WESTERN FRONT – Scrivener’s Monthly: Raymond Boisjoly Listening to Fugazi’s “In On The Kill Taker”

Description:

Presented as part of Scrivener’s Monthly, Raymond Boisjoly demonstrated the idea of “discrepant” reading using In On The Kill Taker, the 1993 album by Washington, DC post-hardcore band Fugazi as an overlay in considering the relevance of its lyrical content to ideas of post-1992 Indigenous contemporary art.

Scrivener’s Monthly was a series of public presentations that explored the space between material practices and spoken words. Set alongside exhibitions at Western Front, this experiment in “not publishing” involved readings, performances, and other articulations.

Video documentation of this event is available upon request.

A sandwich board in a room with wooden floors. In front of the sign sits a small record player. A pale yellow record with small lettering leans gently on the left side of the sign. On black lettering written on top of a yellow bright background the sign displays information about the upcoming Scrivener’s Monthly at Western Front, featuring Raymond Boisjoly.

Captions:

Scrivener’s Monthly: Raymond Boisjoly Listening to Fugazi’s “In On The Kill Taker” sign (2017).

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We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.