The last time Kelly Mark was in Seattle—at the Henry Art
Gallery in 2006—she performed a protest to accompany her
exhibition, shouting: “What do we want?” “Nothing!” “When do we
want it?” “Whenever!” If it wasn’t meaningful, it wasn’t
meaningless. The Toronto artist has returned for a solo show of
sculptures, photographs, and the installation REM, featuring a
video mashup of 170 TV clips. If her past work is any indication, the
occasion should be a contemplative riot. (Platform Gallery,
114 Third Ave S, 323-2808. 11 am–7 pm, free.)

Jen Graves (The Stranger’s former arts critic) mostly writes about things you approach with your eyeballs. But she’s also a history nerd interested in anything that needs more talking about, from male...