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Steven Shearer, Swinging Lumpen, 1997, dimension variable, colour xerox
BY Michael Davidge
In the society pages of the Summer 2008 issue of Interview, there is one incongruous image that seems perfectly apt: amongst the smiling ingénues in low-cut gowns stands a grizzled old man, his expression somewhere between automated hatred and besotted ambivalence, his head wrapped in white do-rag topped with a fedora. The man holds his left hand aloft, fingers curled back in a fist, excepting his middle finger, which juts into the foreground, the middle fingernail painted pale blue. It is, of course, Keith Richards, guitarist, snapped by the photographer Patrick McMullan at an IMAX screening of the Rolling Stone’s latest concert film, on March 30, 2008. The caption for this particular photograph reads (underlined in the magazine for emphasis), “Keith Richards’ middle finger still works.”
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AA Bronson and Jorge Zontal, Jorge, February 3, 1994, 1994/2000
BY Andrea D. Fitzpatrick
Jorge, February 3, 1994 was created by AA Bronson and Jorge Zontal, two artists who, along with Felix Partz, were members of the Canadian art collective General Idea. For a quarter of a century (1967-1994), they worked together as a symbiotic “organism” to create art, a brilliant career, and a glamorous, star-studded life. General Idea created a unified, triadic identity in their artworks, a parodic brand of queer self-portraiture in which they assumed many guises: the fornicating poodles in Mondo Cane Kama Sutra (1983); the gothic graduates in Nightschool (1989); the cherubic, naughty boys in Baby Makes Three (1992); and the AZT clinicians in Playing Doctor (1992).
The launch of our Winter 2009 issue, Micro/Macro, was held February 28th 2009 at UNREAL CITY in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. DJ Mid-Life Crisis performed. Thank yous go out to Theo Kivol, Emily Kivol, John Decoteau and Emma Williams from Unreal City for allowing us to use their beautiful new space and our amazing volunteers: Aaron Godard, Maja Montgomery, Bruce Montcombreaux, Dagmara Genda, Brenna Millard, Leah Taylor, Megan Bocking, Danielle Raymond, Ian Campbell and Maxine Proctor.
All photos taken by Maja Montgomery
Aaron pouring wine
Dj Mid-Life Crisis performs
Unreal City
Cindy and Peter smile for the camera
Brian takes a swing. David observes. Patrick in the background.
Leah, Richard and half of Andre chillin'
Brenna and John: unplanned matching outfits.
John Shelling, Managing Editor
Articles:
- Too Good to Be True: Toni Hafkenscheid, Confabulations by David LaRiviere
- Close to the Edge: Dave Kemp, Image Matter by Ian Daffern
- Dirty Pretty Things: Diana Thorneycroft, Doll Mouth Series by Alison Gilmore
Artist Projects:
- Micro/Macro by Claudia Fährenkemper
- Taming the Wild by Graeme Patterson
BlackFlash is now accepting Blog proposals. Email your proposals to editor[at]blackflash.ca
Lissa Robinson and John Shelling, Managing Editors
Articles:
- The Life and Death of Photography: A Portrait by AA bronson and Jorge Zontal by Andrea D. Fitzpatrick
- Death and the Middle Finger: David Poolman and Steven Shearer by Michael Davidge
- Between Navigable Circumstances: A review of the film Portage (Surviving Crooked Lake) by John Shelling
Artist Projects:
- Alive by Donigan Cumming
- BlackFlash Suite (2008) by David Morrish
- Desperately Sorry Emails by Linda Duvall
Lissa Robinson, Managing Editor
Articles:
- Scene as Space Across Time: Pressence, Passage and Transition by Katy McCormick
- Ted Hiebert: Art of Delusional Hybridity by Lubos Cullen
- Clark Ferguson: Scale, Site, Self by Donna Wawzoneck
Artist Projects:
- Map of the City Nelson Henricks
Artist Pages:
- Ted Hiebert
- Making a Scene by Jeffrey Thomas
Interview:
Kent Monkman by Archer Pechawis
Lissa Robinson, Managing Editor
Articles:
- My Winnipeg (with appologies to Guy Maddin*) by Steve Loft. Featuring: Stryker by Noam Gonick; Good Morning Native America by Darryl Nepiank; Tree and lost_landscape by Colin Zipp.
- Allison Hrablunk: The Poetics of Work by Diana Sherlock
- Digital NdN Country by Archer Pechawis. Featuring Cheryl L’Hirondelle & Jackson 2Bears
Artist Projects:
- Sintaluta Danny Singer
Artist Pages:
- Compost by Arthur Renwick
- Les Hauts-Fonds by Marie-Christine Simard
Web Projects and Weblinks:
- artificial-life.net by Diana Sherlock
- collinzipp.info by Colin Zipp
- hackaday.com
- jackson2bears.net by Jackson 2bears
- slartmagazine.com
- strykerthemovie.com by Noam Gonick
- charlottebarker.com by Charlotte Barker
- imagesfestival.com
- rhizome.org
- slfront.blogspot.com by Jeremy Owen Turner, Doug Jarvis, Tanya Skuce, Gazira Babeli, Penny Leong Browne, Patrick Lichty, Liz Solo, and Scott Kildall
- studioxx.org
Lissa Robinson, Managing Editor
Articles:
- hΛI def’InI∫(ə)n by Robert Bean
- Appropriate Buddha by David Garneau (Interview with Lee Henderson)
- Surfing with Cheryl Sourkes by Cyril Reade
Artist Projects:
- Ozone Hole V Mid-Life Crisis by Steven Pippin
- The Dreaming Collective Knows No History by Jin-me Yoon
Artist Pages:
- M.N. Hutchinson
- Donald Lawrence
Artist Profile:
- Invent This!: John Will interviews Donald Lawrence and M.N. Hutchinson
