The October 17 2007

Mixed Greens

MICHELLE CITRON, chicago

Interactive video presenation
Wednesday, October 17, 8pm

Mixed Greens is a do-it-yourself movie about identity, belonging, and the things we desire. It consists of two stories: four generations of Irish Jewish heritage played against four decades of lesbian life. In public presentations, the artists simulates the interactive interface by calling the public to vote using cards.

Michelle Citron creates films and interactives that have been shown at museums and festivals and which figure within many institutional collections. In her series of cd-roms Queer Feast, she explores the lesbian contemporary culture. Author of Home Movies and Other Necessary Fictions (University of Minnesota Press 1999), she is currently Director of the Department for interdisciplinary arts at the Columbia College (Chicago) www.sortirdelecran.ca

Cette série, une initiative de l’Agence TOPO et du NT2, est réalisée en collaboration avec La Centrale Galerie Powerhouse, qui accueille le volet artistique, ainsi que Figura, le Centre de recherche sur le texte et l’imaginaire à l’UQAM et le Département d’études littéraires de l’UQAM qui soutiennent les conférences. Agence TOPO est un centre d'artistes montréalais voué à la création, la diffusion et la distribution d'œuvres multimédias indépendantes. Depuis 1998, TOPO initie, réalise et produit des projets collectifs d'art multimédia avec une diversité d'artistes, présentés dans des galeries, événements et festivals d'art électronique à travers le monde. Vitrine de la fiction interactive, l'Agence TOPO distribue également un catalogue international d'une cinquantaine de titres d'art et d'essai sur cdrom, dvdrom et dvd vidéo, incluant les œuvres de Yannick B. Gélinas et de Michelle Citron. NT2, Le Laboratoire de recherches sur les oeuvres hypermédiatiques est une infrastructure quipermet de renouveler les pratiques d'analyses en études littéraires, cinématographiques et enhistoire de l’art. Le NT2 a pour mission de promouvoir l’étude, la lecture, la création etl’archivage de nouvelles formes de textes et d’oeuvres.

Mixed Greens
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