Critical Writing Index

Johanna Householder: Ambiguous Redemptions

by Ian Carr-Harris

Caught In the Act: an anthology of performance art by Canadian women, 2004, p. 251

Toronto: YYZ, 2004

This article explores Johanna Householder's work as ambiguous in its subversity. Ian Carr-Harris discusses specific works from 1979-2003 while noting biographical moments of Householder's life. Citing Craig Owen' essay The Allegorical Impulse, Householder's work is examined in terms of allegory and the collaborative laboratory, and describes her effect as misbehaving, or "reiterating the behaviours we take for granted.", Collaborations with Janice Hladki, b.h. Yael, and her daughter Carmen Householder-Pedari ("Last Year at Marienbad: the missing scenes")are described.

ITEM 2004.066 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

The Secret Life of Sgt. PrestonJohanna Householder

The Secret Life of Sgt. PrestonJanice Hladki

December 31, 2001Johanna Householder

Last Year at Marienbad: the missing scenesJohanna Householder

Last Year at Marienbad: the missing scenesCarmen Householder-Pedari

December 31, 2001b.h. Yael