Category Archives: Articles and essays
Shopping Cartographies
“Shopping Cartographies.” In The Vancouver Carts: Photographs by Kelly Wood. James Patten, ed. London: Black Dog Publishers, 2016. A catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition and publication of The Vancouver Carts by photographer Kelly Wood. Excerpt: “Kelly Wood’s photographs record
Shopping Cartographies
“Shopping Cartographies.” In The Vancouver Carts: Photographs by Kelly Wood. James Patten, ed. London: Black Dog Publishers, 2016. A catalogue essay to accompany the exhibition and publication of The Vancouver Carts by photographer Kelly Wood. Excerpt: “Kelly Wood’s photographs record
Four Houses, Never at Home: Tents, Capitalism and the Fabric of Living
It seems, these days, that tents are everywhere. In the wake of natural disasters, in the face of manufactured crises, after conflict, and on the edge of borders, can be found fragile, ephemeral fabric dwellings. This paper tells the stories
Four Houses, Never at Home: Tents, Capitalism and the Fabric of Living
It seems, these days, that tents are everywhere. In the wake of natural disasters, in the face of manufactured crises, after conflict, and on the edge of borders, can be found fragile, ephemeral fabric dwellings. This paper tells the stories
Quilts for the 21st Century: Activism in the Expanded Field of Quilting
“Quilts for the Twenty-First Century: Activism in the Expanded Field of Quilting” In Handbook of Textiles, eds. Janis Jefferies, Hazel Clark and Diana Wood Conroy. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2014, pp. 197-210. In this chapter, I begin by exploring the rich
Quilts for the 21st Century: Activism in the Expanded Field of Quilting
“Quilts for the Twenty-First Century: Activism in the Expanded Field of Quilting” In Handbook of Textiles, eds. Janis Jefferies, Hazel Clark and Diana Wood Conroy. London: Bloomsbury Press, 2014, pp. 197-210. In this chapter, I begin by exploring the rich
F’ing Up Contemporary Art
“F’ing Up Contemporary Art: Fiber in the Gallery.” F’d Up! Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario. Exhibition: September 26-November 9, 2013, pp. 4-6. Read the full catalogue here.
F’ing Up Contemporary Art
“F’ing Up Contemporary Art: Fiber in the Gallery.” F’d Up! Art Gallery of Mississauga, Mississauga, Ontario. Exhibition: September 26-November 9, 2013, pp. 4-6. Read the full catalogue here.
Extra/ordinary
Rebellious Doilies and Subversive Stitches: Writing a ‘Craftivist’ History Focusing on knitting, this essay briefly examines what might be gained and what is lost through the erasure of a historical trajectory of radical practice. To get at this question I
Extra/ordinary
Rebellious Doilies and Subversive Stitches: Writing a ‘Craftivist’ History Focusing on knitting, this essay briefly examines what might be gained and what is lost through the erasure of a historical trajectory of radical practice. To get at this question I
Threads of Hope
Threads of Hope: The Living Healing Quilt Project In this article, I look at the Living Healing Quilt Project (LHQP), organized by Alice Williams of the Curve Lake First Nation (Curve Lake, Ontario) and sponsored by the Indian Residential Schools
Threads of Hope
Threads of Hope: The Living Healing Quilt Project In this article, I look at the Living Healing Quilt Project (LHQP), organized by Alice Williams of the Curve Lake First Nation (Curve Lake, Ontario) and sponsored by the Indian Residential Schools
La Merle
On Indirect Action: Twitter, Protest and Presence What does it mean to participate in a protest from afar? In the past, I’ve argued, quite strongly, that a protest is only an event in the moment, that its importance resides within
La Merle
On Indirect Action: Twitter, Protest and Presence What does it mean to participate in a protest from afar? In the past, I’ve argued, quite strongly, that a protest is only an event in the moment, that its importance resides within
Kirsty Robertson 
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