Steel Bananas

Steel Bananas is a Canadian artist collective and publishing house.

History

Established in 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the frequency of their publications has varied from monthly (2008-2010), to quarterly (2011-2013), to annual chapbooks and interdisciplinary projects in various media (2014+).{{cite web |url=http://www.steelbananas.com/about |title=Steel Bananas: About |accessdate=23 December 2009}} Originally established as a collective of young artists, writers, and university students in Toronto,{{cite news|url=http://torontoist.com/2009/11/this_shit_is_steel_bananas.php|title=This Shit is Steel Bananas|last=Showler|first=Suzannah |date=16 November 2009|work=Torontoist|accessdate=23 December 2009}} the collective matured into a network of professional artists and a dedicated publishing house that expanded into Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and Leeds, United Kingdom under the leadership of Karen Correia da Silva and Curran Folkers.{{cite web |url=http://www.artfilemagazine.com/article/kindness.php |title=Artistic Kindness: Empathy, Ethics, and New Medias|last=Eagen|first=Sarah Allen |date=7 October 2012|work=Artfile Magazine, New York|accessdate=14 January 2015}}

Major works

  • Overachiever. Leeds, UK, 2015–2016.
  • Works in the Public Domain. Leeds, UK, 2015-ongoing.
  • Lucy. Vancouver and Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2014-ongoing.
  • Trigger Warning: Demons. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2014.
  • Steel Bananas Publications. Toronto and Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada and Leeds, UK, 2012-ongoing.
  • Verbs. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 2012.
  • Bruised / Modern Ruin. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010–2011.
  • The Artichoke Revue. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2010.
  • Eggplant. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009–2010.
  • Gulch: An Assemblage. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2009.
  • Steel Bananas Zine. Toronto, Ontario, Canada, 2008–2010.

Major publications

  • A State, A Statue, A Statute by Adam Abbas, 2014.
  • Hate Letters from Buddhists by Dave Hurlow, 2014.
  • Sew with Butterflies by Anna Veprinska, 2014.
  • Free Agent by Katrina Pruss, 2014.
  • East Van Sound by Karen Correia da Silva, 2014.
  • Public Consultation by Curran Folkers, 2014.
  • Publics by yta, 2012.
  • Dear Adolf by Daniel Scott Tysdal, 2012.
  • Fuck Irony by Matt Marshall and Karen Correia da Silva, 2012.

References