Somewhere.
by Kathryn Mockler and David Poolman |
[...]
The title for Noguchi and Pak’s piece, Somewhere, references Somewhere
Over the Rainbow, the theme song of The Wizard of Oz. And, in turn,
this song speaks to the idea wanting something that you think you can’t
have. Just before the house is carried away by the tornado, a fortune-teller reveals to Dorothy that her Aunt Emma is ill. Regretting leaving her family, Dorothy races back to the farm only to find no one there. A windowpane hits her on the head, knocking her out, and it is at this point she is swept up with the house in the eye of the storm. .... full text |
One-Dimensional
_________________ by Michael Davidge |
[...] Instead
of opening a gap, June Pak blurs the boundaries between art and decoration,
self and other, and public and private space, thereby increasing a miasmic
grey zone that could potentially mutate the poles. Pak’s Paint
Job (2004 - ongoing), a performance and social intervention that has
been documented in a series of photos, texts and videos, takes as its
starting point a colour swatch called “Algonquin Autumn"....
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Visiting
Artist-in-Residency, 2006 Published by Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art, Kelowna, BC ISBN: 978-0-9682197-9-9 Introduction: Jennifer Pickering (Exhibition Director) full catalogue in pdf |
Instant
Replay by Wes Lafortune |
Video-photo-sound
artist June Pak is in transition and whether she’ll ever arrive
is still an open question.... full
text (pdf) |
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Exhibition
catalogue Introduction: Daniela Cristadoro Essays: Alessio Ascari & Edoardo Bonaspetti (curators) & A conversation with Angela Vettese Published by Postmedia Books, Milano www.postmediabooks.it |