At the end of Episode 24 of Cowboy Bebop, an animation series, Faye Valentine, one of the protagonists, runs toward her childhood home. After 54 years of a cryogenic freeze, she has woken up and has no memory of her past. Much to her dismay
In his novel Que notre joie demeure (Héliotrope, 2022), Kevin Lambert describes “starchitects” in the world of globalized capital – architects who owe their prestige to fabulous projects that rarely reflect social reality. Lambert’s main character, Céline Wachowski, celebrated Montréal architect and founder of Les
Virtual reality scientists are now developing an interface that can release different smells associated with the images that the VR headset transmits. After inconclusive attempts to present films with odours in the 1950s, currently proposed interfaces show promising signs. Up to now, the metaverse simply
Detritus found in back alleys Rusted rickety twisted metal Looping hoses Panty hose pantyhose Silicone plastic trapped Dolly Limbs. Limbs upon limbs Plastic pictured photos torn Red. Other colours but mostly red Sand Strange and disparate objects and imagery are joined and fused into discordant collages and sculptures in Marcia Pitch’s exhibition The Invisible
In his book Penser la pornographie (PUF, 2003), philosopher Ruwen Ogien (1947–2017) rejects the arguments of pornophobes, both conservative and progressive alike. While some consider pornography as a threat to the nuclear family and the traditional values it represents, others criticize the degradation of human
The 41st edition of the Festival of Films on Art (FIFA) cast a large and festive net to usher in this first post COVID-19 pandemic in-person event. In addition to a copious offering dedicated to the arts in a broad sense, the festival provided a
A short review of things past is in order, here: the biennial exhibition Ice Follies began in 2004, when Dermot Wilson, then the director and curator of the WKP Kennedy Gallery in North Bay, decided to move beyond the parameters of the gallery’s white box,
Bright and richly-patterned paintings boldly occupy the walls at SBC Gallery, presenting the exhibition Vende Tela, Compra Terra. The works, made on large unstretched canvases, teem with tropical wildlife. Trees, birds, fish, snakes, hogs, armadillos, pacas, tapirs, among other figures, are entangled with one another
In the late 1990s, psychologist and sociologist Judy Singer1 developed the notion of neurodiversity, which was associated first with autism and advocacy for the rights of people with autism, then expanded to other types of neurodivergence such as ADHD, learning disabilities (dyslexia, dyscalculia, dyspraxia, dysphasia),
This interview was conducted in the context of issue 132 of Espace art actuel on the theme of “Flesh.” Mlondi and I met at Northwestern University, Chicago, in the Department of Performance studies, where we were part of the same PhD cohort. Both of us
Although hundreds of years old, the tendency to associate a career in art with a life spent in poverty struggle is still common enough, and the past decade has seen a new and more developed focus upon the troubled place in which artists and economics
Demi-monde is the intriguing title for Mathieu Beausejour’s recent solo exhibition at Galerie Bradley Ertaskiran. The term, derived from Alexandre Dumas’ 1855 play, refers to a group of women on the margins of society, who receive support from moneyed lovers. Over time, the term has