Tino's Top Ten art picks for 2004:

1. Rev Billy at XSpace, International Festival of Performance Art
http://www.7a-11d.ca/2004/2004.html
Riveting performance in front of a packed house. Followed by an anti-corporate intervention after the show. Inspiring.
http://www.nowtoronto.com/issues/2004-11-04/news_story8.php
http://www.revbilly.com

2. Kurt Swinghammer: Augusta CD
Sweet, nostalgic and best written album bout Toronto since Scott B's "Neil Yonge Street".
http://www.swinghammer.com/

3. Olia Mischenko Mercer Union
Olias' other-worldly miniature drawings were literally being rubbed off the walls by peoples' noses that night.
http://www.mercerunion.org/show.asp?show_id=102

4. Kraftwerk, Ricoh Coliseum, Toronto
Visually stunning music.
http://www.tecnopolis.ca/gallery/Toronto-2004?page=11
http://www.kraftwerk.com

5. Poster Korea, FearonRevell Projects
Two Canadians teaching in Korea bring along a suitcase of posters from Canada and liven up the Seoul.
http://www.fearonrevellprojects.org/poster/index.htm

6. Toronto Graffiti Art Scene - Style in Progress Festival, July 2-4
It just gets better and better. Empty walls say nothing.
http://www.styleinprogress.ca/

7. Cloaca Wim Delvoyle, Power Plant Gallery
Surprise. We are the art. Wim said: 'In New York, they were all worried about the hygienic aspects of the machine. In Europe, people just wanted to know what it all meant. In Toronto, they just ask: "How does it work?"
http://www.cloaca.be/

8. Graeme Perry: Laneing (Web Project)
Most inspiring online project. Documenting the underbelly of Toronto.
http://www.graemeparry.com/laneways/maps/center/center.html

9. Toronto Subway Station Buttons, Public Space Committee
Simple, brilliant and fun.
http://www.spacing.ca/buttons.htm

10. Chester Brown - Louis Riel
Best graphic novel of 2004. Hands down, we're taking over HBC.
http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/392AF04_web/04-Lam/louis.html
(Note: This link features an online version of the book!)

- sally mckay 12-29-2004 8:55 pm




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