Sunday, June 21, 2009

No More Potlucks

One of the editors of this amazing online journal/magazine, published out of Montreal, just drew my attention to the existence of no more potlucks. The magazine "focuses on arts, activism and politics across Canada from coast to coast" with a decidedly feminist slant and is organized into six thematic issues a year.

Jess Dobkin, Mirrorball, 2008

Issues are published online for free every two months at their website and back issues are available as print-on-demand as well. I highly recommend the current article/interviews with academic luminary Ann Cvetkovich and Toronto artist and sometimes-mirrorball Jess Dobkin. While it's sometimes trying to wade through long articles online, no more potlucks (a sentiment I couldn't agree with more, by the way) manages to walk the line between critical academic writing and conversational description, which makes it an engaging read.

1 comments:

Leah Sandals said...

Looks fun, Gabby! Thanks for pointing this one out.

One question that comes to mind about that Jess Dobkin work, though, whenever I see it - Lynne Marsh did something very similar in video form, transforming herself into a mirrorball. Wonder if each was/is aware of the other's take?