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Cases

October 31, 2009

Cases is an iPod video installation recently showcased in Toronto, bringing 10 artists together to explore the theme of contemporary society’s obsession with health.

The visitor is confronted with a room with iPods, mounted at head height, streaming a video, and a headset for the sound.

The artists and their works:

• Janet Bellotto, A Collection of See and See
• Paula Braswell, Pills
• Jean Bridge, Disposible Membrane
• Laura Cunningham and Elaine Whittaker, Teratoma
• Lynne Heller, Pillflower World
• Joan Kaufman, Paraplegia
• Margie Kelk, Zen Calligraphy
• Ram Smocha, Hairy Up
• Jane Martin, Museum Mexico: cakes and over-the-counter body parts in various shades of pink.

Without singling out any one, they were thoughtful and provocative, particularly because of my own interest in health.

I look forward to viewing them again, perhaps on the web, somewhere. Cases is very good and needs a congenial home.

Cases was on show at the Red Head Gallery in Toronto, during October 2009.

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