Poetry and art by Cass Minkus 52 percent of kids In the Canadian foster care system Are Indigenous. Personal interest, princesses with pigtails, Trophies collecting dust. He can’t pronounce my name, He refuses to learn, So instead, he just calls me Indian. Prisoners of a system, That had killed our ancestors before. No longer kept
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Trees, Tripods and Trying Times
Multimedia by Forrest Berman-Hatch I took this photo at Ada’itsx, or Fairy Creek, last August on the unceded territory of the Pacheedacht and Ditidaht Nations. It was taken after the heat dome and wildfires, but before the floods. Deeper in the Anthropocene than anyone truly knows, we are situated in time by disasters. High in
Collage
by Elise Juncker Artist Statement Parts of this piece are strangely menacing to me. The man in the bunny costume invokes an almost forgotten childhood horror. But what we once found strange or menacing, may now just be a part of life. This collage is scrapped together from both the actual content, but also the
Invisible Gorillas
Screenplay by Valentina Sierra Art by Miranda Yee Content Warning: Child neglect, drug manufacturing/pushing, and depicted violence.
Light Gremlin
This series, which has garnered the name Light Gremlin, attempts to recreate the contradictory and confusing feelings of depression, while simultaneously suggesting that beauty can be found anywhere, even in dark moments. […]
Before the Rain
Nature is something that frequently captivates me; I enjoy using photography to capture the beauty I see. This photograph, Before the Rain, was actually a lucky mistake. I had forgotten to adjust the manual settings before taking my photo; the aperture was not large enough and it lacked exposure […]
“Technology Xiao Jie” 2020, digital
As a child, I was always aware of the space I occupied as an Asian female. I lived in a mostly white neighbourhood, so the only thing that I yearned for was to assimilate and be like my Caucasian friends. I cast away my Chinese heritage in hopes that I would be accepted not only by my peers, but by myself […]
“Portrait of Shanghai” By Alger Liang
Seeing and being seen. Being and not being. How do you see yourself in a place and culture that is yours but feels foreign? […]
“Falling into Ourselves” By Emmy Pehrson
“Falling Into Ourselves” is a piece composed for piano and orchestrated for small ensembles, completed from June to December of 2018 […]
“Connection and Disconnection” By Lua Presidio
Connection and Disconnection Art by Lua Presidio “Connection and Disconnection” was inspired by the performance artist Lygia Pape’s work, “The Divisor”. I became interested in the division and yet unity of people and decided to apply that to the concept of personal relations instead of the group relations Pape explores in her work. This series
“hóngbāo” By Amy Wang
Hóngbāo is the representation of modern society and the importance of “saving face” in Chinese culture […]
“Lunarian Dreams to Court” By Ivy Tang
This piece is a spoof of traditional courtly presentation. The elites in this culture, anthropomorphic creatures (left), assess the masked boy’s presentation of his “ideal world”, while a masked mother figure looks on (right)[…]
“Lines” by Jorielle Pablo
Before capturing this photo, I was fascinated by the alignment of the cranes and how they peek through linked cables. Initially, when I think of “lines” I see boundaries, borders, constraints […]
“I’m a Dirty Lamppost So Look Away, Please” Multimedia by Angelica Poversky
I’m a Dirty Lamppost So Look Away, Please Multimedia by Angelica Poversky You looked at me like a firefly Lighting up the night sky Like my bright was a night light In the pits of your psyche You called me a flashlight Ready to expose the rows of evils in the cosmos You looked at me