Diane Morin’s Effondrements
Catalogue essay written for exhibition of Diane Morin’s video works at Mercer Union, January 12 – February 17, 2007.
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…Every episode of Mission: Impossible began with a recorded message which ended “This message will self-destruct”. That show’s animated descendant Inspector Gadget featured the same motif, except that the message invariably exploded not only itself but also the messenger. In retrospect, I wonder whether Chief Quimby’s miraculously healthy return at the end of every episode gave us relief because he was all better, or because we knew he’d be around to get blown up again next Saturday…