As the conversation unfolds, the two discuss alchemy, medicine, sickness, symbolism, and artmaking in a tender exchange which is both enchanting and artful.
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the evolving nature of solidarity in fraught moment
Expanding on a discussion that took place at Anthology Film Archives following a screening of Lily Jue Sheng’s work, Steff Huì Cí Ling examines what it means to organize as arts workers while building solidarity beyond the sector and create art with “working-class intention” in a “bourgeois context.”
Use augmented reality to expose clues in the “Celestial Throne” game show.
A chance encounter at a thrift store sparked artist Juan Ortiz-Apuy’s (QC) project ‘Shirleys’. Inspired by vintage Kodak cards used to calibrate colour and skin tone, Ortiz-Apuy challenges the illusion of neutrality in lens-based technology.
Artist and scholar Clint Enns interviews filmmaker and photographer Judah Iyunade about cinematic style and influences, following Iyunade’s recent solo exhibition “Alara” at the Centre for Cultural Arts + Practices (C’CAP) in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
In Eyres’ world, the tragicomic reigns, and something is always thrillingly off.
“The material reliance of photography—and the artworld—on mining is often overlooked. Palu’s body of work is a corrective to this blind spot in photography and all camera-based image-making.”
“I’d love to stop working, but clicking is work. Scrolling is work. Posting is work. Commenting is work. Changing my thermostat is work. Talking to my friends is work. Even activities that were already forms of work are now multiplied. This feels like the apotheosis of bullshit work.”
An essay by the Aisle 4 Collective shares findings from their ongoing research project into the role of non-disclosure agreements.
Artist Sarah Cullen (ON) reflects on MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project, a residency and network for artist-parents and their children, designed to question dominant ideas about care work.
