Artist

Margaret Moores

Margaret Moores’ artistic practice includes film, video, animation and machinima. She has had a long producing partnership with artist, Almerinda Travassos, as well as collaborative projects with other artists. Margaret’s work has been the subject of a retrospective at the British Film Institute and is in the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, Museum of Modern Art in New York and the National Museum of the Philippines. Her work has been exhibited at festivals and in galleries throughout Canada and internationally

Margaret’s work is wide ranging in styles and subject matter from documentaries about artists, to work exploring the public and private nature of lesbian relationships. Her body of work is often humorous, ironic, visually rich and slips easily from the slightly off-kilter to the surreal.

Artist Code: 024

Videography

Lesvatar

2010, 08:50 minutes, colour, English

Love Sick

2010, 04:00 minutes, colour, English

Dip Dip and Swing

2004, 04:30 minutes, colour, English

RU?

2001, 02:00 minutes, colour, English

Dog Days

1999, 40:00 minutes, colour, English

Marg's Barkin' Dogs

1989, 05:00 minutes, colour, English

Surely To God

1989, 23:00 minutes, colour, English

Hero And Highland

1987, 05:00 minutes, colour, English

Frankly, Shirley

1987, 10:23 minutes, colour, English

The X Spot

1983, 11:00 minutes, colour, English

Art Creates Change

1983, 39:00 minutes, colour, English

Anne Ace

1981, 07:00 minutes, colour, English

Labyris Rising

1980, 14:00 minutes, colour, English

Critical Writing

Mid-Life/Shelf-Life
by Lisa Steele. Mid-Life/Shelf-Life, 2010. Toronto: Vtape, 2010.
Bitch Bark Canoe
by Debra Anderson. Xtra!, May 6, 1999, no. 379.
Mirror Machine: Video and Identity
by Janine Marchessault. YYZ Books, McGill University, 1995.
Having the Last Laugh: Margaret Moores & Almerinda Travassos
by Becki Ross. Fuse, June 1990, v. 13, no. 5.
Lesbian chronicler sends up pleasure
by Susan G. Cole. Now, Sept. 21, 1989, v. 9, no. 3.
Video News
by Kim Tomczak. Fuse, Nov. 1988, v. 12, no. 3.
In Flagrante: Canadian Video Caught in the Act
by Sara Diamond and Gary Kibbins. 1988 American Film Institute Video Festival, Fall 1988.
Through Her Eyes
by Leila Marshy. Cinema Canada, Sept. 1987, no. 144.
Sight Specific: A Space
by John Scott. C Magazine, 1987, no. 14.
Gay and Lesbian Film Festival '87: An Advance Look
by Mark Michael Leonhart. Windy City Times, Sept. 17, 1987.
Community-Based Feminist Video Production in Toronto
by Marusia Bociurkin. Video Guide, Oct. 1984, v. 6, no. 5.