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Read MoreWe’re looking back at the talented artists we featured for our 2021 Artists of the Month. In celebration of the learning and inspiration they shared, we’re including one quote from their story that stood out and made us reflect this year.
Read MoreScorpio season is time to get acquainted with our shadows and the unknown. We’re tasked with achieving certainty in so many parts of our lives, knowing where we’ll be in the next five years, even the next five months. We have to know how our creative projects and relationships will work out—what success they will bring, how long they will last—before diving into them. The pandemic has brought us face-to-face with the fact that the future is in shadow, like walking through a dark wood with only a small lantern in hand. Scorpio season allows us the opportunity to integrate that truth instead of running away from it.
Read MoreLiminal Spaces is a piece of theatre, filmed by multiple cameras, in one take. It is an ambitious hybrid of media, in and of itself a liminal space between theatre and film. Viewed by livestream, audiences consume a piece of theatrical media from wherever they’d like—viewing theatre, but not at the theatre. We are also in a stage (ha, pun intended) of thea global pandemic wherein theatres can be opened, but at limited capacity, necessitating hybrid works such as this. Moreover, each of the three one-act plays focuses on discussions between two people, examining the liminal spaces of human relationships.
Read MoreThrough programs like the VR-based “Immersed Exhibition” and a varied line-up of unique films, VIFF is giving artists like Cecelia Condit and Juliana Loh a platform to explore the limits of their medium.
Read MoreOctober is such an enchanted month. It marks the transition from summer to winter, and the change of seasons reveals the cyclical nature of time. It’s a wonderful opportunity to meditate on the fact that all things age and fade; that transformation is an inevitable part of living on earth.
Read MoreTwo Sundays ago, the Three Flying Birds Collective held the closing night for their stunning production, Wings Over Water. Created by Anjalica Solomon (they/she/he), Shane [Chantal] Dobles Gerring (they/she), and Sarvin Esmaeili (she/they), Wings Over Water is an experimental play that follows Baby Bird’s journey in understanding diaspora and finding home and belonging.
Read MoreWith minimal costuming, little-to-no sound design, and stripped- back, outdoor staging, Cooking for Grief at the 2021 Fringe Fest relies almost entirely on writing and performance to succeed. Luckily for us, Breanna Maloney’s thoughtful, semi-autobiographical exploration of loss does just that.
Read MoreSAD Mag is an independent Vancouver publication featuring stories, art, and design. Founded in 2009, we publish the best of contemporary and emerging artists with a focus on inclusivity of voices and views, exceptional design, and film photography.
