2014

In 2014, Fogo Island Arts published Kevin Schmidt: EDM House in the monograph series.

As the fourth publication in the monograph series, Kevin Schmidt: EDM House traces the installation and film EDM House that was presented  in the Fogo Island Cinema, October 1–December 31, 2014. The installation and film transformed an abandoned homestead in the interior of British Columbia, Canada, into a meeting place of the urban and rural. Schmidt’s incongruous superimposition of the sounds of EDM (electronic dance music) and coloured Christmas lights onto this remote location, where he also lived for four months, critiqued our pioneering expeditions into the natural world. His disorienting camera work recalled Hitchcock’s masterpiece Vertigo, and imbued the scenery with a sense of displacement, at once chilling and exhilarating.

Kevin Schmidt: EDM House includes stunning colour photographs of the installation plus reflections on Schmidt’s practice from leading writers. Jeff Derksen (Associate Professor of English, Simon Fraser University) traces the evolution of Schmidt’s house from homestead to nostalgic getaway cabin. Novelist Michael Turner’s fictional narrative follows an aspiring filmmaker whose discovery of the house is informed by a rich field of cinematic and literary references. Finally, a conversation between Jack Stanley and Schmidt provides insight into the artist’s practice.

Edited by Rosemary Heather and Nicolaus Schafhausen
Contributions by Jeff Derksen, Kevin Schmidt, Jack Stanley, Michael Turner
Co-published by Fogo Island Arts and Sternberg Press
Design by Surface

2014, English
15 x 21 cm, 96 pages, softcover
ISBN 978-3-956791-04-8