Alex Mcgill

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  Fringe Arts

  Beach Combing

  Alex Mcgill – Published September 20, 2011

  Badlands, the full-length LP that Alex Zhang Hungtai, who records under the name Dirty Beaches, released earlier this year, was an album the artist never really expected anyone to hear.

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  Fringe Arts

  STOP/MOTION Time

  Alex Mcgill – Published September 13, 2011

  STOP/MOTION, an exhibit opening Sept. 13 at Concordia’s VAV Gallery, approaches movement as both an active motion and an implied one.

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  Fringe Arts

  X Marks the Spot

  Alex Mcgill – Published September 13, 2011

  Café X, located in Concordia’s VA Building, is home to more than just tasty treats and cheap coffee. The café also houses Concordia’s third—and most laid-back—art gallery, aptly called Gallery X.
  Many Concordia students outside the Fine Arts faculty are currently unaware of the gallery’s existence, something that curator Clinton Glenn intends to change.

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  Special Issue

  Where’s the Culture and Music?

  Colin Harris & Alex Mcgill – Published September 6, 2011

  For you res kids who want to stick close to home, Concordia has its own galleries. The VAV is located in Concordia’s VA building and is student-run. There is also the FOFA Gallery in Concordia’s EV building. The two host a ton of student work, so it’s a great way to support your colleagues.

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  Fringe Arts

  Montreal, While you Were Out

  Alex Mcgill – Published August 30, 2011

  If you are a student here and have yet to spend a summer in Montreal, you’ve been missing out. The semester months are often chilly and spent indoors cowering in fear from the snow amidst schoolbooks and caffeinated beverages.

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  Fringe Arts

  Serious Girl Power

  Alex Mcgill – Published June 14, 2011

  Tomorrow’s Girls Action Foundation benefit concert is about celebrating the power of girls and women of all ages.

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  Fringe Arts

  Into the Threshold

  Alex Mcgill – Published April 12, 2011

  Members of The Void are in a celebratory mood and want Concordia students to join them. The launch party for their final issue of this school year

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  Fringe Arts

  HIVer Transitions Into Spring

  Alex Mcgill – Published April 5, 2011

  For many people, the winter is a season that symbolizes dormancy, hardship, and vast periods of cold and emptiness.

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  Fringe Arts

  (Silver), Exposed

  Alex Mcgill – Published March 29, 2011

  (Silver), a collection of original photographs by graduating Concordia photo students, will drop this week.

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  Fringe Arts

  Makeout Skideotape

  Alex Mcgill – Published March 15, 2011

  When I get to Mac DeMarco’s apartment to talk to him about his band, Makeout Videotape, I wake him up. It’s 11:00 a.m. on a Monday and he greets me in his underwear.

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  Opinions

  Nahmsayin’

  Alex Mcgill – Published March 14, 2011

  It’s a pretty sad signifier when University students can’t make the distinction between an apartment building and a residence building.

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  Fringe Arts

  Art Matters Is Retro and Innovative

  Alex Mcgill – Published February 15, 2011

  Art Matters has evolved into the biggest student-run art show in Canada, a renowned two-week long festival showcasing and celebrating student art.

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  Opinions

  Editorial

  Alex Mcgill – Published February 8, 2011

  Canadians are safe from the threat of usage-based billing… for now.

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  Fringe Arts

  Making the Private Public

  Alex Mcgill – Published February 1, 2011

  “It has been hard to find forums to make work like this public,” said Michelle Lacombe, performance artist and one of three artists featured in Ligne, Image, Texte, an event that will use the human body as a means for expression.

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  Fringe Arts

  Move Over November

  Alex Mcgill – Published November 23, 2010

  The teen ‘stache, the gringo ‘stache, the Hitler ‘stache, the ironic hipster ‘stache—all are welcome in Movember.
  Yes, Movember which has adequately taken over the month of November to help raise awareness and funding for prostate cancer research.

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  Fringe Arts

  Tickle Trunk

  Alex Mcgill – Published November 16, 2010

  When was the last time you completely indulged only one of your senses? CKUT’s Magic Sound Box will allow you to do just that.

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  Fringe Arts

  Resurrection

  Alex Mcgill – Published November 2, 2010

  At what point do useful objects become unwanted?
  This is a question that exhibition Grade, displayed at Parisian Laundry, asks its viewer to ponder.
  Grade is a mixed media exhibit that plays with ideas of efficiency versus inefficiency and practicality versus impracticality.

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  Fringe Arts

  Blue Hawaii

  Alex Mcgill – Published October 12, 2010

  Blue Hawaii has reasons to be melancholic about Art Matters events.
  “It was actually on the Art Matters Opening Party night we decided to make music together,” explained Alex Cowan, who, along with Raphaelle Standell-Preston, comprise the two-piece electro-pop group.

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  Fringe Arts

  Monster Mash

  Alex Mcgill – Published October 5, 2010

  Halloween is approaching, and what better way to pay homage to this wonderful holiday than by celebrating the art of monsters?