Gary Kibbins
Full Professor / Graduate Coordinator
Film and Media
Arts and Science
Gary Kibbins is the Associate Head for Queen's Film and Media and in Fall 2021 he is the Graduate Chair for the department. Gary is a media artist and writer, currently teaching at Queen’s University. Until 2000 he taught at the California Institute of the Arts. A book of essays and scripts was published in 2005: Grammar & Not-Grammar: Selected Scripts and Essays by Gary Kibbins, ed. A. J. Paterson, YYZ Books, Toronto; 2005; 254 pp.
Research Interests:
Aesthetic theory; experimental media; experimental literature; image theory; image-text relations
Media Works:
2016 Mama Minde 20:00
2016 Men Working On Boats at Night 10:30
2015 The Wide Wide World 9:00
2014 Only Believe Things That Are Easy To Understand 7:30
2014 Ocean View 10:00
2012 God Hates Himself 22:00
2012 Girl Sitting on Blue Chair 30:00
2010 The Unlucky Sailor 35:00
2009 7 Questions About Bicycles 15:00
2008 How To Lose Consciousness 16:30
2007 Brain Worm #3 17:00
2006 jesuscallingthelittlechildrenuntohim 12:00
2006 A Triad in 3 Parts 7:00
2006 The Harvest Is In 14:00
2005 10 Phrase Studies 10:00
2005 Brain Worm 24:00
2004 April 1967 7:00
2003 If Horses Had Gods 45:00
2003 Grammar Lesson 7:00
2003 52 Gods 5:00
2002 Limbic Moments 20:00
2000 Carl Andre's Overalls 11:00
1998 The Alien Seaman 20:00
1996 Finagnon 70:00 (16mm)
1994 P & Not-P 27:00 (16mm)
1992 Mead Lake 28:00 (16mm)
1990 A Short History of Water 16:00
1989 The Long Take 7:00