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Ordinary Art

Ordinary Art

by William Eakin
2002

 

A photographic journal of the artist's Open Studio residency at SNAC with essays by Robert Enright, Robert Epp, Robin Laurence,Ian Ross, Meeka Walsh. Introduction by Louise W. May. Edited by Amy Karlinksky.

ISBN 1-896699-25-1
soft cover
pp: 84
price: by donation

The Language Hotel

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The Language Hotel

 

Marie Bouchard, ed., 2002
Photography by Sheila Spence and Len Van Roon
Web site design: Yasmeen Larijani

 

A lively and complex reflection on the intersection of visual and textual language realized in a series of site-specific installations in the bedrooms of the SNAC building and responses to these installations. Based on The Language Hotel residency instigated by visual artist Sheila Butler and SNAC Artistic Director Louise W. May in December 2000 - December 2001. The resulting book work and Web site, edited by SNAC Executive Director Marie Bouchard, contains original work by over 20 artists and writers. The Web site contains an innovative compilation of images, sound, video and essays.

ISBN 1-896699-20-0
soft cover
pp: 162
75 b&w illustrations
price: by donation

The Multiple and Mutable Subject

The Multiple and Mutable Subject

Vera Lemecha and Reva Stone, eds., 2001

An anthology of original critical theory essays based on papers presented by panelists from the SNAC symposium held in October, 1999 focused on the changing notion of self on the Internet. Includes essays by Allucquére Rosanne Stone, Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew, Dot tuer, Barbara Becker, Mark Poster, Faith wilding, Janet Levalley, and a CD-rom of Allucquéie Rosanne Stone’s performance Drive-by Theory at the Gas Station Theatre in October, 1999.

ISBN 1-896699-15-4
soft cover
pp: 141
25 b&w illustrations
price: by donation

 

Feminisit Reconstruction

The Feminist Reconstruction of Space

Louise W. May, ed., 2000

Essays that explore from a critical feminist perspective the built environment and beyond to encompass the spaces of theory, history, and ideology. Based on a symposium entitled The Arch in Patriarch held at the St. Norbert Arts Center, 1996. Contributors include Eleanor Bond, Louise W. May, Rita McKeough, Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, Bev Pike, and Nancy McKinnon. Introduction by Vera Lemecha.

ISBN 1-896699-05-7
Soft cover
pp: 119
158 b&w illustrations
price: by donation

In Your Eyes: Book 1

In Your Eyes: Book 2

In Your Eyes: Book 3

In Your Eyes

Wanda Koop
2001

 

A three volume set by internationally renown painter Wanda
Koop with essays by Robert Enright and Robin Laurence, photographs by William Eakin.

 

Volume one retraces the artist’s footsteps as she travels to Russia with her mother to uncover
her personal roots and reflect upon the Russian Revolution.

ISBN 1-896699-17-0
soft cover
pp: 112

 

Volume two documents the creation of the artwork.

ISBN 1-896699-18-9
soft cover
pp: 104

 

Volume three documents the independent inclusion of the work at the Venice Biennale.

ISBN 1-896699-19-7
soft cover
pp: 136

3 volume set: by donation
Individual book: by donation

RE/MONSTRANCE

RE/MONSTRANCE

By: Diana Thorneycroft

Louise W. May, ed., 2001

 

Essays and editorials commenting on the media response to the exhibition Monstrance by Winnipeg artist Diana Throneycroft held at the St. Norbert Arts Centre, 1999. Artist Statement and contributions by Dr, Moti Shojania, Louise W. May, Don Goodes, Michael Boss, Gerry Atwell.

ISBN 1-896699-16-2
soft cover
pp: 58
28 b&w illustrations
price: by donation

Breaking Borders

Breaking Borders

Gary Genosko, ed., 1997

Catalogue of an exhibiton of works by Gordon Bennett, Domingo Cisneros, Lita Fontiane, Mike MacDonald and Ruben Trejo held in 1997 at the St. Norbert Arts Centre, curated by Keith Berens and Shirley Madill. Essays by Shirley Madill and Gordon Bennett.

ISBN 1896699-03-0
soft cover
pp: 48
8 b&w, 15 colour illustrations
price: by donation

Architecture Parallax

Architecture Parallax

Alexander Pilis, ed., 1999

An experimental anthology of interdisciplinary essays considering theoretical developments in mathematics, architecture and psychoanalysis. It is a publication of the participants' and
interns' contribution at a 3 day workshop hosted by theoretical architect Alexander Pilis, 1999.

ISBN 1-896699-02-2
soft cover
pp: 123
96 b&w illustrations
Price: by donation

Have a Nice Day

Have a Nice Day

William Eakin and Andrew Hunter, 1999

A book work by Winnipeg artist William Eakin with fictional essay by Andrew Hunter exploring issues of north American popular culture's obsession with UFO encounters. Based on the artist's exhibition Have a Nice Day held at st. Norbert Arts Center,1999.

ISBN 1-896699-07-3
hard cover
pp: 66
36 b&w illustrations
price: by donation

That Which Cannot Be Contained

That Which Cannot Be Contained

By: Wendy Geller

Amy Karlinsky & Louise W. May, eds., 1998

 

A tribute to artist Wendy Geller's work, comprised of selections from her substantial oeuvre featured in the exhibition That Which Cannot Be Contained, held at the St. Norbert Arts Centre, 1998 and supplemented by contributions from other artists and writers. Illustrations by Wendy Geller and Sheila Spence.

ISBN 1-896699-06-5
soft cover
pp: 55
86 b&w, 9 colour illustrations
price: by donation

Me, Me, Me, and Me

Me, Me, Me and Me

Sigrid Dahle ed., 1997

 

Exhibition catalogue for Me, Me, Me and Me curated by Sigrid Dahle, St. Norbert Arts Centre, 1997. A simulataneously good humoured and challenging look at gender identification by artists Larry Glawson and Doug Melnyk, Sheila Spence and Shirley Brown. Humour, beauty, the mundane and the delicate: all find a surprising aesthetic balance in text and image.

ISBN 1896699-01-4
softcover (oversize)
pp: 20
24 b&w, 18 colour illustrations
price: by donation

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