ART TALKING WOMEN is a series of 10 -12 minute conversations with women artists about their creative process as well as their relationship with community and technology. The artists reflect the diversity in my communities of Richmond, Vancouver, The Eternal Network, The Art World, Parallel/Underground Galleries and Virtual Culture Centres of the World Wide Web. …
Artist’s Statement, Featured Artist, Your Kontinent Film, Video & New Media Festival 2912, Cinevolution Media Arts, Richmond Cultural Building, Richmond, BC After a recent collaboration with artist Francisco-Fernando Granados, I wrote him and said: “You express my thoughts so well, like an echo from my heart.” He replied: “Barthes talks of ‘the joy of understanding …
Back to Text WHAT IS PERFORMANCE ART? By Margaret Dragu All performance artists are repeatedly asked, “What is performance art?” The question is both a joy and an aggravation. A joyous opportunity to, once again, search for a savvy-ful description of what is so important to us. And an eye-rolling moment of “not again, how …
Back to Text THUMBNAIL SKETCHES FROM A TINY TOWN (A BLOG BY MARGARET DRAGU) “You should apply to Edmonton’s VISUALEYEZ festival,” suggested friends Paul Couillard (Toronto), Kirsten Forkert (Vancouver), and Tagny Duff (Montreal). When I was accepted, they were happy for me, assured me I would have a fabulous time, and also cautioned me it …
Back to Text THE BRIDGE by Margaret Dragu I don’t remember ever being afraid of the bridge. I could be wrong about this. I am, after all, a LIFELONG COWARD. I am afraid of bats, spiders, and snakes. I worry that electricity is leaking out from electric sockets. I get seasick on moving docks. Ladders …
Back to Text Performing with Personae: Entrée into Psychology and Politics by Margaret Dragu (aka Lady Justice) When a performance artist creates a persona or alter-ego it is very similar to having an imaginary friend as a child. Psychologists used to describe children’s need for imaginary companions as a narcissistic self-absorption of unrealistic fantasies that …
