Katie Bethune-Leamen: Dazzle Shizzle at MKG127, 127 Ossington Ave., Toronto, ON. Until March 13, 2010.

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Really It’s A Lot Bigger, A Lot Heavier, And A Lot Darker 2010 mixed media on extruded styrofoam, Plexiglas

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Gouzenko Hood #3, Version 2 and Gouzenko Hood #11: (It’s A Thing Covered By A Thing That Thereby Becomes Another Thing) 2009-10 cast aluminum, glow in the dark plinth, LED

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Gouzenko Hood #8 and Gouzenko Hood #3, Version 1: (It’s A Thing Covered By A Thing That Thereby Becomes Another Thing) 2009-10 cast aluminum, glow in the dark plinth, LED

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Study for The Office of Dead Slang 2010 still from digital video



For those of you not obsessed with the Cold War, Igor Gouzenko, a cipher clerk for the Russian Embassy in Ottawa, defected in 1945 with top secret documents that exposed a major Soviet espionage ring operating in the west. Below is a short 1966 clip from This Hour has Seven Days:



- L.M. 3-13-2010 3:08 am

i loved this work so much
- anthony (guest) 3-13-2010 6:33 am


I also loved this show. It's too bad that the meteor/iceberg/rock thing doesn't photograph well. It's much more opalescent and tealy-purply in the sun when you get up close to it.
- Gabby (guest) 3-13-2010 5:35 pm





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