Sneak peek at CAROUSEL 33 cover

The next issue of CAROUSEL (featuring a cover image by Fabian Bürgy) will be in stores in May, 2014. An 80 page bi-annual hybrid literary/arts magazine representing new and established Canadian artists (with a selection of international contributors), CAROUSEL highlights a comfortable merging of textual and visual content, presenting work across many genres … if it is original and engaging, we aim to see it in print. C33, our forthcoming issue, features new poetry, fiction

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CAROUSEL 32 — issue preview!

Pre-order your copy by Dec 01 to receive it before xmas! New poetry, fiction and visual pieces by Courtney Bates, Meagan Black, Paul Carlucci, William Joel Davenport, Lisa Hirmer/Dodolab, Yi-Sung Oliver Ho, Alisha Kaplan, J.P. King, Drazen Kozjan, Kristiina Lahde, Cassidy McFadzean, Nadine Maher, Natalie Morrill, Michael Prior and Shakeel Rehemtulla. Special Features: – Toronto-based photographer Sara Angelucci feature by Shannon Anderson — spotlighting her 2013 Aviary series. – Emily Fitzpatrick profiles and interviews BC-based sculptor

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Sneak peek at CAROUSEL 32

The next issue of CAROUSEL (featuring a cover image by Sara Angelucci) will be in stores for the first week of December, 2013. An 80 page bi-annual hybrid literary/arts magazine representing new and established Canadian artists (with a selection of international contributors), CAROUSEL highlights a comfortable merging of textual and visual content, presenting work across many genres … if it is original and engaging, we aim to see it in print. C32, our forthcoming issue,

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ORLAN vs GAGA

French artist ORLAN (who we featured/interviewed way back in CAROUSEL 24) is suing Lady Gaga (and the French subsidiary of Universal Music) for plagiarism in a Paris court. In the lawsuit, the artist accuses the singer of stealing from her to construct the visual universe of her third album, Born This Way — ORLAN works cited to have been plagiarized include: Bump-Load (2009), a sculpture representing ORLAN as a bionic hybrid; and Woman with Head (1996), a performance

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Sneak peek at CAROUSEL 31 cover

The next issue of CAROUSEL (featuring a cover image by Souther Salazar) will be in stores in May, 2013 An 80 page bi-annual hybrid literary/arts magazine representing new and established Canadian artists (with a selection of international contributors), CAROUSEL highlights a comfortable merging of textual and visual content, presenting work across many genres … if it is original and engaging, we aim to see it in print. C31, our forthcoming issue, features new poetry, fiction

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derek beaulieu’s ‘How to Read’ exhibition

Canadian poet, publisher & anthologist derek beaulieu is a writer obsessed w/ the upscaling of lowercase gestures; we interviewed him about the state of his practice back in CAROUSEL 27. beaulieu’ first major solo exhibition, ‘How To Read’, is opening this Fri Mar 22 at Niagara Artists Centre in St. Catharine’s, ON — it runs in the Showroom space until May 10, 2013. ‘How To Read’ moves beaulieu’s work from print into the gallery, where

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Farquharson curates ‘Translation’

TRANSLATION March 01 – 30, 2013 @ O’Born Contemporary (131 Ossington Ave, Toronto) Featuring: Alex Fischer / John Monteith / Petrina Ng / Callum Schuster Curated by: Rachel Anne Farquharson Rachel Anne Farquharson is a Toronto-based essayist and curator, whose writings appear regularly in the pages of CAROUSEL; for our current issue, she profiles and interviews Toronto pixel-pusher Alex Fischer. She is also a feature contributor to C Magazine, having published an interpretive essay on

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FIONA SMYTH – new exhibition

Fiona Smyth Feb 07 – Mar 09, 2013 (opening Sat Feb 09, 4-8pm) @ Robert Kananaj Gallery (1267 Bloor St W, Toronto) Toronto artist and 4PANEL participant Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25 — our Spring-Summer 2010 issue) has a new exhibit at in Toronto. A retrospective look at 10 years of production, the exhibited works include paintings and drawings from the series Bride of Gene (2002) and The Virtuous – Rise of the

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CAROUSEL 30 Toronto launch: Jan 12!

Please join us for the Toronto launch of CAROUSEL 30, a free event taking place this Sat Jan 12, 2013 from 1-4pm at O’Born Contemporary — 131 Ossington Ave. An 80 page bi-annual hybrid literary/arts magazine representing new and established Canadian artists (with a selection of international contributors), CAROUSEL highlights a comfortable merging of textual and visual content, presenting work across many genres … if it is original and engaging, we aim to see it

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CAROUSEL 29 Preview!

CAROUSEL 29 (summer 2012 issue) out in mid-May The forthcoming issue of CAROUSEL features work from the following  writers and artists: Derik A Badman • John Wall Barger • David Boswell • Claire Caldwell • Robert Dayton • Michael DeForge • Larry Eisenstein • Rachel Anne Farquharson • Emily Gordon • Jesse Jacobs • gillian harding-russell • Claire Horsnell • Louisa Howerow • Christopher Hutsul • Katie Jordon • Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline • Drazen Kozjan • Mark

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Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2012!

Featuring more than 250 authors, artists and cartoonists from around the world The 2012 Toronto Comic Arts Festival at the Toronto Reference Library (789 Yonge St) Saturday May 5th 2012, 9am-5pm Sunday May 6th 2012, 11am-5pm FREE ADMISSION A week long celebration of comics and graphic novels and their creators, which culminates in a two-day exhibition and vendor fair featuring hundreds of comics creators from around the world. Other Festival events include readings, interviews, panels,

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BRIAN KOKOSKA in CAROUSEL 28

Do you know the work of Brian Kokoska? Brian Kokoska is a NYC-based Canadian artist who works primarily with oils on canvas to create large scale figural compositions. A full 12 page spread of his works as well as an interview (conducted by Rachel Anne Farquharson) are featured in CAROUSEL 28. Kokoska is very intentional with his brushstrokes and patterning and how they affect his whole composition. He works these elements in a way that

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Liisa Ladouceur’s ENCYCLOPEDIA GOTHICA Toronto Launch

Liisa Ladouceur is a Toronto-based music and unpopular culture journalist, a poet and a Goth. She has examined the subculture for various publications, has been called upon as a recognized Goth expert for television like MuchMusic, CTV, TVO, and Newsworld, and hosted the sold-out Gothic Toronto literary event for the Luminato Festival. She is currently known as the Blood Spattered Guide music columnist for Rue Morgue magazine, the world’s leading publication on horror in art

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TOR LUNDVALL’s cover for “The Cruellest Month”

Tor Lundvall is an artist and musician living and working in New York — we interviewed him back in CAROUSEL 24. Congrats to Tor, whose beautiful cover artwork graces the cover of “The Cruellest Month”, the latest album by UK neofolk group Sol Invictus (their 17th studio album). >>> To purchase CAROUSEL 24:  go here >>> For more information on Tor Lundvall: go here >>> For more information on ‘Sol Invictus’: go here

The Never Weres by FIONA SMYTH

Congratulations to Toronto-based artist Fiona Smyth (who we profiled/interviewed back in CAROUSEL 25) — she has just released her first graphic novel, The Never Weres, a youth-oriented science fiction tale where three teens become humanity’s only hope for survival. The Never Weres is a 6.75″ x 9.25″ book, 256 pages, b/w interior, and is being released by Annick Press in both softcover and hardcover editions. On Sunday, March 13,  2 – 5:30pm, The Never Weres

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FASTWÜRMS – riDYKEulouse Hits Bottom (Group Show, NYC)

RiDYKEulouse Hits Bottom Nov 20– Dec 23, 2009 @ Leo Koenig Projekte (545 West 23rd St,  New York) Toronto/Creemore-based collective FASTWÜRMS (whose work graces the cover of our latest CAROUSEL #24 — with interview and portfolio inside) is now participating in a Manhattan art show. The exhibition, curated by RIDYKEULOUS, features the following artists: A.K. Burns, Aaron Johnson, Anna Sew Hoy, Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Cody Critcheloe/Ssion, Cyrus Saint Amand Poliakoff, Dana Schutz Dawn Frasch, Dawn Kasper,

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