Submerged Mothers: On Thuy-Han Nguyen-Chi’s Tidal Embrace
A sea dragon and a mountain fairy lay one hundred eggs To each land, its origin story. Vietnam is the child of a sea-dwelling…
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Failure in Infinitives: A Remembrance of Bernadette Mayer
A raccoon was screaming in agony with a gash in their side in Mollie’s backyard when I called to check in. “Animal control refused…
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It’s All About Good Timing: Goodwater at the Plumb
For the ancient Greeks, the division of time was represented by a separation of chronos from kairos. To symbolize durational or cyclical time, Greco-Roman…
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All Positions Possible: Simone Forti Across Time, Through Community
An eight-foot wooden ramp was propped up at a forty-five-degree angle in one corner. Knotted ropes hung from six holes drilled near the ramp’s…
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Thief
If they were lucky, novels about artists published in the past year got to ride the wave of a literary trend termed “Künstlermania.” The…
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“We’re All Tied to the Place That We’re From”: Celebrating 50 Years with Equinox Gallery
When Equinox Gallery—one of Canada’s best-established galleries, and a longstanding benchmark of Vancouver’s art scene—announced its 50th anniversary, earlier this year, I did a…
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Reviewing the Reviews: Documenta 15
The coverage and criticism of Documenta 15 was an experience in itself, whether or not you made it to Kassel this year. This edition…
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Duplicity and Diptychs: The Maraya Project’s Twinned Visions of Complicity
The similarities between the seawall in Vancouver and the seawall in Dubai are eerie. You might not think to compare them unless you have…
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A Distance That I Cannot Seem to Close
My quiet mother, my Umma, used to write me letters, then regarding them, say, “I don’t speak well but I can write better. Without…
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Preoccupied with Things Left Behind: On Three Nigerian Artists
There are three Nigerian artists you must know who are preoccupied with things left behind. There’s Kelani Abass, based in an enclave between Lagos…
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