Our Summer 2023 issue features a dynamic group of writers and culture workers who offer insight into the unique circumstances of the art world, many of which are in dire need of critique and deep reconsideration.
Articles
The board of directors of Buffalo Berry Press is excited to announce the appointment of Jasmin Fookes as Managing Editor of BlackFlash Magazine, effective May 15, 2023.
“As an artwork, Kulshan is both an expedition and meditation on the landscape of the Pacific Northwest and a portrait of the mountain.”
“After so many conversations with artists about the positioning of Chinatown on Indigenous land, I’m further convinced that the iconic monument of Chinatown needs to be reconceptualized. Simply repeating traditions is insufficient and doesn’t reflect the realities of today.”
“The subjective challenges of the hookah lounge—that imperfect family-feeling, the sometimes questionable art, the interpersonal surveillance—are important, even with the systemic problems at hand.”
A publication partnership between BlackFlash Magazine and Le Sigh
“As We Rise thoughtfully forms bridges between the photographer, their subjects, and audiences, creating connections of trust and intergenerational memory.”
“In this Shakespearean reimagining, Hannah and his collaborators additionally present the complex, layered experiences of women who are redefining their lives. Their time has been disrupted and, in making space to make art, they can reclaim it.”
“In a year of making, many bowls will collapse, vases will break, greenwares will be dropped and glazes will run.”
“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”
— Octavia E. Butler
“Up above emerged a trans sunset— the kind my friend in Regina had named as their favourite part of living there. The extraordinary pink and blue sky was my perfect finale, a blanket I was ready to receive.”