‘Infinities’ brings together a range of Canadian artists and writers to examine the influence of the traditions and conventions of Islamic visual cultures on contemporary art. From techniques and symbols to concepts and designs, artists such as Tazeen Qayyum, Abdi Osman, Shaheer Zazai, Azadeh Elmizadeh, and Jamelie Hassan have employed various methods and materials to not only show the ways in which Islamic visual cultures continues to inform their work, but also the challenges, possibilities and implications in doing so.
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This series of poems germinates from Mercedes Eng and Cecily Nicholson’s volunteer work for Emma’s Acres during the pandemic. Poetry work is a necessary documenting and honouring practice in this place as we plant toward abolitionist futures.
Author, artist, and radical educator Vo Vo has shared a 12-page excerpt from their 106-page book “Trauma X: Holding Space Radically.” In this work, Vo Vo discusses the effects of trauma, how it shows up in everyday situations, and ways to support and build resilience in ourselves and our communities.
A conversation with Q Lawrence on the Subject of Bill C-7 and the Disability Filibuster
These conversations begin to surface the reality of ableism and injustice within and between communities of people with disabilities. Disability itself is a broad category that includes individuals with a wide range of experiences, barriers, and needs, as well as intersecting privileges and oppressions.
“I will also say the journey to this neighbourhood wasn’t easy. . . . It took a great deal of time to reach the clarity of mind needed to agree to the stipulations of living here.”
This conversation emerges from the 2020 Allied Media Conference event, Remote Access: Witches N Glitches, organized by Kevin Gotkin, Aimi Hamraie, Yo-Yo Lin, Jerron Herman, and Ezra Benus.
Reflecting on an afternoon visiting the museums of New York City, the traditional homeland of her Lanape ancestors, Vanessa Dion Fletcher shares how colonialism shapes her relationship with public institutions as well as language, archives, and community.
A conversation between Amanda Cachia and guest-editor Carmen Papalia
The clip is eight minutes and fifty-one seconds long, whereas the event itself took approximately an hour and a half for the walkers to complete. I watched the footage fourteen times in writing this and, in doing so, extended the duration of the severely truncated clip to nearly correspond to the original length of the live event.
Playing with vulnerability and containment, Christopher Lacroix launches a jibe at stereotypical expectations of how a queer person should behave, as well as how these entrenched perceptions are manifested in everyday queering.