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Beyond Social Fact in Susan Hiller's PSI GIRLS
Psi Girls is comprised of five scenes projected side-by-side, each portraying a young girl performing a telekinetic act. She cites iconic moments from The Fury (1978, Brian di Palma), The Craft (1996, Andrew Fleming), Matilda (1997, Danny...
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Beyond Social Fact in Susan Hiller's PSI GIRLS
From The Kunsthalle Nürnberg’s catalogue in 2012, Susan Hiller: From Here to Eternity: The near-critical mass of examples of such scenes from genre films . . . proves that...
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Beyond Social Fact in Susan Hiller's PSI GIRLS
In the period between visiting the exhibition and writing this text—a fairly truncated timeline—I encountered two very recent examples of mainstream popular culture that seem to depart from this...
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The Spectacle of Power: Ken Russell's THE DEVILS (1971)
The original 107 minute X-rated British cut of Ken Russell’s controversial film, The Devils (1971) is set to be screened on DVD for the first time in Calgary...
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The Spectacle of Power: Ken Russell's THE DEVILS (1971)
Grounds for the trial begin as Abbess Jeanne (Vanessa Redgrave), like most women in the film (and what is most strenuous on the film’s suspension of disbelief), falls for...
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PORTABLE CLOSETS by Kyle Alden Martens
Every individual/collective is welcome to participate. The rules are not set in stone, but rather in the turtlenecks. With turtlenecks the players will move forward as instructed by one...
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Uncertain Frontiers: Female Identity and Rural Spaces
Three decades later, Kelly Reichardt’s Meek’s Cutoff approaches the open landscape in a markedly different way, upending classic Western film tropes in the story of a group of American...
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Broken Knobs and Glass Eyes: Jan Svankmajer's ALICE
The character of Alice (Kristýna Kohoutová) appears uncomfortable in the real world. The film is an expression of frustration at a system that forcefully tries to fit a person...
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The Texture of the Gesture: Exploring Apostasy and Ancestry in Jeremy Moss' THESE WAYS I TRANSGRESS
Although Moss has disavowed his religious heritage, he has not been able to deny the strong sense of kinship and pride he holds for his family and his...
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B.G-Osborne's A THOUSAND CUTS: Misconceptions of Trans People in Popular Culture
The New Gallery, who selected and exhibited the work, offered a number of accommodation options such as “the placement of a QR code in the vitrine allowing viewers...