CloseRyeberg Curator BioBert ArcherRSSBert Archer is a Canadian author, journalist, travel writer, essayist and critic. He is the author of The End of Gay (and the death of heterosexuality).Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioKathryn BorelRSSKathryn Borel was born in 1979 in Toronto, the daughter of a hotelier. After several years, she became the older sister to Nico, who was named after the family cat. She spent her early years living in hotels in Paris, Bermuda, Dallas and New Jersey, finally settling in Quebec City. In 2002 she moved to Toronto to follow a man. The relationship ended. She continues to live in Toronto where she works at the CBC for the national arts and culture program, Q. She has written food and wine reviews for radio and print. Her journalism includes a column which ran in the National Post under the title Indignities. Her first book, “Corked,” is published by John Wiley and Sons.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioCatherine BushRSSCatherine Bush used to write about dance. Then she switched to novels. She is the author of “Minus Time” (1993), about the family of a female Canadian astronaut, “The Rules of Engagement” (2000), in which a contemporary woman contends with the aftermath of a duel fought over her, and “Claire’s Head” (2004), which combines mystery and neurology in the story of two sisters with migraines. Her novels have been published internationally and short-listed for literary awards. Her nonfiction has been published in a variety of publications including The Globe & Mail and the New York Times Magazine. She has lived in New York, Montreal and Provincetown, Massachusetts, but has spent most of her life in Toronto, where she currently resides. She is the director of the Creative Writing MFA at the University of Guelph and at work on a new novel. For more Catherine Bush, click here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioMary Ellen CarrollRSSMary Ellen Carroll is a conceptual artist living and working in Houston, Texas and New York City. She is the recipient of numerous grants and honors, including, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Rockefeller Fellowship, a MacDowell Colony Fellowship and a Pollack/Krasner Award. She was awarded a fellowship from the Pennies from Heaven Fund, for her contribution to New York City as a visual artist for work that is advanced, experimental, and socially visionary. Carroll teaches architecture at Rice University in Houston, Texas, and in fall 2009 will realize in that city the project Prototype 180, a work of art that will make architecture performative, by inverting an acre of land and the domestic structure that is on it 180 degrees. Her work has been exhibited at numerous galleries and institutions around the world, including the Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; the ICA, London; Museum fur Volkerkunde, Munich; the ICA, Philadelphia; MOMUK, Vienna; and the Renaissance Society, Chicago. It also resides in numerous public and private collections. "Mary Ellen Carroll" is published by Steidl/Mack.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioKyl ChhatwalRSSKyl Chhatwal is a short story writer, a sometimes actor, and a sometimes editorialist with the Kitchener-Waterloo Record. A production of his first play, "I'll Be Here," appeared in Toronto in 2009. Kyl lives in Toronto.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioJoe CobdenRSSJoe Cobden is an award-winning actor/performer from Montreal, currently living in Toronto. He was the first anglophone to receive a "Les Masques" award (For Revelation of the Year). He has spent the last two years working on "The Eco Show" (with theatre creator Daniel Brooks of Necessary Angel) and "Untitled Faction Project" (with Ame Henderson of Public Recordings). Recent film credits include "Blindness" (dir. Fernando Mereilles), "I'm Not There" (dir. Todd Haynes), and "Le Piege Americain" (dir. Charles Biname) and he has the lead role in the upcoming feature film "Peepers," from Automatic Vaudeville. Joe's recent film directing credits inlcude music videos for Miriam Makeba ("Help") and Fats Waller ("Sigh"). "Sigh" has played at over 20 film festivals worldwide and won the People's Choice award at the Cabbagetown Film Festival.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioLynn CrosbieRSSLynn Crosbie is an English Literature Ph.D who teaches at OCAD University in Toronto. She is a cultural critical and poet; an ardent admirer, and fan of Michael Jackson.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioJon DaviesRSSJon is a writer and curator. His writing has appeared in C Magazine, Canadian Art, GLQ, Animation Journal, Cinema Scope and Xtra! among other publications. He has contributed to anthologies on Todd Haynes, Luis Jacob, Daniel Barrow and Candice Breitz, and Arsenal Pulp Press recently published his book on Paul Morrissey's 1970 film "Trash." He has curated numerous film and video screenings for Pleasure Dome (where he sits on the board), and for various venues in Toronto and elsewhere. He most recently curated the traveling retrospective 'People Like Us: The Gossip of Colin Campbell' for the Oakville Galleries. He is currently Assistant Curator of Public Programs at The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery. Jon Davies lives with Sholem Krishtalka in Toronto. For more Jon Davies, click here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioClaudia DeyRSSClaudia Dey is a novelist, playwright and columnist. She writes the weekly ‘Group Therapy’ column for the Globe and Mail, and during its brief but illustrious life, Claudia also wrote the sex column for Toro magazine under the pseudonym Bebe O’Shea. Her plays have been translated into French and German and produced internationally. They include Beaver, Trout Stanley and The Gwendolyn Poems, which was nominated for the Governor General’s Award and the Trillium Award. Her debut novel, “Stunt,” has been praised by – among others – the Globe and Mail, Quill and Quire and Time Out Chicago, which called it ‘deeply weird and totally beautiful.’ The Toronto Star, in its description of Dey’s writing, said ‘It’s as if poet Anne Carson and satirist Mordecai Richler accidentally collided at a drunken PEN fundraiser to produce a mischievous, magical and observant girl-child.’Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioJon Paul FiorentinoRSSJon Paul Fiorentino is a writer and editor. His first novel is "Stripmalling" (ECW, 2009). His most recent book of poetry is "The Theory of the Loser Class" (Coach House Books, 2006). He is the author of the poetry book "Hello Serotonin" (Coach House Books, 2004) and the humour book "Asthmatica" (Insomniac Press, 2005). His most recent editorial projects are the anthologies "Career Suicide! Contemporary Literary Humour" (DC Books, 2003) and "Post-Prairie" - a collaborative effort with Robert Kroetsch, (Talonbooks, 2005). He lives in Montreal where he teaches writing at Concordia University and is the Editor of Matrix magazine.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioElyse FriedmanRSSElyse Friedman is the author most recently of “Long Story Short, a Novella & Stories” (Anansi). She has written two novels, “Then Again” (Random House Canada) and “Waking Beauty” (Crown US), and the poetry collection, “Know Your Monkey” (ECW). For more Elyse Friedman, go here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioChris GehmanRSSChris Gehman is an independent filmmaker, media arts programmer and critic. His short films have screened at Canadian and international festivals and cinematheques; they include the award-winning “Refraction Series” (2008), "Contrafacta" (2000, co-directed with Roberto Ariganello) and "First Dispatch from Atlantis" (1993). Chris has programmed screenings for organizations such as the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Image Forum (Tokyo), the Gene Siskel Film Center (Chicago) and Pleasure Dome, and worked as a programmer and editor at Cinematheque Ontario from 1997 to 2000. From 2000 to 2004 he was the Artistic Director of the Images Festival, and in 2006 he co-programmed the Wavelengths section of the Toronto International Film Festival. His critical writings have appeared in periodicals such as Millenium Film Journal, Cinema Scope, Broken Pencil and Prefix Photo, and he recently co-edited an anthology of writings on artists' animation ("The Sharpest Point: Animation at the End of Cinema," YYZ Books, 2005).Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioDavid HetiRSSDavid Heti is a still young man who carries forth in his adopted Montreal. Quietly waiting out his remaining days in the hopes of something better, he is never sadder than after breakfast. When not performing stand-up comedy, he may often find himself reassessing purchases of bread or being comforted by others.
But several months shy of his law degrees, he may soon be able to pay for his law degrees.
He understands that things can change.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioSheila HetiRSSSheila Heti is the author of "The Middle Stories" (McSweeney's Books) and "Ticknor" (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). She is also the creator of the Trampoline Hall lecture series and The Metaphysical Poll, which collected the sleeping dreams people were having of Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton during the primaries. (It was clear from the dreams that Obama would win.) She regularly publishes interviews in The Believer and frequently collaborates with other people.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioMike HoolboomRSSMike Hoolboom is a Canadian artist working in film and video. He is the author of three non-fiction books: “Plague Years” (1998), “Fringe Film in Canada” (2000) and “Practical Dreamers” (2008) and one novel, “The Steve Machine” (2008). He has co-edited books on media artists Philip Hoffman (2000) and Frank Cole (2009), and co-authored a book on David Rimmer (2009). He is a founding member of the Pleasure Dome screening collective, and has worked as the artistic director of the Images Festival and the experimental film co-ordinator at Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre. He has won more than thirty international prizes, two lifetime achievement awards and enjoyed nine retrospectives of his work, most recently in Buenos Aires.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioLisan JutrasRSSLisan Jutras was the author of the short-lived “Microcelebrities” column about memes and viral videos that appeared in The Globe and Mail. Before that, she was their pets columnist, which embarrasses her a little. She is currently an editor there. Her work hasn’t appeared in as many places as she’d like, mostly because she’s been too chicken-shit to pitch stuff. She doesn’t need your pity, though! Things are looking up.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioJoanna KavennaRSSJoanna Kavenna won the 2008 Orange Prize for New Writers for her novel “Inglorious.” Her first book, “The Ice Museum: In Search of the Lost Land of Thule” was an account of a poetic tour through northern lands. Kavenna writes for the London Review of Books, the Guardian and Observer, the Times Literary Supplement, the International Herald Tribune, the Spectator and the Telegraph.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioSholem KrishtalkaRSSSholem is a painter and a writer. His writing has appeared in Xtra Magazine, C Magazine, CBC Arts Online, Forum: the University of Edinburgh Postgraduate Arts and Culture Journal and in various artist's catalogues. His artwork has been exhibited in numerous venues around Toronto, including Paul Petro Contemporary Art, The Toronto Free Gallery, and the Nuit Blanche festival. He is featured in the survey of Canadian painting Carte Blanche 2: Painting, published by the Magenta Foundation. Most recently, he made his New York debut with a solo show at Jack the Pelican Presents. Sholem lives with Jon Davies in Toronto. For more Sholem Krishtalka, click here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioPeter LynchRSSPeter Lynch’s widely acclaimed work is often compared with that of Werner Herzog and Errol Morris. His first dramatic short, “Arrowhead,” received the 1994 Genie Award. In 1996, he made “Project Grizzly," one of Canada’s most acclaimed documentaries (referenced on “The Simpsons”!). These were followed by “The Herd” and “A Whale Of A Tale.” His 2001 “Cyberman” was featured at over 50 international film festivals, and listed as a top 10 feature film of the year by Film Comment.
Lynch has also staged many seminal multimedia cultural events including the 1982 Kitchen Sync video/performance spectacle, featuring over 30 artists and the first ever Hip-Hop Break Dancing tour.
Lynch was a major player in the early video/new media revolution and chronicler of punk, new wave, hip-hop, dancehall, and avant-garde music scene. He co-founded, co-produced and co-directed Video Culture International, a landmark video new media festival, including projects with Brian Eno, Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, Stuart Sherman, and John Sanborn.
For more Peter Lynch, click here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioNyla MatukRSSNyla Matuk’s first book of poems, Oneiric, was published in 2009 by Frog Hollow Press. She has written on architecture and literary topics for the Globe and Mail and numerous magazines. Her short fiction and essays have appeared in Event, Room of One's Own, Descant and in two Alphabet City anthologies. For more Nyla Matuk, go here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioMarco PitzalisRSSMarco Pitzalis was born in Cagliari in late November, 1963. The entire world, at that moment, was thinking of President Kennedy’s death, so Pitzalis’ birth passed unnoticed. As the decades passed, he noticed that all high points in his life continued to be obscured by their coincidence with great historical events. Nonetheless, he quietly made his way. As an undergrad in Cagliari, Italy, Pitzalis achieved excellent grades in Philosophy; he went on to a PhD in Sociology at the Ecoles des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris. One day, in the faculty washroom, Pitzalis encountered the great Philosophe Derrida, who proceeded to use the toilet after him. Pitzalis believed this event to be charged with deep, transformative symbolism. Then in the year 2000, as the spray of the burst stock market bubble was still settling, he sold his shares—a minute too late, and he understood that at last he had consummated a divorce between himself and history. History no longer collides with his personal triumphs. Today Pitzalis teaches sociology at the glorious University of Cagliari in Sardinia. His presence is duly noticed by a handful of devoted students.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioChristine PountneyRSSChristine Pountney was born in Vancouver in 1971 and grew up in Montreal, did some more growing up in London (UK), and continues to grow up in Toronto and rural Newfoundland. She has a beautiful son who is growing up too. His mother is the author of two novels, “Last Chance Texaco” and “The Best Way You Know How,” both published by Faber and FaberGo to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioDamian RogersRSSDamian Rogers is a poet, performer, and journalist. Originally from suburban Detroit, she has lived in various cities, including London, Chicago, New York, and Toronto. Her poems have appeared in Brick Magazine, The Walrus, Maisonneuve, MoonLit, This Magazine, and Salt Hill. Her first collection, “Paper Radio,” is published by ECW Press.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioErik RutherfordRSSErik Rutherford is the creator and editor of Ryeberg. He has written for other publications including The Toronto Star and The Globe and Mail. He has also worked in radio; while living in Paris (1997-2005), his radio shows were broadcast on several French stations, including Radio France Internationale. He now lives in Toronto.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioMitu SenguptaRSSMitu Sengupta is Assistant Professor in the Department of Politics and Public Administration at Ryerson University. She has published widely in academic journals, and her political commentaries and analyses have appeared in CounterPunch, Monthly Review MRZine, AlterNet, Frontline (India), the Hindustan Times (India), The Toronto Star, This Magazine, and Rabble.ca.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioAlexandra ShimoRSSAlexandra Shimo studied Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Oxford University, and then did a Master’s on scholarship at The Graduate School of Journalism, Columbia University, New York. In May 2008, she published a book called “The Environment Equation,” which was published in the US, UK, Canada, translated into four different languages. She loves cooking, eating, biking and exploring new cities, and has lived in a number of places, including London, Paris, New York, Gdansk, Vancouver, and Montreal. She currently lives in Toronto, where she freelances for a number of newspapers and magazines, including the London-based Independent Newspaper, The Globe and Mail, Maclean’s, and Berlin-based Kulturaustausche.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioRussell SmithRSSRussell Smith's most recent novel, “Muriella Pent,” was named best fiction pick of its year by Amazon.ca, and nominated for the Rogers Fiction Prize and the Impac Dublin Prize. His new novel, “Girl Crazy,” will be published next year by HarperCollins Canada. He lives in Toronto.
Author photo by Jowita Bydlowska.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioHunter StephensonRSSHunter Stephenson is a freelance journalist, editor, and consultant. He is currently a writer and associate editor at Slashfilm, named Best Blog of 2009 by TIME magazine, where he conducts in-depth interviews with filmmakers including Jody Hill and Rob Zombie, and with actors and performers including Martin Starr, Danny McBride, Paul Scheer, Neil Hamburger, and Andrew W.K. An alum of the School of Communication at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL, he served as head editor of a “high-and-low” arts section at The Miami Hurricane for three years, noted by director Wim Wenders as being the “most important college newspaper section nationwide.” He went on to found Miami’s first youth-culture publication, ignore Magazine. His work has been featured in New Times, SPIN, Street Carnage, and Wooooo. He currently resides in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, forever known for its Grunge-era reputation as "the next Seattle.”Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioMicah ToubRSSMicah Toub is a writer living in Toronto, Canada. He received a National Magazine Award in Personal Journalism for "Be the Penis," an article published in Toro Magazine, which recounts how his psychologist parents helped him to get in touch with his inner erection. His forthcoming memoir, Growing Up Jung: Coming-of-age as the Son of Two Shrinks, will be published in Spring 2010 by W.W. Norton and Doubleday Canada. In addition to writing “The Other Half,” a biweekly column on relationships for the Globe and Mail, Toub's work has appeared in a variety of publications including The Walrus, Maisonneuve, Report on Business, Azure's Designlines, Quill and Quire, and Driven.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioJeff WarrenRSSJeff Warren is the author of "The Head Trip: Adventures on the Wheel of Consciousness," a delirious neuro-romp through the sleeping, dreaming and waking mind. He is a freelance producer for CBC Radio’s "Ideas," a resident of Toronto’s Kensington Market, and an undisciplined reader of the mystic, the cryptic and the scientific. He is currently working on a book about animal consciousness and the evolution of experience. For more Jeff Warren, go here.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioDarren WershlerRSSDarren Wershler (aka Darren Wershler-Henry) is the author or co-author of ten books, most recently, “The Iron Whim: A Fragmented History of Typewriting” (McClelland & Stewart, Cornell UP), and “apostrophe” (ECW), with Bill Kennedy. Darren is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies at Wilfred Laurier University, and is also part of the faculty at the CFC Media Lab TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program.Go to curator page
CloseRyeberg Curator BioPeter WolfgangRSSPeter J Wolfgang has a job that pays his bills and an apartment to live in. He helped start the literary journal New York Tyrant and is still involved with that from time to time. Born and raised in Coshocton, Ohio, Peter now lives with his wife Heather in Brooklyn, New York.Go to curator page
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