JANUARY 2002

XXX Testimonial: An exhibition of works dedicated to sexual imaginings
Curated by Deirdre Logue

This exhibition of painting, photography, film and video includes the work of:
Sarah Abbott, Stephen Andrews, Michael Brynntrup, Tom Dean, Sadko Hazihasanovic, Johanna Householder, Fabienne Lasserre, Curtis MacDonald, Wrik Mead, Louise Muretich, Chantal Rousseau, and Kika Thorne.

Works that approach sexual subjects require courage, context and openness on the part of both the maker and the viewer. The works in XXX Testimonial are often quite personal and definitely material. In varying degrees, the works are erotic in their purpose and intention and often without direct critique. Where there is critique it is presented with questions instead of answers. Objects as tender as living flesh remain thoughtful and generous while provoking a contemplation of the proximity of sex in our psyche. Photographs both describe the intensity of our genital reality while allowing us to imagine the sensorial and emotional possibilities. Paintings that address the pervasiveness of pornography without letting its codes take the upper hand. Films and videos help us to re-imagine our polymorphously perverse cultures and psychologies. Sometimes sinister, sometimes seductive, always sexy.
-Deirdre Logue

Kenn Sakurai and Dave O'Regan

Mercer Union commissioned artists Dave O'Regan and Kenn Sakurai to produce an edition of three small works that will have been mailed out with our last three brochures ending this month, and available to members only.

co-sponsored by the South Asian Visual Arts Collective @ The Loftus Lloyd Café, 401 Richmond St. W.
February 9, 2pm: Opening Lecture with Shilpa Gupta
@ The Women's Art Resource Centre, 401 Richmond St. W. suite 122
Lecture co-sponsored by SAVAC and WARC.


...since you are too busy to send a handwritten letter nowadays, you can do so here! Just speak your emotions into the microphone and the rest will be taken care of. Your letter will be handwritten, scented and mailed to the person of your choice. It will be processed in Bombay, which has 16 million people and a lot of unemployment, so lots of cheap skilled labour to do work such as this. This project draws on the business of creating and nourishing Techno-coolies, and was developed for the Century Cities exhibition at the Tate Modern, London in February 2001.