“Every story has a beginning, middle and an end” … 3 dancing books explain the concept of stories. Sung by Paul Jacobs, who also plays most of the instruments; a bit like Talking Heads meets Schoolhouse Rock! : : : : Watch it here
Congrats to poet Adrienne Gruber (who appeared in our pages way back in CAROUSEL 23) on winning the 2012 bpNichol Chapbook Award for her chapbook Mimic, published by Leaf Press of Lantzville, BC. Named for the late poet, novelist, and indie publisher bpNichol (1944-1988), the prize is awarded to the author of the best language poetry chapbook published in Canada in the previous year, as selected by a panel of judges. Administered by Toronto-based small-press
CAROUSEL and artist Michael DeForge go a long way back — he first appeared in issue 19 (2005) when he was still primarily focused on gig posters, has done several covers for us over the years, and is currently one of our 4PANEL strip artists — so we’re always happy when he releases a new work! We therefore confidently recommend you check out the fourth installment of his award-winning, one-artist anthology series Lose, published by
Are you enjoying the many strips we’ve posted on the 4PANEL.CA site? If so, we recommend you check out Eden by Argentinean artist Pablo Holmberg, released by Drawn & Quarterly in 2010 (ISBN: 9781770460089) — it’s a small 6″ x 6″ anthology full of wonderful four-panel strips that combine the playfulness of a Sunday comic with the simplicity of a haiku. : : : : download a PDF preview here
In honour of Halloween, we are posting a link to one of our old mixtapes! Created as an accompaniment to our Fall 2009 issue, this outré MP3 Mixtape (90.56 MB) is designed to cast a spell on you. It clocks in at 1hr05m56s and contains 16 sonic rarities, a moonlit mix of themed tracks littered with tricky beats and full of psychedelic treats. Includes our exclusive, unofficial remix of Crystal Castles ‘Magic Spell’! TRACKLIST/ THE
On Sun Oct 21 CAROUSEL will be participating in Canzine Toronto, Canada’s largest festival of zine culture and independent arts, hosted by Broken Pencil Magazine. Canzine is a prime opportunity to mingle with talented writers, artists, publishers and performers from across North America and search out new local (and non-local) gems; it features hundreds of zines, small presses, comics and more. 918 Bathurst Arts/Culture Centre, 918 Bathurst St. 1-7pm $5 entry includes the fall issue
The new issue (featuring a cover image by Alex Fischer) will be in stores in December
We’re happy to let you know that some NEW CONTRIBUTORS are joining us at our 4PANEL site: Rosaire Appel / Christopher Green / Jim Johnstone / Aaron Linton / Billy Mavreas / M T M L / Sarah Scope / Fiona Smyth : : : : 4panel.ca
Here’s the cover of the e-version of our 12HR ZINE MACHINE zine : : : : access CAROUSEL’s 1HR zine here : : : : see all 10 series zines here
Drop by RM #204 of the Gladstone Hotel (1214 Queen St. W) on Sat Sep 29 and behold the vibrant and bustling “12 HR Zine Machine” presented by The Madeleine Collective, Madeleine Collective: www.madeleinecollective.comas ten featured Toronto artist groups are challenged to create a handmade zine art book every hour, all night long! Note that the CAROUSEL zine team — made up of artists Larry Eisenstein, Mark Laliberte, Aaron Linton and Drazen Kozjan — will take
CAROUSEL magazine will be present at The Word on the Street Toronto Festival (Queen’s Park) this Sunday September 23 from 11am-6pm — we’d love it if you stopped by! We’ll be located at booth MM6 (in the Magazine Mews section, east side of the park) What will be offering? – select back issues (for the amazing price of $5 each) will allow you to delve into the past! – extremely discounted subscription packages will point you
… it will be debuting in issue 30 (Dec 2012)!
: : : : download the free CAROUSEL 29 Mixtape NOW! As an accompaniment to our Summer 2012 issue, we’ve invited Kranky recording artist Christopher Bissonnette to compile a 14-track continuous MP3 Mixtape, Vibrating On Two Notes (1hr / 96.28 MB) We hope you will choose to enjoy our new issue while listening to this suggested soundtrack. : : : : Download the C29 Vibrating On Two Notes mix: here : : : : Purchase CAROUSEL 29: here
Do you know the work of Fionn McCabe? Fionn McCabe is a Los Angeles-based artist and illustrator whose work appears on the cover of CAROUSEL 29, as well as inside the issue. McCabe is the founder of Oh Nancy, a national art collective created with Arthur Henderson and Nathan Wellman. It provides a vehicle for artists — presenting them with a narrative structure that facilitates collaboration and multiple-authorship. Using contradiction, symbolism, and coincidence histories are
Thu Jul 05, 2012 / @ The Black Swan — 154 Danforth Ave (2nd floor) / Toronto, ON Doors at 7:30 pm — Readings from 8pm The evening will feature readings by contributors: Claire Caldwell / Robert Dayton / Emily Gordon / Katie Jordon / Josh Stewart / Elana Wolff / Talia Zajac SPECIAL EVENT OFFER — please note that since we did not host a public launch in Toronto of CAROUSEL #28, we hope
This past weekend, the final of five Carousel WNDW projects opened in Downtown Toronto. Here are some peeks at Magda Trzaski’s *Queenspecific installation … for the full picture on this project and all the others, be sure to visit each location! WNDW5
WNDW5: Magda Trzaski — Pulled Apart By Horses @ *QUEENSPECIFIC (787 Queen St W) Jun 14 – Jul 27, 2012 RECEPTION> Fri Jun 15, 6pm >>> About the Project: wndw-s.ca/ >>> About the Venue: queenspecific.com/ >>> About the Artist: magdatrzaski.com/ Nature, mortality, still life composition and fairytale culture inform and inspire Canadian artist Magda Trzaski’s mixed media work. For her *Queenspecific window exhibit, Pulled Apart By Horses, Trzaski will create one of her stylized, anthropomorphic figurative
This past weekend, in association with WNDW4 at Roadside Attractions, artist Robert Dayton performed as ‘The Canadian Romantic’ in Hillcrest Park, Toronto. Here are some peeks at what you missed.