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Zeke has some words

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Zeke has some words

today about the installation of Maman by Louise Bourgeois at the National Gallery in Ottawa. Today’s post is a followup on his post on Wednesday, which correctly called into question the competence of bureaucrats who issued a press release on the installation of such a work after Mother’s Day – among other things.

Competency questions aside, I can’t wait to see the new sculpture. I lived about a block away from the Gallery for almost 4 years in the early 90s and the space that Maman will occupy has always screamed out for a major, large-scale installation. I’ll have plenty of opportunities to see it soon, as our new house is just 1 km away from the Gallery.

Coming up later this week:

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Coming up later this week:

the opening of the 7th HTMlles festival here in Montreal. The theme this year is “peripheries + proximites” though even as someone who was once professionally steeped in postmodern discourse, the description of the theme seems pretty damned opaque to me. In any case it looks like there will be a wonderful mix of performances, installations, and web projects throughout the festival, and it’s well worth a look. HTMlles is a production of Studio XX.

Darren Barefoot noticed that

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Darren Barefoot noticed that

Elections BC has ruled that weblogs are a form of campaign advertising and as such must be registered. I’m sure a lot of people will suggest that the sky is falling, when in fact it’s just another example of an inability to fit new media forms within old frameworks. Certainly everything will eventually shake out as it should – which will mean this silly decision will be reversed.

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