shifting Ground

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Jacob Zimmer lists the eleven elements of art collective Small Wooden Shoe’s creative mandate.

Manifesto: 11 conversation starters for Small Wooden Shoe

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Theatre

Darren O’Donnell explores the current status of theatre in society, claiming that its fading relevance is due to its inability to be mass-produced and commodified in a capitalist culture. 

Theatre Embarrassment and Commodification: An Aesthetic of Civic Engagement

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Identity

This essay reflects on the desire to create art as a form of narcissism, based on the impulse to externalize internal thoughts and beliefs for an audience.

I Feel Pretty

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Designer

Publisher

Artist Project

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Text

This centrefold by an anonymous artist presents the work’s title as a graphic text poster.

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Artist

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Photography

This untitled photo by John Frost of The Arbour Lake Sghool shows a Burger King play tunnel in the middle of a suburban construction zone in Calgary, AB.

The Arbour Lake Sghool, Untitled, 2006

Review

Marie Fraser is a curator and a Professor of Contemporary Art and Museology at the Université du Québec à Montréal. She was the Chief Curator at the MACM (2010–2013). Over the years, her exhibitions have been presented in Canada and in Europe. In 2015, she curated the BGL exhibition in the Canadian Pavilion at the 56th Venice Biennale. She is part of the research group CIÉCO: Collections et impératif évènementiel/The Convulsive Collections.

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International

Exhibitions

Multi-disciplinary

Antonia Hirsch and Melanie O’Brien review Berlin Biennal 4, curated by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Giono and Ali Subotnick in Berlin, Germany (2006). 

Berlin Biennal 4: Berlin, Germany

Translator

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Memory

Painting

Diane Hardy discusses Ancestor Corridor by Michael Lewis, a painting exhibition exploring the nature of memory, at the Centre D’Exposition L’Imagier in Gatineau, Quebec.

Michael Lewis, "Ancestor Corridor": Centre D’Exposition L’Imagier, Gatineau, QC

Chen Tamir reviews Dough, a video exhibition by Mika Rottenberg, at the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery in New York. 

Mika Rottenberg, "Dough": Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York

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Gil McElroy reviews Nomenclature, an exhibition by Arnaud Maggs examining the physics of light and colour, at the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa, ON. 

Arnaud Maggs, "Nomenclature": The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

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Henrikke Nielsen reviews Canada Dreaming, a multi-disciplinary exhibition curated by Justin Hoffman which explores the notion of Canada’s identity as a desirable alternative to the United States.

Canada Dreaming: Wolfsburg Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany

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J.J. Keegan McFaden reviews Supernovas, an exhibition showcasing 29 emerging artists from Winnipeg, curated by Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Supernovas: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Earl Miller is an independent critic and curator residing in Toronto.

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Earl Miller reviews three pieces by Michael Euying Oh at the Pari Nadimi Gallery in Toronto, ON. The presentation accompanies and references a concurrent exhibition of On Kawara paintings at Toronto’s Power Plant Gallery.

Michael Euying Oh: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto

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Paul Butler, "Getting There is Half the Fun": Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto

Textiles

Cate Rimmer reviews Kathy Slade’s exhibition Chart, a presentation of embroidered guitar tablature arranged alphabetically, at the Tracey Lawrence Gallery in Vancouver, BC.

Kathy Slade, "Chart": Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver

Sally McKay is a Canadian artist, art writer and independent curator. She has a PhD in Art History and Visual Culture from York University and currently teaches art full-time on a contractually limited appointment at McMaster University. 

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Sally McKay reviews Shinobu Akimoto’s exhibition Better Living, a presentation of banal dollar store items thoughtfully arranged in photographs, at the Art Gallery of Windsor in Windsor, ON.

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Issue 90

The Manifesto Issue

Credits

Editorial

The Manifesto Issue

Features

A Museum of the Future

Timeline: Manifestos for Beginners

Instant Coffee Puts the Fest in Manifesto

All you need is Leniency

Manifestations of Soft Revolution

A Message from the P.R.A. (Purple Resistance Army)

Welcome to Freedom Street: Mark Nault's Nationalist Underground

---ifesto: Feminist Art's Shifting Ground

Manifesto: 11 conversation starters for Small Wooden Shoe

Theatre Embarrassment and Commodification: An Aesthetic of Civic Engagement

I Feel Pretty

Artist Projects

Anonymous, Not Impressed by Civilization, 2006

The Arbour Lake Sghool, Untitled, 2006

Reviews

Berlin Biennal 4: Berlin, Germany

Michael Lewis, "Ancestor Corridor": Centre D’Exposition L’Imagier, Gatineau, QC

Mika Rottenberg, "Dough": Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York

Arnaud Maggs, "Nomenclature": The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, ON

Canada Dreaming: Wolfsburg Kunstverein, Wolfsburg, Germany

Supernovas: Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg

Michael Euying Oh: Pari Nadimi Gallery, Toronto

Paul Butler, "Getting There is Half the Fun": Wynick/Tuck Gallery, Toronto

Kathy Slade, "Chart": Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver

Shinobu Akimoto, "Better Living": Art Gallery of Windsor, Windsor, ON