SOS

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:00:06 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Dickson, John

Artwork creator(s):

Dickson, John

Text author(s):

Dickson, John

Text author(s):

Dickson, John

Installation year:

2001

Artwork description

Source: Drobnick, Jim; Jennifer Fisher (2002). Museopathy, Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Description:

A device installed on the bottom of the harbour water shoots air bubbles to the surface every 22 seconds. The bubbles spell the acronym SOS.

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Text of the artwork:

SOS

Text theme:

Cry of help

Artwork theme:

Water, pollution, ecological crisis in situ (Lake Ontario), nautical history of shipwrecks in Kingston

History

History:

Art Exhibition to Museopathy, Kingston, June 23-September 9, 2001. (Organized by the Agnes Etherington Art Center. Commissioners: Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher.)

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Height:

2.7m

Width:

Other information

Note(s):

An anchored apparatus of copper tubes and solenoid valves was rigged to a compressor and timed to release air.

Museopathy explored the implications of museological affect – how museums feel and subtly influence visitors. The auratic features of museums – their particular moods, presences and ambiences – were highlighted, intensified or counteracted in order to examine meanings that may have been lost due to the exigencies of conveying persuasive, singular narratives. Our impetus was to foreground the great diversity of relational experiences within a civic exhibitionary complex rather than a pure aesthetic gaze upon discrete, autonomous objects. This emphasis on immersed beholding requires the apprehension of the overall reality of the display context, one that goes beyond reading an exhibition as if it were a linear text. Museopathy thus focused on the types of affective interactions that take place in museums, such as between audiences and objects, between objects and collections, and among the varied exhibition contexts of the city of Kingston as a whole.

Source: Drobnick, Jim; Jennifer Fisher (2002). Museopathy. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre

Artist's biography:

Dickson, John

Document(s):

Museopathy

Spotlight: John Dickson: the fluidity of art and life

My Hall of Fame

Marie-Claude Langevin — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 03:16:49 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Robertson, Mitch

Artwork creator(s):

Robertson, Mitch

Text author(s):

Robertson, Mitch

Text author(s):

Robertson, Mitch

Installation year:

2001

Artwork description

Source: Allen, Jan (2002). Museopathy. Kingston: Agnes Etherington Art Centre (Queen’s University)

Description:

Mitch Robertson's installation comments on the practices of commemoration and merchandising that produce stars and celebrities – in both the hockey and aesthetic realms. He activates the museum’s showcase rooms with artistic versions of hockey cards, memorabilia and souvenirs, a video of arena audiences, as well as the creation of the world’s largest ball of hockey tape.

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Text of the artwork:

KENNEDY 1935 --- 1948 --- PARR 1952 --- DENNISTON 1953 --- LEXIER 1960 --- OROZCO 1962 --- EMIN 1963 --- SINCLAIR 1966 --- MARK 1967 --- BOYCE

Artwork theme:

Tribute to artists

History

History:

Museopathy, Kingston. Organized by the Agnes Etherrington Art Centre. Commissioners: Jim Drobnick and Jennifer Fisher. June 23-September 9, 2001

Event date(s):

2001

Dimensions

Height:

0.45m

Width:

0.6m

Other information

Artist's biography:

Robertson, Mitch

Document(s):

Museopathy

Kingston's heritage sites are where the art is.

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Museopathy

SOS

My Hall of Fame