Volume Number 18

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Volume 18, Issue 5 (Special Issue 1995)

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COLUMNS

Some Thoughts on Life Recently Out of School by J.J. Lee, pp. 06-7.   Positive (Inter)Actions Responding to AIDS in Montreal by Robert W.G. Lee, pp. 08-11.  

FEATURES

A Newer Laocoon: Towards a Defense of Artists' Self-Determination Through Public Arts Funding by Robert Labossiere, pp. 14-19.   Pornutopian Premises, Positive Practices: Michael Balser's Video Art and Activism by David McIntosh, pp. 21-27.  

ARTIST PROJECTS

Transmemmoration by Kyo Maclear, pp. 12-13.  

REVIEWS

Sorry, Wrong Number: "Press Enter: Between Seduction and Disbelief" (The Power Plant, Toronto) by Clint Burnham, pp. 28-29.   Re-Orienting Asian: "Millie Chen: Cook and Crave" (YYZ) by Jamelie Hassan, pp. 30-31.   Among Ourselves, With Others (The Toronto Jewish Film Festival) by Sandra Haar, pp. 32-34.   I Want More Kitschy Fish, profile of Lee Bul by Ann Shin, pp. 35-37.   "Mirror Machine: Video and Identity" (YYZ Books) by Steve Reinke, pp. 38.   "But is it Art? The spirit of Art as Activism" (Bay Press) and "Sightlines: Reading Contemporary Canadian Art" (Artexte) by Clive Robertson, pp. 38-40.   "Making the Terrain: New Genre Public Art" (Bay Press) by Deborah Root, pp. 41-42.   "Beyond Recognition: Representation, Power, and Culture" (University of California Press) and "On the Museum's Ruins" (MIT Press) by Gordon Brent Ingram, pp. 43-44.  

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Volume 18, Issue 4 (Summer 1995)

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COLUMNS

Theme-Park Management at the Canada Council: Contextualizing the New Strategic Plan, and an Interview with Author and Council Director Roch Carrier by Clive Robertson, pp. 08-11.   Image and Representation: What the Canadian Airborne Regiment Means for Artists by Clint Burnham, pp. 12-14.   Too Queer For Middle America? Reflection on InQueery, InTheory, InDeed: The Sixth North American Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Studies Conference (Iowa City, Iowa) by ki namaste, pp. 26-29.  

FEATURES

Interview with Isaac Julian by Bruce Morrow, pp. 15-23.  

REVIEWS

Scattered at the Margins: "Out in Context: Work by Queer Students of the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design" by Andrea Fatona and Gordon Brent Ingram, pp. 30-31.   "Contested Spaces" (Union Station, Toronto) by Earl Miller, pp. 32-33.   "Steve Reinke: The Hundred Videos" (YYZ, Toronto) by Tom Folland, pp. 34.   "Black On White" (Director: Peter Karuna) by Lesley Douglass, pp. 35-36.   "Hands of History" (Director: Loretta Todd) and "Keepers of the Fire" (Director: Christine Welsh) by Suzanne Methot, pp. 37-39.   Queers in the Streets versus Queen's Park: "Gay Pride and Prejudice" (Director: Nancy Nicol) by Gary Kinsman, pp. 40-41.   "Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom" (Routledge) by Rachel Ariss, pp. 42-43.   "Land of Desire: Merchants, Power and the Rise of a New American Culture" (Vintage) by Yashar Essop, pp. 44-45.   "Hockey Night in Canada: Sport, Identities, and Cultural Politics" (Garamond Press) by Gary Genosko, pp. 46-47.  

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Volume 18, Issue 3 (Spring 1995)

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COLUMNS

AIDS Testimonials: The Possibilities of Telling One's Own Story by Jose Francisco Ibanez-Carrasco, pp. 07-10.   Chomsky Speaks by Husayn Al-Kurdi, pp. 11-14.  

FEATURES

The Haunt of Race: Canada's Multiculturalism Act, the Politics of Incorporation, and Writing Thru Race by Scott McFarlane, pp. 18-31.  

ARTIST PROJECTS

Faithful Even In Adversity by Nina Levitt, pp. 15-17.  

REVIEWS

"Karla's Web: A Cultural Investigation of the Mahaffy-French Murders" (Viking) by Diana Fitzgerald Bryden, pp. 32-34.   "Guy To Goddess: An Intimate Look at Drag Queens" (Whitecap press) and "Ladies, Please!" (Exile Editions) by Brian John Busby, pp. 35-36.   "Mexarcane International" (YYZ at Dufferin Mall, Toronto) by Gabrielle Hezekia, pp. 37-39.   "Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary Art" (Whitney Museum, New York) by Nicholas Boston, pp. 40-42.   "Jane Ash Poitras: Heaven to Earth" (Leo Kamen Gallery, Toronto) by Marilyn Daniels, pp. 43-45.   "Gary Hill: Encountering Bodies" (Museum of Contemporary Art of Chicago) by Todd Meyers, pp. 46-47.  

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Volume 18, Issue 2 (1994)

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COLUMNS

A Gaze Blank and Pitiless as the Sun by Jim Russell, pp. 07-12.   Embodying Shame and Fear: The Effects of Misogyny and Homophobia on Gay Men's Bodies by John L Miller, pp. 13-19.  

FEATURES

Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold: Prospects for the Racist Right in Canada by John Forrest, pp. 20-33.   Agitative Propaganda by Miriam Patel, pp. 25-33.  

ARTIST PROJECTS

Monopoly by Teresa Marshall, pp. 24-25.   Untitled by Min-Sook Lee, pp. 34-37.  

REVIEWS

"Culture and Imperialism" (Vintage) by Yashar Essop, pp. 38-39.   "We're Rooted Here and They Can't Pull Us Up: Essays in African Canadian Women's History" (University of Toronto Press) by Dionne Stephens, pp. 40-41.   "Yoshiko Kanai: Moira" (A Space, Toronto) by Kyo Maclear, pp. 42-43.   "Feminist Home Invasion" (Mercer Union, Toronto) by Jane Farrow, pp. 44.  

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Volume 18, Issue 1 (1994)

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COLUMNS

Rites of Privacy: A Christopher Lefler Update by Bryan Young and Brent Grubusic, pp. 07-10.  

FEATURES

Ian Rashid: Beyond Destination, Beyond Identity by Atif Ghani, pp. 11-15.   Hair of the Dog? Perspectives on Artists of South Asian Descent in Britain by Sonali Fernando, pp. 16-25.  

ARTIST PROJECTS

On ne peut pas voir l'image by Shannon Bell, Scott Mcleod, and Kathy Daymond, pp. 26-27.  

REVIEWS

"The State of Asian America" (South End Press) by Xiaoping Li, pp. 28-29.   "Miscegenation Blues: Voices of Mixed Race Women" (Sister Vision Press) by Honor Ford-Smith, pp. 30-31.   India Now! (Toronto International Film Festival) by Raghu Krishnan, pp. 33-36.   Toronto International Film Festival by Vance Chapman, pp. 37-40.   "Anne-Marie Beneteau: Insomnia" (Workscene Gallery, Toronto) by Sandra Vida, pp. 41-42.   Barry Isenor and Ken Hayes: "Demo Homes" (Exchange Square, Toronto) by Earl Miller, pp. 42-43.   Brenda Joy Lem, Kyo Maclear, Shani Mootoo: "For Our Own Pleasure" (YYZ, Toronto) by Bryce Kanbara, pp. 44-45.   "Rosalie Favell: Living Evidence" (Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina) by Greg Beatty, pp. 46-47.  

OTHER STUFF

Lloyd Wong: Obituary by Susan Kealey, pp. 01.