In conversation with Lodoe Laura, artist Annie Macdonell discusses her recent exhibition “The Beyond Within,” which delves into the history of psychedelic therapy. She explores her collaborative films with Maïder Fortuné and the historical ripples that help us read our fractured moment, sustaining an uncynical belief in art even as its institutions falter.
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Yaniya Lee advocates for a critical approach grounded in material practice. Drawing on her recent work with textile artists in Edmonton, Lee makes a case for criticism that attends to how black artists work, focusing on their materials, methods, and processes, while calling for more diverse voices to engage with these practices.
In a profile of Edmonton-born, Berlin-based artist Adam Shiu-Yang Shaw, writer Lauren Lavery examines how Shaw’s treatment of industrial materials lends insight into our evolving relationship with urban landscapes and technology.
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BlackFlash Expanded is developing a series that looks to the role collectives have played in shaping the artistic ethos—both past, present, and future—of the prairies.
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When I’m drawing, I find myself on the floor in my bedroom with paper and chalk; at my desk with pens and permanent markers; using my finger as a stylus on my phone’s touch screen. To be close to the body is to be urgent.