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<span lang="EN-US">This is such a timely forum for me. </span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US">There are wider discussions about Occulture going on, and at the same time, I am learning about how contemporary artists have responded to parapsychology archives. It’s great for me to hear more on this from Erika DeFreitas and Chryannne,
whose work I have known only from a distance. Next week my students and I will be using the embodied research-creation methodology to recreate a photograph of ectoplasm. We are doing this to learn about the technical side of analogue film, older cameras and
lighting techniques. This weekend we are experimenting with home-made ectoplasm! I want to recreate the ectoplasmic hand that the Medium Mary Marshall excreted in the 1930s. It’s a large flat hand, but with texture and seemly weighty. Noting Erika and Jennifer
referencing touch and the hand, in the 20<sup>th</sup> century ectoplasm moves from amorphous to shaped, and mediums Palladino, Eva Carriere and Mary Marshall all produced ectoplasmic hands, which clearly parallel emerging Modernist art, where the hand represents
the artist as creator. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<div style="font-size:13px; font-family:Tahoma">Dr. Serena Keshavjee</div>
<div style="font-size:13px; font-family:Tahoma">Professor<br>
Coordinator, Curatorial Practices Stream, Cultural Studies MA Program</div>
<div style="font-size:13px; font-family:Tahoma">University of Winnipeg<br>
515 Portage Ave<br>
Winnipeg<br>
R3B 2E9<br>
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