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Spaces for Hesitation
Meghan: What brings you joy? Kosisochukwu: Getting out of my comfort zone. Long walks. The Ultimatum on Netflix—it’s a whole mess. My family and friends. The knowledge that I am intentionally creating this life that I’ve chosen to live.︎ website ︎ instagram
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Shape Shifter
Shantha: During a panel for International Women’s Day, you spoke a lot about community work. What does that look like for you? Violet: Since the beginning of my professional practice, I have been working towards a world where my art and activism melt together as one. Thankfully these days I can say this is true.…
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Embodied Silences
Meghan: What is something —anything— you would like to bring attention to? Lukas: For those that are rarely silent, I would like to urge you to consider practicing silence. In a one-on-one conversation, practice leaving a gap of silence between the end of their expression, and your response. You might be surprised at how much…
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Shifting Perspective
Devyani Saltzman has broken a lot of ground in Canada’s arts and culture scene—a founding curator of Toronto’s Luminato, the first woman of colour to hold the position of Director of Public Programming for the Art Gallery of Ontario, and Director of Literature at Banff before that. Now, working beyond our borders for the first…
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Mirror, Mirror
There is usually a strong gender divide; women participate, while men prefer not to touch Highlighted by Najmabadi, the role of mirrors in Qajar art suggestively asserts the viewer to assume a participatory role. As the figures in the paintings from this period possess strong outward gazes, mirrors in the image are positioned such that…
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Rust as Memory, but also as Time
Meghan: I’m so curious about this idea of immersion. You’ve created a space in which the audience can be immersed, but in the process, you were immersed in the act of painting—a new and different practice for you. What did it feel like to immerse yourself in this practice, in your body, to create this,…
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Dahae Song
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Soundscapes, Sun Ra & Sikhi
We play the drum until the wound begins to show signs of healing On April 23, 2022 there was a public program moderated by Jova Lynne, the Susanne Feld Senior Curator at MOCAD with special guests Kahil El Zabar and Craig Huckaby. I recall Huckaby opening his commentary by sharing that he never imagined a…