- November 1, 2023
- 7:00pm – 8:00pm CT
- McNally Robinson Booksellers
The Art of Ectoplasm
Encounters with Winnipeg's Ghost Photographs
The Art of Ectoplasm reflects on the history and legacy of T.G. and Lillian Hamilton's extraordinary collection of paranormal photographs, which have inspired and perplexed academics, historians, and artists since their creation a century ago, and offers a compelling look at a chapter in social history not entirely unlike our own.
The Art of Ectoplasm launches at McNally Robinson on November 1st at 7:00pm.
Please join editor Serena Keshavjee for a panel discussion on the lasting impact of the Hamilton family photos with archivist Shelley Sweeney, English and film professor Murray Leeder, and artist Chris Dorosz.
Attend one of T.G. and Lillian Hamilton's séances by delving into their collection of hundreds of photographs, which document tables flying through the air, mediums in trances, and ectoplasm—a strange, white substance through which ghosts could apparently manifest.
Presenters
Serena Keshavjee is Assistant Professor at the University of Winnipeg where she teaches Modernist Canadian art, architecture, and design.
Chris Dorosz is a Canadian-American artist who divides his time between San Francisco and Winnipeg. Dorosz has cultivated a hybrid painting-sculpture-photographic practice through which he explores the mutability of the physical world.
Murray Leeder holds a Ph.D. in Cultural Mediations (Visual Cultures) from Carleton University. His research focuses on the supernatural in film, literature and media. He has published extensively on ghosts, spiritualism and psychical research.
Shelley Sweeney is the retired head archivist for the University of Manitoba’s Archives & Special Collections. Sweeney is a charter member of the Academy of Certified Archivists and helped write the first code of ethics for the Canadian archival profession.
