Evidently this television show was cancelled after the fourth season. The CBC, bless them, have left the website up. You can watch videos by clicking on a link and browsing through the selections. There is also music and still content. You can search for specific content or browse through episodes (the 'Real' and 'Candid' buttons).
[June 27/07 - The Zed site is supposed to be online. I received an email on June 25 that said it "will remain online for the foreseeable future", but the URL provided was incorrect and the link above isn't working. It may be just temporarily unavailable. In the meantime, CBC has a new program along similar lines, due to begin on July 29. There are already videos there to be seen and voted on. Check out Exposure until Zed reappears, which it seems to have done by July 4.]
What was great about the show is that most, if not all, of the content was viewer-created and submitted. I guess in a way Zed has been superceded by YouTube but this show, and the website, was an original CBC concept at the time.
May 22, 2007
Zed - CBC Television
May 04, 2007
The Dinner Party by Judy Chicago
This site at the Brooklyn Museum is so rich in content that it would probably take days to explore the whole thing. As a resource for information about women's place in history, the search functions within the 'Place Settings' and 'Heritage Floor' sections are invaluable as is the Feminist Art Base, which is not part of this exhibit. The exhibit itself has images and information about most aspects of the artwork (and more). Some of the images within the 'Place Settings' section can be magnified, especially the table runners, making it easier to see the stitches and details. There are also audio files by the artist.
"The Dinner Party" was, and is, one of those works of art which become something more. I first saw the exhibit in Calgary, Alberta, around 1980. At the time I was with a group of women who had travelled by bus from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. I remember walking into the room where the tables were set, but I wish now I had spent more time experiencing the work. This site, and the book that I have "Embroidering Our Heritage: The Dinner Party Needlework" by Judy Chicago enhances and extends that experience. The book, like the site, provides detailed information, and very good illustrations and photographs of the needlework and ceramics which make up the exhibit. Search the WorldCat link to the right for a library near you that has a copy to borrow.
"The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art [at the Brooklyn Museum] is an exhibition and education facility dedicated to feminist art—its past, present, and future." In this website, it has taken this dedication seriously and provided a resource which actually is useful and detailed. There is so much to see and experience that it is well worth the time it takes to fully explore it.
