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How to Win at Board Games
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Immeasurable Melody
IMMEASURABLE MELODY Interactive Video Journey NEP SIDHU ARTIST Once upon a time, we met an enigmatic spirit. He’s a sculpture, a designer, a maker. Only his closest circle could gain access to the intelligence of his mind and the rhythm of his melodic voice. His name is Nep Sidhu and he let us in one…
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Ghosts, Memories and Future Nostalgia
GHOSTS, MEMORIES, AND FUTURE NOSTALGIA In Conversation with Howie Tsui and Hana Amani ARTIST HOWIE TSUI CURATORIAL DEVELOPMENT HANA AMANI Many things are lost when we migrate from one place to another. The magic, the folklore, the mythology that we unconsciously bring with us to the new societies we live in, keeps some of the…
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Growing Pains
GROWING PAINS In Conversation with Nyla Innuksuk and Devyani Saltzman NYLA INNUKSUK STORYTELLER DEVYANI SALTZMAN ARTS ADMINISTRATION We all grew up with horror stories that spooked us in our dreams. We got older and either befriended the monsters or feared them. Filmmaker and media artist Nyla Innuksuk and arts administrator Devyani Saltzman befriended them and…
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Tales from the Dark Side
TALES FROM THE DARK SIDE WRITTEN BY ANONYMOUS ARTWORK BY QUENTIN VERCETTY “I learned from my enemies. Beat them at their own game.” – KILLMONGER IN BLACK PANTHER It’s a story we’ve been screaming forever, but no one wanted to hear. It’s the biggest elephant in Canada’s newsrooms that few wanted to talk about…
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The Picture of Jah Grey
THE PICTURE OF JAH GREY Jah Grey In Conversation with Anubha Momin JAH GREY PHOTOGRAPHER ANUBHA MOMIN WRITER Jah Grey is a self-taught photographer whose work is motivated by a desire to capture, question, and present queer depictions of Black masculinity. Focusing on portraiture, Jah’s images are often accompanied with written prose; stories that…
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Cadesan – Not of this Land
CADESAN – NOT OF THIS LAND POEM AND NARRATION HARJOT GHUMAN-MATHARU DIRECTION RAJI AUJLA CINEMATOGRAPHY RICK MATHARU EDIT DARSHAN DAURKA FOLK SINGING RAJ GHUMAN Our ideas are cultivated. Nurtured and fed opinion and facts. Sifting through an overload of information, to have them grow into values and doctrine that outline our mind.Our ideas are…
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Call of Beauty
NEWEST COVER FEATURE blackpowerbarbie ILLUSTRATOR & ANIMATOR When we were thinking about how to illustrate our theme Rupture for the cover, an image of Kali kept coming to mind. Kali is the Hindu deity of death and time. She is the most powerful form of Shakti and despite her fearful form, she is considered a strong maternal…
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Bottoms Up / Gratitude
BOTTOMS UP / GRATITUDE A collaborative response to rupture by Toronto’s arts community, animation by digital artist Alex McLeod, music by classically trained Gurpreet Chana and written piece by curator Rhiannon Vogl ANIMATION ALEX MCLEOD TABLA GURPREET CHANA POEM RHIANNON VOGL BOTTOMS UP Rupture isn’t a break, it’s not a letting go or a…