Blog

February 2012
UnFolding on Hiatus

The UnFolding Website will be on hiatus while Mike Levin pursues other writing projects.

February 2012
The True Value of Criticizing The Arts

Arts provides the thin line between our hallowed concept of freedom of speech and the reality of self-censorship.

January 2012
The Banality Of Ottawa’s Arts Grants

One has to look very closely to find which artists get funding in Ottawa. That’s not a problem but the fact that no one celebrates these grants is.

January 2012
Status Quo – Brenda Gale Warner

You have to go into Brenda Gale Warner’s house to see the work at Galerie 240. Now she takes time to answer Status Quo’s 20 questions.

January 2012
Praise The Queen And Pass On The Arts

Our federal government has made its declaration: we like all you arts-and-culture people but the cash is going to the Queen.

January 2012
The Decline And Fall of the Copyright Empire

Online file-sharing is no more controllable than the decline of empires. So why do emperors think they can stop the clock?

January 2012
It Takes An Orchestra To Raise A Child: Part II

Tina Fedeski has ensured her Orkidstra music program is about creating virtuoso people, not virtuoso musicians.

January 2012
It Takes An Orchestra To Raise A Child: Part I

El Sistema’s use of music as a tool instead of a product has shifted Venezuela’s socio-economic landscape. The style has spread around the world, including into Tina Fedeski’s Leading Note Foundation.

January 2012
Gallery 101 And The Art Of Bureaucratic Banality

Two artists finally get a canvas at Gallery 101 to dissect the guts of bureaucratic office life. Bureaucracy may make you laugh or cry, but it will be recognizable to the vast majority of Ottawa workers.

January 2012
Michel Luc Bellemare Responds To His Accusers

What happens when you get caught falsifying your resume? Artist Michel Luc Bellemare tries to explain himself.