WELCOME TO GAYSIDE
A queer utopian installation by The Third Leg (QC/NY)
and
STATIONARY
A sound performance by Coral Short (BC/UK)
September 16 - October 28th, 2006
Saturday September 16, 2006
Launch Party and Performance by Coral Short, 3:00 pm
Video Screening, 8:00 pm
Dance Party, 10pm
STATIONARY
Through sound performance, Short reveals her ambiguous questioning & critique of gender construction and it's role in social determination through subtly revealing gestures, "hypnotically charged sound loops and a drop dead sexy implementation of a stapler".
WELCOME TO GAYSIDE
History of Gayside:
In 1985, residents of Gayside, Newfoundland, voted to re-name their hometown, "Baytona, NL", after enduring increased harassment. Was this an effort to distance the small town from any association to gay culture, especially in light of a new, terrifying AIDS epidemic? Inspired by this tale, and mindful of the climate of social prejudice in heat of the 1980s AIDS crisis, collaborative queer art trio, The Third Leg, present their interpretation and re-appropriation of "Gayside", the once feared place-name. The month-long exhibition explores both actual and fictitious histories and examines the artists' personal experiences of growing-up gay in both rural and metropolitan locations.
Art Exhibition and Dance Party
Come out and join us on the gay side for a Dance Party at 10pm under the canopy of campy decorations, hand-sewn banners, Gay Pride memorabilia and dioramic miniatures. Take home free condoms, and artist multiples such as souvenir buttons, a copy of The Third Leg's second limited edition, silk-screen-printed zine, and their hilarious illustrated toponomy map of the re-invented, imaginary island called Gayside. Witness how WELCOME TO GAYSIDE is testimony to the ability of art to transcend discrimination and illuminate complex issues such as societal and internalized homophobia.
"WELCOME TO GAYSIDE" Video Screening
Saturday, September 16th, 2006, 8pm
The Third Leg is pleased to present a screening of short films and videos that has been put together in collaboration with Toronto-based artist Paige Gratland. The program will feature work by the following Canadian and US artists as they respond to the AIDS crisis, homophobia, and explore queer identity through film and video. We would like to thank the V-tape (Toronto), the artists and Eastern Edge for making this screening possible.
Can You Say Androgynous? by Laura Cowell
1991, 1:00 min, English
LLO Performance by Mirha-Soleil Ross & Mark Karbusicky
2002, 13:00 min, French / Eng Sub
I Want You to Need Me / J'veux qu' tu m'veux by Stefan St-Laurent / Minnie St-Laurent
2001, 4:30 min,
Autobiography by Dannis Day
1994, 15:00 min, English
PYT by Tara Mateik
2004, 4:00 min, English
The Art of Autobiography: Redux I MiniDV submaster by Dana C. Inkster
2006, 5:00 min, English
Skin by Colin Campbell
1990, 18:00 min, English
Special thanks to:
The Third Leg Biography:
The Third Leg is the collaboration between three artists from New York City, Montreal and Toronto. Since 2004, The Third Leg has exhibited illustration, print and textile-based interactive installations at La Centrale (Montreal), Cinders Gallery (Brooklyn), Participant Inc (New York), and John Connelly Presents (New York).
Coral Short Biography:
Coral Short is a versatile performance and installation artist who has lived, worked and exhibited extensively throughout Europe and Canada. She has created numerous short films, video works and installations with a passion for sound and an activist attitude towards Queer politics and Community development. She has spent the past 7 years overseas in Korea, Japan, Scotland and England and has recemtly moved back to Brittish Columbia.
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