Volume Number 19

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Volume 19, Issue 5 (Fall 1996)

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EDITORIAL

Perspectives on Power and Resistance by FUSE, pp. 04.  

COLUMNS

Braving the Storm: The Canada Council, the NEA and the Corporate Hurricane by Heidi McKenzie, pp. 05-8.   Pop Goes the Grrrl: Japanese Bands Go Global by Kyo Maclear, pp. 09-13.  

FEATURES

Ritual Practices: Projecting Art and Magic Across Borders by Deborah Root, pp. 14-22.   Life and life support systems: zines, nets and outlets by artists--the late '70s & some now by Judith Doyle, pp. 23-33.   The New Republics: Interview with Sunil Gupta by Sarindar Dhaliwal, pp. 34-39.  

REVIEWS

Much Muzak: "Frieso Boning's 'Greatest Hits'" (St. Norbert Arts and Cultural Centre, Winnipeg) by Nora Young, pp. 40-41.   Pedro Alderete's Altars & Autotopographies: "Call-777 Nganga (Oliver Bolton Studio) by David McIntosh, pp. 42-44.   Entrancing Doors: "Doors: Minquon Panchayat" (Latitude 53, Edmonton) by David Garneau, pp. 45-46.   Intersexions: "Issues of Race and Gender in Canadian Women's Writing" (Creative Books, New Delhi) by Katarzyna Rukszto and Mary-Jo Nadeau, pp. 47-48.  

OTHER STUFF

Erratum by FUSE, pp. 04.  

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Volume 19, Issue 4 (Summer 1996)

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EDITORIAL

Canadas by FUSE, pp. 06.  

COLUMNS

Convergence 1996: The Aesthetic, Political and Ethical Issues in Cross-cultural Art, Mysore, India by Richard Fung, pp. 07-10.   Art for a Nation? by Lynda Jessup, pp. 11-14.  

FEATURES

Lament for a Nation: The Racial Geography of the The OH! Canada Project by Rinaldo Walcott, pp. 15-23.   Native Love: Subverting the Boundaries of the Heart (curated and developed by Nation to Nation, Saskatoon, 1996) by Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew, pp. 24-43.  

REVIEWS

Berlinale 1996 by Robin Curtiss, pp. 35-37.   Cathy Sisler's Spin Cycles: "La Femme Ecran/The Reflexive Woman" (Oboro) by Anne Golden, pp. 38-40.   "Straight Up" and the Politics of Boredom (Alliance Communications/Back Alley Film Production Ltd.) by Scott Treleaven, pp. 41-42.   "Passages: Paintings by J. J. Lee" (Pitt Gallery) by Kuan Foo, pp. 43-44.   The American Hangover: "The American Trip" (The Power Plant, Toronto) by Judith Doyle, pp. 45-47.  

OTHER STUFF

Erratum by FUSE, pp. 06.  

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Volume 19, Issue 3 (Spring 1996)

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EDITORIAL

Culture as Contestation by FUSE, pp. 05.  

COLUMNS

The Lucite Box: Futurism, World's Fairs and the Phantom Teleceiver by David McIntosh, pp. 06-11.  

FEATURES

Now You See It, Now You Don't: Two Decades of Cultural Nationalism and the Arts in Canada by Susan Crean, pp. 12-19.   Flagging Cultures in Motion: Japanese Contemporary Art in the New World Order by Kyo Maclear, pp. 20-30.   Birds of a Feather: Canada, Mexico, NAFTA and Culture by Jose Springer, pp. 31-38.  

REVIEWS

"Ron Benner: All That Has Value" (Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton and Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver) by Joan Richardson, pp. 41-42.   Art of Recall: "From Memory to Transformation: Jewish Women's Voices" (179 John Street, Toronto) by Catherine Osborne, pp. 43-45.   Analyzing the Groove: "Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America" (Wesleyan University Press) by Chris Wodskou, pp. 46-47.  

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Volume 19, Issue 2 (Winter 1996)

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EDITORIAL

Who Will Produce Our Cultural Identity? by FUSE, pp. 03.  

COLUMNS

What's in a Name?: Critical Misreadings, Conservative Values and Rereading Victim Art by Tom Folland, pp. 07-10.   Public Art and Its Discontents: Urban Design and "Public" Art on the Margins by Gordon Brent Ingram, pp. 11-13.  

FEATURES

360 Degrees of Separation: Notes on Facts and Fictions of Self and Nation in the Recurring Quebec Referendum by David McIntosh, pp. 14-20.   The Art of Giving by Bruce Barber, pp. 21-28.   Out on a Limb: Chrystos Interviewed by Karen X. Tulchinsky, pp. 29-33.   New World Landscape: Urban First Nations Photography (Interview with Jeffrey Thomas) by Carol Podedworny, pp. 34-40.  

REVIEWS

Wah and Wear "Bill Burns and Marie-Paul MacDonald: Wearable Environments: Garments to Inhabit, Affordable Harrishomes to Wear" (471 Richmond Street W, Toronto) by Elizabeth Anderson, pp. 41-42.   Where's the Fruit? "Juicy Fruit" (Koffler Gallery, Toronto) by Andrew Harwood, pp. 44-45.   Fantasies of Conquest: "If Only I Were An Indian" (Zemma Pictures/NFB) and "Indian Princesses and Cowgirls: Stereotypes from the Frontier" (Oboro, Montreal) by Deborah Root, pp. 46-47.  

OTHER STUFF

Leaky Boats, Battleships, Buddhism, Death Rays, Morphing, Eleanor of Aquitane and Camelot by Robert Mears and Scott Ellis, pp. 05.   Robert Labossi¸re Responds by Robert Labossi¸re, pp. 05.   Film & Video News by Karen Tisch, pp. 06.   Where Have All the FILE's Gone? by Clive Robertson, pp. 06.   Erratum by FUSE, pp. 06.  

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Volume 19, Issue 1 (Fall 1995)

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COLUMNS

Towards an Arts Policy in New Brunswick by Joe Blades, pp. 10-11.   The Chill Continues: Artists after Bill C-128 by Elaine Carol, pp. 12-17.   Mommy-Daddy-Tommy: The Theatre of Family Values by Gary Genosko, pp. 18-21.  

FEATURES

Kill, Kill, La, La, La: Pop, Punk and the Culture Industry by Chris Wodskou, pp. 24-31.  

ARTIST PROJECTS

A Sign of Vandalism? by Eduardo Aquino and Kathryn Walter, pp. 22-23.  

REVIEWS

AIDS Boogie Woogie: General Idea's "Infe©tions" (SL Simpson, Toronto) by Robert W.G. Lee, pp. 32-33.   Not Holding Still: "AlterNative (McMichael Canadian Art Collection) by Caroline Stevens, pp. 34-35.   The Connective Tissue of Asianess: Asian Heritage Month (Toronto) by Indu Singh, pp. 36.   Not Just a Pretty Face: "Corpus Loquendi: Body for Speaking-Body-Centred Video in Halifax 1972-82" (Oakville Galleries) by Steve Reinke, pp. 37-38.   What's Love Got to Do With It? by Randi Spires, pp. 39-40.   We're Here, We're Queer . . . and We're Making Movies: Out on Screen Lesbian and Gay Film/Video Festival (Vancouver) by Karen X. Tulchinsky, pp. 41-43.   Negotiating The Zig Zag Divide: "Discerner of Hearts and Other Stories" (McClelland and Stewart) by Honor Ford-Smith, pp. 44-45.  

OTHER STUFF

Hurricane Harris by FUSE, pp. 05.   Name Dropping by Daniel Gawthrop, pp. 05.   Gary Genosko Replies by Gary Genosko, pp. 05.   Image and Representation, Again by FUSE, pp. 05, 7.   Twenty-First Century Art Criticism in The Globe & Mail by FUSE, pp. 07.   Film & Video News by Karen Tisch, pp. 08-9.