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Aleesa Cohene: Something Better.

Publication: C: International Contemporary Art
Publication Date: 22-SEP-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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ALEESA COHENE: SOMETHING BETTER

YYZ Artists' Outlet, Toronto

Through a small number of short videos crafted over less than a decade, Toronto-based artist Aleesa Cohene has achieved a remarkable maturity in her work. At first, I was misled by its apparent simplicity: as media artists have been doing for decades, she cobbles together found footage to explore themes such as immigration and xenophobia (All Right [2003]), or post-9/11 security paranoia (Ready to Cope [2006]). However, I was always left with a very palpable feeling of anxiety at each tape's end. Even if it was difficult to recall exactly what images had just unfolded, cumulatively, they had an undeniable emotional punch. As a result, it took me a while to recognize and appreciate the choreography...

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