Bringing Play Into Adulthood in PLAYD8s Video Series

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Bringing Play Into Adulthood in PLAYD8s Video Series

SAD MAG spoke with poet, critic, and artist Emilie Kneifel about their bilingual video interview series PLAYD8s. Although produced before the pandemic hit, their video series, which explores the idea and experience of play through intimate conversation, is uniquely relevant in the world we find ourselves in today. Kneifel’s experience of illness that led to bedroom-based solitude was the inspiration behind this video series.

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A MIXED PLAYLIST INSPIRED BY: Kaija Heitland

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HANDMADE JEWELLRY BU KAIJA HEITLAND

HANDMADE JEWELLRY BU KAIJA HEITLAND

Featured Artist of the Kaija Heitland explained in her interview with Hannah Seraphim that she was raised not to waste anything. 

“The idea that we live in such a disposable culture that it extends to the way we raise animals, and how that has allowed us to disassociate with our food, that we find traditional practices, abhorrent, really confuses me” - Kaija Heitland

Kaija’s self-sustaining practices are transferred to her art and echoing the imperative connection with nature. This month's mix is a reminder to pause, close your eyes, and appreciate nature. Plugin your headphones and connect!

MEET JANUARY ARTIST OF THE MONTH: KAIJA HEITLAND

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MEET JANUARY ARTIST OF THE MONTH: KAIJA HEITLAND

Métis artist Kaija Heitland sews fox fur trim to deer leather moccasins keeping her hands busy as she talks to SAD Mag about her multidisciplinary artforms. From her full-time job as a tattoo artist to her traditional Métis clothing and wildcraft designs through Indigenous Nouveau to her jewellery line By the Thorne, Heitland is always creating. "I really do feel that true artists have to create. Otherwise, they'll explode. That's such a truism for me that I know that I just have to keep creating constantly," says Heitland.

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A MIXED PLAYLIST INSPIRED BY: KC HALL

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THE TRENDSETTER (9FT X 6FT) BY KC HALL

THE TRENDSETTER (9FT X 6FT) BY KC HALL

Featured Artist of the Month KC Hall shared in his interview with Hannah Seraphim that he dedicates much of his time to revitalizing Indigenous culture, language, and pride with youth in his community. This includes teaching kids how to spray paint their name in their language or word of choice onto a canvas, facilitating a youth skateboard building workshop with artist, filmmaker, and lands-based educator Calder Cheverie.

"I want [Indigenous youth] to set the greatest example they can for our people...They can be successful artists. They can do whatever they set their minds to.” - KC Hall

The inspiration for this month's playlist is KC’s grafitti artwork ‘The Trendsetter’ and his vision of a future tied to rewriting Indigenous history.