Call and Response; Christine McNair's response now on-line

Christine McNair's "materia prima.," a response to Caroline Tallmadge's show of photographs, "Solo Series No. 1: By Hand," are both available for view in Ottawa's Red Wall Gallery at the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa until the second week of March. McNair's full text is available online here as a pdf, as well as in the gallery space.

Vernissage: Friday, February 17th, 2012, 18:00 - 21:00

The fifth in a series of seven poetic responses, curated by rob mclennan, the first was Pearl Pirie's "The Walls of Jerusalem - Selected Poems and Process Notes," a response to Leslie Hossack's Cities of Stone - People of Dust," the second was Amanda Earl's "In the Tempo of Now - Selected Poems," a response to John Hewett Hallum's show of photographs, "MOMENT(O)," the third, Monty Reid's "So is the Madness of Humans," a response to Rob Macinnis' show of photographs, "The Farm Family Project," and the fourth, Sandra Ridley's "Shadow Lines," a response to Pedro Isztin's show of photographs, "Study of Structure and Form," all of which are still available here. The final two responses will be by Claudia Coutu Radmore and rob mclennan, with a reading of all the writers (with slides of their corresponding shows) is currently being scheduled for June 22, 2012. Stay tuned!