BlackFlash Friend Alex McLeod continues to expand his digital universe. In Ghost Forrest McLeod creates a winter scene with an Aurora Borealis-like event hovering and fluxing over half-constructed cabins. The video feels old and new at the same time. While his style is very distinct the video combined with the audio by Emily Power (Thanh Phu +Greg Greber)  reminds me of playing The Legend of Zelda on Nintendo 64. Perhaps it is because this video is less post-apocalyptic than his previous work and more whimsical. Whatever the case I like the nostalgic feeling of the video and am excited to see his work is evolving. To see more of Alex McLeod’s videos visit his vimeo page http://vimeo.com/alexmcleod  

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Cover Image: Doug DuBois, Spencer with his Violin, Ithaca, NY 2008, digital c-print, 76.2 x 101.6 cm, courtesy of Higher Pictures, NY

Links:

• Richard Hines and Doug Dubois’ entire conversation
• Bart Gazzola’s two part interview with Clive Robertson for the A Word on CFCR FM in Saskatoon:
  Part One, Part Two

Articles:

• A New Model of Perception: Elaine Stocki by Wayne Baerwaldt
• North Central Intervention: Terrance Houle by Felicia Gay
• Family Dialogue: a conversation between Doug Dubois and Richard Hines.

Artist Project:

• Orbit: Doorknob Poster by Kristan Horton

Artist Pages:

• Joan Kaufman. Text by J. Lynn Fraser

Column:

• Frottage by Mark Clintberg

Departments:

• Review: Then And Then Again, Clive Robertson, AKA Gallery and PAVED Arts, Saskatoon, June 26 – July 31 2009.
• Emerging: Alex McLeod
• Review: Nuit Blanche
• Review: Vanitas, Sheila and Nicholas Pye, Art Mur, Montreal, August 15- September 12, 2009
• Print: Projecting Questions? Mike Hoolboom’s Invisible Man between the art gallery and the movie theatre, Art Gallery of York University, 2009
  Steve Reinke’s audio interpretation can be heard here