Cosmic Forecast December 2023

Cosmic Forecast December 2023

The final month of the year is the front porch of an unknown future. Everyone feels differently about the boundary between one calendar year and the next, and each year’s astrology brings a different flavour to this time of transition. December’s astrological energy feels like standing ankle-deep in cool lake water, the ebb and flow gently lapping at the skin. There’s an invitation to be still and soak it all in. Though things may seem placid on the surface, there’s an intensity and a deepening—into intimacy, into self-awareness, and into a greater sense of meaning. Practising presence will allow you to process major shifts and compost old narratives, habits, and ways of being into nourishment. 

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Sell Out, A Series: 5 Questions with Jean Paul Langlois

Sell Out, A Series: 5 Questions with Jean Paul Langlois

Sell Out is a series by interdisciplinary artist Angela Fama (she/they), who co-creates conversations with individual artists across Vancouver. Questioning ideas of artistry, identity, “day jobs,” and how they intertwine, Fama settles in with each artist (at a local café of their choice) and asks the same series of questions. With one roll of medium format film, Fama captures portraits of the artist after their conversations.

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Cosmic Forecast November 2023

Cosmic Forecast November 2023

November takes us on an underworld journey to help us find deeper meaning and a greater sense of connection. The energy this month is like a slow-moving subterranean river. Its timescale is more like a waterfall wearing away a cliff face, less like the rush of the workweek. November reminds us that we are part of cycles that are much, much longer than our own lifetimes. The experiences we have are tied to a lineage of events and, in many ways, the path we’re on is a type of inheritance.

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Sell Out, A Series: 5 Questions with Kait Ramsden

Sell Out, A Series: 5 Questions with Kait Ramsden

Sell Out is a series by interdisciplinary artist Angela Fama (she/they), who co-creates conversations with individual artists across Vancouver. Questioning ideas of artistry, identity, “day jobs,” and how they intertwine, Fama settles in with each artist (at a local café of their choice) and asks the same series of questions. With one roll of medium format film, Fama captures portraits of the artist after their conversations.

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Our World As We See It: VIFF Modes 1 Review

Our World As We See It: VIFF Modes 1 Review

You’ve probably heard that life imitates art. Well, when art imitates life, it’s mimesis. The term is a philosophical position that understands art as constantly imitating the world around itself. It’s difficult to separate art from the world's current affairs, and with all that's going on in the world, it’s becoming almost impossible to do so. 

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Cosmic Forecast October 2023

Cosmic Forecast October 2023

The astrology of October brings a sense of stability and sureness. It’s a month when conviction and determination come easier, when acceptance and surrender feel more like strength and less like settling for less than we deserve. It’s a month for clarity and seeing things for what they are. With this realistic approach, our judgement gets sharper, and we’re empowered to make choices from a place of authenticity. If you let it, October will leave you feeling more secure in who you are and guide your healing around safety and belonging. 

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Finding the Surreal in Everyday Life: A Review of Modes 2 at VIFF

Finding the Surreal in Everyday Life: A Review of Modes 2 at VIFF

“I don’t like realism.” This may be the sentiment explicitly expressed by the main character of Leonardo Martinelli’s Pássaro Memória, but it is also the common thread upon which the films of the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF)’s Modes 2 construct their narratives and visual styles. Adept at taking images or situations common to everyday life and lingering on them in a way that crosses over into the unfamiliar and strange, these films allow us an intimacy rarely explored in routine living that, here, borders on the surreal.

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