ICONOCLASH : NIGHT OF AWE DANCE PARTY

Marie-Claude Langevin — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 18:45:37 +0000

Artwork identification

Artwork creator(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Artwork creator(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Text author(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Text author(s):

Shiff, Melissa

Installation year:

2007

Remarks on location:

B7 sur la carte de visite de l’événement (zone B, exposition numéro 7). Niveau Grange Road. Située à l’extrémité nord du parc.

Artwork description

Source: CCCA (2007) Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007. ( http://www.ccca.ca/nuitblanche/nuitblanche2007/artists/b7.html)

Description:

Projection multimédia d'image, de musique. Les gens sont projetés sur l'écran avec des animations.

Mention(s) légale(s) des illustrations:

Photo credits:

Text of the artwork:

The monotheistic god of the second commandment plumps for abstraction so that He can demand a new discipline to be enforced on His subjects alone- The paradoxical result Is not NO image It is instead the image of abstraction that is to be produced. Caroline Jones Making Abs […] -- MY CULTURE IS YOUR FETIS[H] -- […] residing […] of a cow […] -- «come worship ye the Golden god of pleasure! [for he is] of Israel -- The term "idol" in the western context has always been used to refer to deities in pagan religions. In "idolatry" the agency of the person is thought to be displaced, irrationally, into the agency of the thing. But in polytheistic traditions, the deity is not a thing : the image, icon, or representation Is animated by the […] -- For Judaism, The desire to index Divinity With the Golden Calf Can be viewed as an ethical […]

Text theme:

Judaïsme, tensions religieuses, idolâtrie

Artwork theme:

Judaïsme, tensions religieuses, idolâtrie

Dimensions

Other information

Artist's biography:

Shiff, Melissa

Source:

1. Melissa Shiff, artiste 72 Major Street Toronto (Ontario) M5S 2L1 Tél : 647-273-6140 Courriel : melissa@melissashiff.com 2. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Giannina Warren Media relations 416-395-7318 gwarren@toronto.ca informations générales : scotiabanknuitblanche@toronto.ca

Document(s):

Archive. Scotiabank Nuit Blanche 2007 Zone B. Curated Exhibition. ICONOCLASH: NIGHT of AWE DANCE PARTY, 2007

Présences du littéraire dans l’espace public canadien - Moniteur vidéo

ICONOCLASH : NIGHT OF AWE DANCE PARTY