
Holding Ground
Nuit Blanche and Other Ruptures
Public Access (Publisher)
Will be published approx. on 30. January 2022
Book
Hardback
312 pages
978-0-921344-56-8 (ISBN)
Description
Holding Ground: Nuit Blanche and Other Ruptures investigates international methodologies in curatorial practice from Canada, France, England, Aotearoa New Zealand, the United States, and many more countries. It unearths the connections and historical moments that draw public exhibitions and public art together and the differences that set them apart. This book is grounded in ongoing international exchanges and draws on the breadth of artistic and curatorial work in the field. This volume brings forward as many voices as possible to reflect on their experiences with Nuit Blanche and public art, creating a diversity of perspectives on this evolving event/festival/exhibition/happening. While the aim is to present the history of Nuit Blanche through the lens of its different urban incarnations, the volume also seeks to capture its decolonial and BIPOC energies alongside its more radical and utopian aspirations. This collection of essays, therefore, emphasizes the political changes that are reflected in the curatorial programming of recent Nuit Blanche exhibitions, with a new generation of curators and artists who have created ruptures and disruptions by proposing new models of public art with engagements that simultaneously question, decentre, and expand experiences of the city.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Waterloo
Canada
Publishing group
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
With printed dust jacket
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 211 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1474 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-921344-56-8 (9780921344568)
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Persons
Janine Marchessault is a professor in Cinema and Media Arts at York University and holds a York Research Chair in Media Art and Social Engagement. Her research engages with the history of large-screen media (from multiscreen to IMAX to media as architecture and VR); diverse models of public art, festivals, and site-specific curation; 21st century moving-image archives; and notions of collective memory/history.
Julie Nagam is Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration, and Digital Media and is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Winnipeg. She is the Director of Aabijijiwan New Media Lab and Co-Director of Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre (www.abbijijiwanmedialab.ca). Nagam is the inaugural Artistic Director for Nuit Blanche Toronto (2020 and 2022), the largest public art exhibition in North America.
Julie Nagam is Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Arts, Collaboration, and Digital Media and is Associate Professor in the Department of Art History at the University of Winnipeg. She is the Director of Aabijijiwan New Media Lab and Co-Director of Kishaadigeh Collaborative Research Centre (www.abbijijiwanmedialab.ca). Nagam is the inaugural Artistic Director for Nuit Blanche Toronto (2020 and 2022), the largest public art exhibition in North America.
Content
List of Contributors
Janine Marchessault
Julie Nagam
Hiba Abdallah
Karen Alexander
Fern Bayer
Honoure Black
Niigaanwewidam Sinclair
Carole Boughannam
Karl Chitham
Sara Diamond
Alyssa Fearon
Peggy Gale
GLAM Collective (Heather Igloliorte, Julie Nagam, Carla Taunton)
Edouard Glissant and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Jenn Goodwin
Maria Hupfield
Umbereen Inayet
Serena Keshavjee
Justin Langlois
Janine Marchessault
Denise Markonish
Ashley McKenzie-Barnes
Julie Nagam
bpNichol
Leah Sandals
Haema Sivanesan
Synonym Art Consultation
Jean-Philipe Uzel
Janine Marchessault
Julie Nagam
Hiba Abdallah
Karen Alexander
Fern Bayer
Honoure Black
Niigaanwewidam Sinclair
Carole Boughannam
Karl Chitham
Sara Diamond
Alyssa Fearon
Peggy Gale
GLAM Collective (Heather Igloliorte, Julie Nagam, Carla Taunton)
Edouard Glissant and Hans Ulrich Obrist
Jenn Goodwin
Maria Hupfield
Umbereen Inayet
Serena Keshavjee
Justin Langlois
Janine Marchessault
Denise Markonish
Ashley McKenzie-Barnes
Julie Nagam
bpNichol
Leah Sandals
Haema Sivanesan
Synonym Art Consultation
Jean-Philipe Uzel