Wendy Critical Reader

by Walter Scott

The Wendy Critical Reader is a collection of stories that more closely examine the lives of Wendy, Winona, Screamo, and a new character, Useless Urban Person! Weaved in these fun, fashionable tales are themes of feminism, women's labour, Indigenous identity, queerness, and using your iPhone too much. Featuring texts by conceptual darlings Danielle St-Amour and Ange Loft, this edition also comes with a limited edition poster and totebag!

32 pages, Unknown Binding

First published January 1, 2014

About the author

Walter Scott is an interdisciplinary artist working with writing, illustration, performance and sculpture. In 2011 while living in Montreal, he began a comic book series, Wendy, exploring the narrative of a fictional young woman living in an urban centre, who aspires to global success and art stardom but whose dreams are perpetually derailed. The position of the outsider and shape shifter is central to this body of work and the influence of feminist icons such as Elle Woods in Legally Blonde or artist, punk poet, experimental novelist and filmmaker Kathy Acker lingers. Recent exhibitions include Fictive Communities, Koganecho Bazaar, Yokohama, Japan 2014, Pre-Existing Work, Macaulay & Co. Fine Art, Vancouver 2015, and Stopping the Sun in Its Course, Francois Ghebaly Gallery, Los Angeles 2015.

Based on research in the AGO’s archives, Scott wrote fictions around the works in the collection to create new performances and installations during his residency.