The Vancouver Queer Film Festival is fast approaching! And we've got a handful of early-bird reviews ready for your reading enjoyment. First up, Ernesto and Carlos Contreras' I Dream in Another Language (Sueño en toro idioma), which will be screening on August 10 and 12. So read quick! And then buy a ticket!
Read More“Beauty? For the longest time, I’ve always loved it. I used to paint very “beautiful” paintings and then I sort of started turning away from that... I realized it doesn’t need to be dark or grotesque intentionally; of course it can have elements of it, but I also enjoy the delicacy of beauty. I like the idea of beautifying creepy things. Beauty is very relative.”
Read MoreWhat a treasure it is, to learn from creative women! Amber Dawn and Anoushka Ratnarajah, Artistic Directors of this year's Vancouver Queer Film Festival, speak to their creative collaboration and its fruitful results. “Amber and Anoushka beam support for one another and seemed to be incredibly in-sync on just about everything... The power duo embody this year’s festival theme of Love and Resistance—loving through art, activism, conversation and community while resisting troubling and problematic patterns that have historically suppressed marginalized voices.” Film fans rejoice!
Read More“This ‘handmade’ cheese (pun intended) tugs at the ethical fabric of what we consider to be a legitimate food. What’s too ‘out there’ to be considered edible? Then again, what’s ‘too close’ for comfort?”
Read More“I’m interested in what happens when these objects are in a room together. Most of the objects are unremarkable things that have deep meaning and rich stories—things like books, cups, teapots, pendants, rocks, etcetera. I’ve used my own style when re-creating these things—which includes elements of simplicity, delicacy, and whimsy—so the objects will be seen from a new perspective.”
Read MoreIf you like photography, parties, and donuts, we've got just the thing! Cartems' West Pender location will be hosting the closing reception for artist Ho Tam's photography series, Curious Cabinets, on display at said location until June 30. See you there!
Read MoreThis month, we’re launching an exciting new initiative on SAD Web—we’re kicking off our monthly Featured Artist program! This month, we’re excited to be bringing you the work of Vancouver-based artist and tattoo-artist extraordinaire, Nomi Chi.
Read MoreThis restraining tether to an origin is a common theme in the art world’s discussion of photoconceptualism broadly, especially in Vancouver: today, 40 years after Girard began capturing incredible colour photography of the city’s neon lights at night, we are still invited to major gallery openings to look at art that perpetuates the same narrative, and celebrates the same people. Jeff Wall owns the lightbox, and the “pioneers” of photoconceptualism own Vancouver photography and in some ways, Vancouver art.
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