Part one of two texts reflecting on moments that nourish, energize, and sustain artistic practice.
Contemporary art
Digital Art: a discipline shaped by technology and artists’ evolving, reciprocal experiences
A rabbit-hole attempt at creating a syllabus for digital art; a response to Working Title: Digital Art Curriculum.
Feedback with Biofeedback: a [digital] gardening project
Collaboration, collectivity, and community care with the Biofeedback Collective.
Shadowed Scaffolds: on Joanne Bristol’s back issues (Ackerman)
Presented for two days in the spring of 2022, Bristol’s archive of past work was embedded in the basement storage space of her former home.
Talking About Sounds Like (An Experimental Opera Response)
An experimental response to the Sounds Like audio art and experimental music festival, based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
how to listen to the heartbeat of a blue whale: a more-than-human hex score
As part of Expanded’s ‘How to Guide’ Series, artist and writer Roewan Crowe shares an excerpt from Violet’s Impossible Garden, a queer sequel to the gritty, poetic western, Quivering Land (ARP).
How I Build an Image, lately
Meganelizabeth Diamond moves us through her process for constructing images across a series of recent work.
Between the Ruffles: Métis Storytelling
A response to the Love in Every Stitch: Métis Ribbon Skirts from Kistapinanihk exhibition at the Mann Art Gallery with support from the Shushkitew Collective.
Considerations When Mapping
A zine of open-ended questions to use when mapping and remembering spaces with play and resistance.
The Meat and Potatoes for Métis Gatherings
A response to the Radical Stitch: Beading Symposium at the MacKenzie Art Gallery and hosted in partnership with the Shushkitew Collective.
Artist Profile: Angeline Simon
Angeline Simon walks us through her practice in this reflection across time, research, and experimentation.