Mark Laliberte — CUT PROGRAM Apr 11 – May 05, 2013 (opening Thu Apr 11, 6-9pm) @ MONASTIRAKI (5478 St-Laurent, Montreal) Toronto artist and CAROUSEL Managing Editor/ Designer Mark Laliberte has a new exhibit at in Montreal. A retrospective look at more than 10 years of production, this exhibition offers a ‘collage view’ of several different collage projects I have created over the years, providing a sutured sampling of paper-based works spanning back to 2000.
By far some of our favourite shots of the evening were these blurry ones … so we thought we’d post them! Catriona Wright Lizzy Violet Nico Mara-McKay Sonia Di Placido
Michael Kleiza Sonia Di Placido Shane Neilson Forest Prospect Julia Griffiths Robyn and The Batmans
March 24th, 2013 is the date for the third annual Mini-Comics Day, celebrating the art of cartooning and creating hand-made comic books (the first event was held April 9th, 2011). On Mini-Comics Day, participating cartoonists from around the world will write, draw, and print copies of a mini-comic, completing the entire process from start to finish in a day or less. Anyone in the world can participate.
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
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
: : : : download the free CAROUSEL 30 Mixtape NOW! As an accompaniment to our Winter 2013 issue, we present Make Room For Change, a 19-track continuous MP3 Mixtape (1hr19m28s / 182 MB). We hope you will choose to enjoy our new issue while listening to this suggested soundtrack. : : : : See the tracklist / download the CRSL30 mix: here : : : : Purchase CAROUSEL 30: here
We’re a Canadian art magazine; they’re an American pop band. Listen up: Carousel is an electro-pop duo based in Brooklyn, NY. Jackson Phillips and Kevin Friedman, two Berklee College of Music graduates, create a unique sound that combines the drive of electro with the melodic sensibilities of pop … recommended! : : : : Download Carousel‘s debut EP ’26 Alliston’ here
Have you been paying attention to our 4PANEL website? You should be … there is a new strip posted every Monday! So far in 2013, we’ve published delightful original works by: Sarah Scope. Larry Eisenstein. Marc Ngui. Michael DeForge. Mark Laliberte. Jessica Fortner. Fiona Smyth. And remember, 4PANEL appears as a full-colour section in the pages of each new issue of CAROUSEL. : : : : Check out the 4PANEL.CA web project now : : : : Buy the
Brian Eno, artist and musician, discusses a-r-t and the reasons we make it; we like his “farmer” vs “cowboy” analogy … which one are you? : : : : Listen here
OMD: “ABC AUTO INDUSTRY” — live