Steel Bananas

Steel Bananas is a Canadian artist collective and publishing house.

History

Established in 2008 in Toronto, 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+).^[1] Originally established as a collective of young artists, writers, and university students in Toronto,^[2] the collective matured into a network of professional artists and a dedicated publishing house that expanded into Vancouver, Canada, and Leeds, United Kingdom under the leadership of Karen Correia da Silva and Curran Folkers.^[3]

Major works

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

1. "Steel Bananas: About". Retrieved 23 December 2009.
2. Showler, Suzannah (16 November 2009). "This Shit is Steel Bananas". Torontoist. Retrieved 23 December 2009.
3. Eagen, Sarah Allen (7 October 2012). "Artistic Kindness: Empathy, Ethics, and New Medias". Artfile Magazine, New York. Retrieved 14 January 2015.