Image from John Greyson's Covered.
If you’re really into stuff like “modes,” “forms,” “gestures,” “ephemera,” or the relationship between cinematic time and the empty vastness of gallery space more generally (or just like a good noddle-scratch), than put down that dog-eared copy of Artforum, practice your considered nodding, and get ready for the twenty-third edition of the Images Festival. North America’s premier congress of experimental film and video, choreography, installation art, and other immoderately arty pleasures, Images Festival 2010 spans 10 days and 25 venues, and boasts an impressive 145 artists (most of whom you’ve likely never heard of...unless you make a point of going to the Images Festival every year). Kidding aside, this year’s festival is bursting with plenty of interesting exhibitions, much of it misfit art so idiosyncratic it could only find a home at Images.
Yesterday evening at the Gladstone, festival directors unveiled the complete itinerary for Images 2010. After the many, many, many, shout-outs to this year’s sponsors, funders, founders, and board members, Images Artistic Director Pablo de Ocampo and Programmer Jacob Korczynski (who, given the festival’s remarkably esoteric parameters, have either the easiest or hardest job in the Toronto arts scene) ran through the festival’s highlights. “We’re constantly tooting our own horns about how things keep getting better and better at Images,” said de Ocampo, "and this year is no exception.” Images 2010 is broken up into three main programs: On Screen (screenings of feature-length films, shorts, and experimental video), Off Screen (nearly three dozen installations spread across fifteen local galleries), and Live Images (a smorgasbord of performance art, dance, music, and other real-time displays).

Duly Quoted: Kevin Sack











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