Documents an exhibition of temporary public art interventions that transformed the streets of Grande Prairie, Alberta in 2008.In January 2008, The Prairie Art Gallery, in Grande Prairie, Alberta presented an exhibition of video art and public interventions that brought light and mystery to the main street of the City around the clock throughout the month. Grande Prairie experiences up to 17 hours of darkness per night in winter, and the exhibition was most dramatic in the long cold nights.Curated by Edward Bader, the exhibition included works by Michael Campbell, David Hoffos, Karina Aguilera Skvirsky, Micah Lexier with Christian Bök, C. Wells, John Will, Anne Troake, and Bill Viola.The exhibition in public places was inspired by the unfortunate fact that the Prairie Art Gallery's building had collapsed under heavy snow in 2007, and the community was without an exhibition facility.The catalogue includes an essay by prominent critic Robert Enright, as well as his interviews with each of the artists.

Robert Enright is one of Canada's best known cultural journalists. He is the founder and Senior Contributing Editor of Border Crossings magazine and holds a research chair in Art Criticism at the University of Guelph. He was an art critic for CBC radio and television for twenty-five years and continues to contribute to a number of network programs. He also contributes regularly to the Globe and Mail, and to a number of international art magazines. For his work he has received fourteen nominations at the National and Western Magazine Awards. In 2005 he was named a Member of the Order of Canada, and in 2012 he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.

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