The final piece from Winter 2023: “As an artwork, Kulshan is both an expedition and meditation on the landscape of the Pacific Northwest and a portrait of the mountain.” blackflash.ca/kulshan/
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Weekend reading while we watch the snow melt (again): “After so many conversations with artists about the positioning of Chinatown on Indigenous land, I’m further convinced that the iconic monument of Chinatown needs to be reconceptualized.” blackflash.ca/chinatown-gate…
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Black Joy and the Splendour of Community by Angela Walcott.
“As We Rise thoughtfully forms bridges between the photographer, their subjects, and audiences, creating connections of trust and intergenerational memory.” blackflash.ca/black-joy-and-…
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Images Festival 2023 is here!
Opening Night: So To Speak, Light by Wonwoo Kim imagesfestival.com/events/op…
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The final text from Christina Hajjar’s three-part series:
“The subjective challenges of the hookah lounge—that imperfect family-feeling, the sometimes questionable art, the interpersonal surveillance—are important, even with the systemic problems at hand.” blackflash.ca/dont-forget-to…
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“In this Shakespearean reimagining, Hannah and his collaborators additionally present the complex, layered experiences of women who are redefining their lives.” -India Rael Young blackflash.ca/liberating-vis…
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"Thinking Through Clay: Considering the Work of Prairie Artists Rebecca La Marre, KC Adams, and Amy Snider" by Margaret Bessai. blackflash.ca/thinking-throu…
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"Typographic Collaboration featuring Julian Yi-Zhong Hou and Shane Krepakevich" is a publication partnership between BlackFlash Magazine and Le Sigh. Learn more here! blackflash.ca/2023/02/17/a-t…
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BlackFlash 39.3 opens with a reflection by Lauren Fournier on her 2022 film "The Truck Guys." blackflash.ca/2023/02/15/the…
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M. Gnanasihamany @breadlobbybot discusses the formation and impact of Tennis Club, an Edmonton artist collective active from 2015-2017, and reflects on the collective's performances and projects. blackflash.ca/expanded/doing…
Sustaining art work PART II is now live on BlackFlash Expanded!!! Read Mariana Moñoz Gomez's second text reflecting on moments that nourish, energize, and sustain artistic practice. blackflash.ca/expanded/susta…
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Listen to "Tone Continuity in 3 Parts"- an extended sound work by @gloriahello ! blackflash.ca/expanded/tone-…
"Who is art for? Perhaps this question can prove so slippery because of a gap between what the answer should be and what the answer truly is." blackflash.ca/expanded/on-ti…
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"Reflections on Freedom of Movement" a conversation amongst a group of Palestinian artists about their freedom of movement as an embodied experience. @hneenzzal @NazzalRehab blackflash.ca/expanded/refle…
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Intern Testing Facility is an interactive narrative game exploring the universe of @toughguymtn, where audiences try their best to get to the very top of the bottom of the corporate ladder. Play it now! blackflash.ca/expanded/inter…
"A lake that looks like an ocean is an altar for mystery, holding countless lost talismans, obscured by the muddy waters." @scrybabybaby blackflash.ca/expanded/under…
'On the Neon Horizon' by Astria Suparak @astriasuparak is a short video essay that takes one of the world-building tics of white science fiction — gratuitous signage in Asian languages — to consider its utopian potential and dystopian applications. blackflash.ca/expanded/on-th…
Nic Wilson considers the ways Miki Mappin's artworks create and hold shared space. blackflash.ca/expanded/holdi…
