{"product_id":"beginning-with-the-seventies","title":"Beginning with the Seventies","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"et_pb_post_content_0_tb_body et_pb_post_content et_pb_module contentHolder\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExhibition catalogue from the four exhibitions associated with the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginning with the Seventies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e project at the Belkin: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/beginning-with-the-seventies-glut\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eGLUT\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (12 January-8 April 2018), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/beginning-with-the-seventies-radical-change\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRadial Change\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(22 June-12 August 2018), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/beginning-with-the-seventies-collective-acts\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCollective Acts\u003c\/a\u003e (\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e4 September-2 December 2018) and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/hexsaam-to-be-here-always\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eHexsa’am: To Be Here Always\u003c\/a\u003e \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(11 January-7 April 2019), edited by Lorna Brown, Greg Gibson and Jana Tyner. Looking at the relationship between art, archives and activism, the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginning with the Seventies \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003epublication begins with the 1970s, an era when social movements – feminism, environmentalism, LGBTQ2SIA+ rights, Indigenous rights, access to health services and housing – began to coalesce into models of self-organization that overlapped with the production of art and culture. Noting the resurgence of art practice involved with social activism and an increasing interest in the 1970s from younger producers, the Belkin connected with diverse archives and activist networks to bring forward these histories, to commission new works of art and writing and to provide a space for discussion and debate. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBeginning with the Seventies\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e brings contemporary art practices into active dialogue with the past, interweaving archive with artwork, poetry, prose and critical investigation. Over seventy prominent artists and writers, and works from 1969 to 2019, are featured in the series of four exhibitions. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/beginning-with-the-seventies-glut\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eGLUT\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is concerned with language, depictions of the woman reader as an artistic genre and the potential of reading as performed resistance. Circling around the embodied archive, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/beginning-with-the-seventies-radical-change\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eRadial Change\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e explores the elusive histories of Helen Goodwin’s choreography and her influence on the international interdisciplinary art scene of the 1970s. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/beginning-with-the-seventies-collective-acts\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eCollective Acts\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e taps into the generative potential of archival research by artists experimenting with collective organizing and cooperative production. Finally, bringing together research, material, media, testimony and ceremony, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/belkin.ubc.ca\/exhibitions\/hexsaam-to-be-here-always\/\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eHexsa’a̱m: To Be Here Always\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e challenges the concept that the practices of First Peoples are simply part of a past heritage, by bringing forward the ways that art and culture can bring new realities into being.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eEditor\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eLorna Brown\u003cbr\u003eGreg Gibson\u003cbr\u003eJana Tyner\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eMorris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery\u003cbr\u003eInformation Office\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2020\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e9.75 x 11.75 inches\u003cbr\u003e288 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eISBN\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e978-1-988860-08-4\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Belkin Art Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67611915550890,"sku":null,"price":60.0,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2426\/1089\/files\/INFO-BTWS-Product02_2024-11-13-202345.jpg?v=1791578924","url":"https:\/\/shop.criticaldistance.ca\/products\/beginning-with-the-seventies","provider":"CDCC Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}