Spring/Summer 2005 - University of Toronto Press Publishing

GENERAL INTERESTImpulse ArchaeologyEdited by Eldon GarnetImpulse Archaeology honours this importantperiod in Canadian art and cultural history, recallingthe early influence of like-minded publicationsfrom New York and the import of French theoristsand European artists and writers into NorthAmerica. Impulse brought the world into Canadaand Canada to the world.Eldon Garnet is an international photographic artistand novelist based in Toronto and a professor at theOntario College of Art and Design.Impulse was the premier Canadian art and culturemagazine of the 1970s and 1980s, a visual and conceptualcornerstone in magazine publishing. Duringits run, Impulse featured the writings and thought ofsome of the world’s most influential and provocativeminds, including Jean Baudrillard, William S.Burroughs, and Paul Virilio, and work by some ofthe world’s foremost artists, among them PattiSmith, Michael Snow, and Joel Peter Witkin. Themagazine was experimental, a work of art in itself.Eldon Garnet was the editor and publisher ofImpulse from 1975 to 1990, when it ceased publication,and with Impulse Archaeology, he brings themagazine’s spirit back to life. The book is an eclecticcollection of original and groundbreaking interviews,articles, and artwork that ranges in scopefrom pieces on Punk rock to early discussions onpostmodernism, and that includes contributionsfrom artists, architects, writers, and philosophers.CULTURAL STUDIESApprox. 290 pp / 11 x 11 / June 2005Illustrations throughoutCloth ISBN 0-8020-8787-6 £28.00 $45.00 EImpulse magazine cover, Summer 1985. Artwork by Carolyn White.11