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Ninga Mìnèh
In Conversation HIMA: After almost 18 months of revealing more of so-called Canada’s history of genocide against Indigenous communities, how are you really? CAROLINE: People forget that Indigenous communities have gone through so much. They forget the history. Let alone knowing the history. It’s a good thing this chaotic past comes to light. But it…
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Bloody Boats
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We cast spells on the mothers of our daughters and daughters of our mothers.
Scheherazade’s Dream The echoes of a spell casted on women centuries ago pulses through my veins. Like the Indian Ocean, a vast tempest full of unknown emotions, an abyss eternal, I feel the generations of women before me. I feel their innocence, their revenge, their power. Perhaps most of all, I feel their lust and…
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Book review: Amrit’s moving debut novel
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Intergenerational Shifts
NEWEST INTERVIEW INTERGENERATIONAL SHIFTS BY SATNAM SINGH AND AMRIT (NOYZ) SINGH a conversation between father and son Listen to the full conversation here: NOYZ: This is Amrit Singh, also known as Noyz. I’m a rapper and author from Brampton, Ontario. And at the end of 2019, I released my first book entitled “Keep Moving On:…
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Respectful Design
RAJI: I’ve spoken before on my advocacy for education and curriculum reform, so I wanted to chat with you about decolonizing Canadian education and its impact on design students. They go through a Western education system that teaches students exclusively Western ways of knowing and speaking. EDT: At Ontario College of Art & Design (OCAD)…
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Going the Distance
RAJI AUJLA: Your point of view doesn’t come from trauma, but from reclamation of certain historical atrocities that are unclaimed in political documents and records. Has that always been the case for you? MANUEL MATHIEU: Growing up in an environment where I was exposed to certain things, I built a cocoon around myself, so I…
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Figments & Pigments
FIGMENTS & PIGMENTS Studio session with abstract artist Callum Schuster on the psychology of colour, memory, and magnets Photography by Aakanksha Luthra + Callum Schuster NEWEST: Is your studio an insight into your brain or heart? CALLUM SCHUSTER: Maybe both? Could be one in the same but perceived separately, with the object as the brain…
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Home is Where the Art is
ART IS BY SAMIA KHAN Imagining Afghan futures and feminine space with artist Hangama Amiri Images: Courtesy of the artist Hangama Amiri, an Afghan-Canadian artist, finds herself at home on the margins and in mobility. She uses fabrics and photographs to weave together memories and materiality as a cross-cultural dialogue. She believes in “using the…
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Traversing the Void
TRAVERSING THE VOID MARISA GALLEMIT X RHIANNON VOGL On finding identity through found objects and locating self in lineage. RHIANNON VOGL: We’ve been talking about how your art practice is a form of placemaking, a sort of knowledge acquisition, a way to excavate, embody and explore ties to your Filipino roots. MARISA GALLEMIT: My work…
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The medicine wheel of Hip-Hop
THE MEDICINE WHEEL OF HIP-HOP DAVID STRICKLAND An essay on Hip-Hop as 21st century Indigenous culture As a child, my first dream was to become a professional hockey player in the NHL. Then Hip-Hop entered my life, and my whole life changed. Feeling a connection to my Indigenous roots came later; then my whole life…
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Paper Trail
PAPER TRAIL BY MALLIKA VIEGAS On love, legality and LGBT migration with Porus Vimadalal and Prayag Menon. MALLIKA VIEGAS: I see your online following and presence, and it’s remarkable. Fashion is not the most forgiving of industries. Was there a point where things really got going and you felt comfortable? PRAYAG MENON: When I started…
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A Bouquet of Flowers
The relationship between Palestinian identity, survivor guilt and his art practice.