Light Industry is on my list of NYC arts venues to check out, & in January there are at least two good reasons to go over there: "17 hours of darkness (reflections on this place I call home) Curated by Christina Battle Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at 7:30pm 55 33rd Street, 3rd Floor Brooklyn, New York “17 hours of darkness (reflections on this place I call home)” brings together a collection of works by contemporary Canadian artists exploring the dark and nagging anxieties associated with the Canadian landscape. An investigation of my own obsession with Canada’s natural climate, artists represented attempt to navigate the darkness that envelops our days for so many hours of the year. As we brace for another long winter I wonder how this obsession has shaped our collective memory and in turn impacts the Canadian experience...oh, and of course, there’s some hockey in there too. - CB Work to be screened, accompanied by a handmade slideshow: 18,000 Dead in Gordon Head, Clive Holden,