SEPTEMBER 2001

Mindy Yan Miller
drop out, Coca-Cola cans, 2001

Constructed entirely out of Coke cans Drop Out evokes 60's counter-culture, its re-emergence and its complex relationship to capitalism, drawing on Miller's interest in historically 'progressive' but failed ideologies and issues revolving around loss and community.

"drop out, and its related coke-dump, sets up this transformation in the form of a reversal of needs: it is not the caffeine-laden, chemical sugar water that is desired but the emptied cans. The aesthetic use of the Coke cans to display peace and love signs pre-empts the marketed drive to consume. drop out protests "the real thing" in service of real things: peace and love."
-Susie Major

Betsy Coulter and Christy Thompson
Toggle Wand, installation, 2001
Toggle Wand is a collaborative installation which re-examines everyday objects to create an environment unto itself. From a decoy deer to cast foam pustules, Coulter and Thompson collectively point towards a hybridized situation which is entirely familiar and foreign at the same time. The process of organizing a collection of altered objects situates Toggle Wand as something between the contents of a surplus store and discarded props.

Julie Andreyev
TV Disasters
Julie Andreyev questions the construction of media and television images of natural and man-made 'disasters', relating their depiction to popular movies by emphasizing a regard for aesthetic form and entertainment.

Miranda July
Artist Talk
Wednesday, October 10, 7pm, Free
Location: Cinecycle, 129 Spadina Ave (down the lane)
A co-presentation by Mercer Union and PleasureDome
Wednesday, October 10, 2001, 7 pm
Location: Cinecycle, 129 Spadina Ave. (down the alley)
Admission is free

In 1995, July founded an underground movie distribution network so that women and girls could see each otheršs work. She calls it Joanie 4 Jackie. It is currently screening and distributing over 100 films and videos and receiving more every day. Every woman who sends her short film or video to Joanie 4 Jackie receives a chainletter tape in the mail. July will discuss this ongoing project, and with a little help from the audience she will spin the propeller of hope.

Screening
Learning to Love You More: Videos by Mirandy July
A co-presentation by Mercer Union, PleasureDome and Artcite/House of Toast
Friday October 12, 10pm Location: Latvian House, 491 College St.

Miranda July will talk about how life has been for her so far with particular emphasis on performance, movie making, Oregon, and love. July will be present to introduce her works and answer questions. Miranda July is a Portland-based multi-media performer, video and recording artist whose work has reverberated at festivals and media art venues around the world since completing her first work in 1996. This program will feature her four collected works to date: Atlanta (10 minutes, 1996), The Amateurist (14 minutes, 1998), Nest of Tens (27 minutes, 1999) and Getting Stronger Every Day (6:30 minutes, 2001).

Presented with Tranz < --- > Tech: the Toronto International Video Art Biennial

Miranda July will also be participating in the Tranz < --- > Tech Artist Talk and Symposium
Escaping The Vacuum: New Means and New Tools for a New Breed of Video Artists
Sunday, October 14, 1pm
Location: The Steam Whistle Brewery at the Roundhouse

Tranz < --- > Tech: the Toronto International Video Art Biennial
October 11-14, 2001
Visit www.tranztech.ca for schedule