“Meyer concocted a kind of Stampede inversion: “an equine-focussed spectacle, but with the humans performing for the horses, while sharing space.” […] the evidence of what transgressed is shared very minimally in DEEP HORSE TEXTS—appearing only in reference or grainy disposable-cam contact sheets.”
D St-Amour
D St-Amour (they/she) is a writer, book-maker, and recovering curator. Since 2011, St-Amour has held curatorial, administrative and research positions at a range of institutions, including the AGO, The Walter Phillips Gallery at the Banff Centre, Art Metropole in Toronto, and Galerie SBC, Montreal. St-Amour regularly writes about artists’ books and publishing practices through the lens of visual arts and media history, and publishes queer sci fi and speculative fiction through their slow-press project, specific.place, with co-editor S.F. Ho. St-Amour holds an MA in Art History/ Visual Cultures at York University, and is currently an MLIS candidate at Western University in London.
“This issue marks a transition in BlackFlash’s 40-year publishing history. Our fall 2023 issue is the last commissioned by our former managing editor Maxine Proctor in collaboration with our editorial committee. It is also (as transitions go) the first produced in collaboration with our new managing editor, Jasmin Fookes.”