Chukwudubem Ukaigwe responds to Carnation Zine’s most recent issue – Vol. 2: Pleasure – filled with artworks and writing by BIPOC creators centred around joy, desire, and intimacy.
Responses
Contributors are invited to think deeply about the concepts, questions, and frameworks that arise in response to artistic programming.
Mahlet Cuff considers the lack of Black representation in senior institutional roles across much of the Prairies while highlighting the inspired and notable shifts taking place in Saskatchewan.
A response to Hope Strickland’s If I could name you myself (I would hold you forever) at the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival.
A response to Good Ol’ Lawn Fun at the Lowlands Project Space yards.
Originally written in response to Angeline Simon’s exhibition at the Helen Christou Gallery. A longer version can be found on the University of Lethbridge website.
A response to The word island is a bird inside of a mountain at the Winnipeg Underground Film Festival
Jasmine Sihra looks closer to Mootookakio’ssin, a digital collection of 19th and 20th century Blackfoot items that have returned virtually to Blackfoot territory from museums in the UK.
A response to the ongoing “freedom protests” in Mohkínstsis (Calgary)
A response to the Body and Water exhibition at Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre
A response to the Fragments of Epic Memory exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario.
In conversation with Geneviève Wallen about Younger than Beyoncé’s Thinking of You care packages.