Glow, not Gold, inspired by the expression "All that glitters is not gold" is an artist book produced by the Centre for Art Tapes and Conundrum Press on the artistic practices of Lucie Chan (Toronto), Barry Doupé (Vancouver), and Libby Hague (Toronto). The book also invites two animation artists and critical writers: James MacSwain and Steve Reinke who write on the relationship of animated moving image practices within the visual art exhibition. Chan, Doupé and Hague utilize digital media in tandem with a visual art practice, and use drawing, paper, and installation design, pointing to the tactility of their materials as process for creation. A somewhat underrepresented field in contemporary art, animation has not seen a great deal of theory-based writing that aims to disambiguate the various techniques and address artwork that reaches beyond the animation of a video, to spill into the gallery space with the purpose of the immersive experience. Lucie Chan unpacks complicated and intimate relationships with watercolor drawings that are also transposed to delicate animations, and show emotional depth with meditative presence. Barry Doupé's animations are saturated with layers of color and digitally drawn characters. Inspired by a dream state or the subconscious the artist carefully builds a narrative at a quiet pace. Libby Hague constructs paper and video installations approaching trauma and suffering when living in a precarious world, and allows vulnerability to enter through text and poetry.

Chan was born in Georgetown, Guyana and currently lives in Halifax. For the past four years, she has been teaching at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design where she earned her Master of Fine Art degree. She has exhibited in galleries and museums across Canada and abroad including Montreal Arts Interculturel [MAI] (Montreal), SPIN Gallery (Toronto), and Atelier Frankfurt Gallery (Frankfurt, Germany). Her work is currently traveling nationally with Just My Imagination, a two-year group exhibition which includes the works of fourteen other contemporary drawing-based Canadian artists. Chan was short-listed for the Sobey Art Award in December 2006.

Lucie Chan's profile page

Barry Doupé (b. 1982 Victoria, BC) is a filmmaker living in Vancouver. He holds a Bachelor of Media Arts Degree from Emily Carr Institute of Art & Design (2004). He is also a member of The Lions collaborative drawing group, Jarry and Crazy Weapon. His films have been screened throughout Canada and Internationally including the Ann Arbor Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, Lyon Contemporary Art Museum, Pleasure Dome and the Tate Modern.

Barry Dupé's profile page

Hague is a multidisciplinary artist residing in Toronto working primarily in relief, installation, and video. Libby’s installations, in her own words: weave together a two-fold interest in narrative and material exploration. Hague has been exhibiting throughout Canada, with recent residency and exhibitions at YYZ (2012), International Print Centre New York, at the Loop Gallery and the Art Gallery of Ontario (2011), and was exhibited in the context of Nuit Blanche (2007).

Libby Hague's profile page