FAH292H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Experimental Film, Emily Carr, Postal Card
Document Summary
Contemporary canadian artists from conceptualist: wanting to demystify the canadian land, theme of change in relation to landscape, dealing with issues like industrialization and exploitation of natural resources. Joyce wieland: tills fro(cid:373) e(cid:454)peri(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal fil(cid:373) (cid:862) easo(cid:374) o(cid:448)er passio(cid:374)(cid:863) (cid:1005)(cid:1013)(cid:1010)(cid:1013, artists rework through genre of canadian landscape in different media, collages and appropriates imagery from mass media (cid:894)e(cid:454). Landscape as an image: gives different experiences, trapped in a time and space, diuristic dimension, documenting a specific period of his life, kiyooka believed it as best represented by fragmentation. Looks bland and simple; semi-developed roads and architecture. Illustrate the aspect of change brought to the north through connecting with the south: political, refers to issue of canadian claimed sovereignty, major aspect of federal politics in 60s, claiming arctic is canadian. Ironizing, as artist walk can be viewed as patrol around the city: police would patrol cities as proof of administrative sovereignty, made on postal card, postal services was another proof of sovereignty.
