Shapeshifters: the intersection between art and identity
“For the last 37 years, I’ve shapeshifted in many ways and am finally, for the first time, acting on those strengths,” says Jag Nagra.
Nagra is the featured artist for the Indian Summer …
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June 21 2021 Culture Ripple effect: Mental wellness during COVID-19 lockdown
Breakwater, written by playwright Valerie Methot and a youth group from Some Assembly Theatre Company, follows six youth who face the effects of isolation and mental health struggles from a symbolic…
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June 21 2021 Culture Dialogues with wounded hearts: is it possible to transcend pain through art?
Photo courtesy of Indian Summer Fest
The pandemic offers people the opportunity to heal the inner landscape of the human soul, says Anosh Irani, a Vancouver-based author. Irani addresses the …
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June 21 2021 Culture Vox.Infold – music as a 4D experience of space and dimension
Co-presented by the Coastal Jazz Festival, the Indian Summer Festival and Lobe Studio, Vox.Infold is a special music project that transforms enchanting vocals into an immersive sound experience with…
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June 7 2021 Culture Stories of agricultural workers in songs and podcasts
Pedro Chamale’s new album, Made in Canada: an agricultural song cycle, is now available to download, stream on Spotify or purchase on vinyl. The album is composed of 10 songs written by Chamale …
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June 7 2021 Culture Why We Fight - A journey to the soul
In her film, Maya Annik Bedward zooms on a holistic family portrait, showing the good, the bad, the ugly and everything in between. | Photo courtesy of Third Culture Media
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June 7 2021 Culture DJ O Show: pushing boundaries and subverting expectations, DJ style
Orene Askew, known professionally as DJ O Show, is an Afro-Indigenous two-spirit DJ from North Vancouver’s Squamish Nation Reserves. As she wraps up her four-year term on said Nation’s band …
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June 7 2021 Art A sense of connection through a breath of light
There is a Chinese saying for camaraderie: ‘those who share the same breath share a common destiny.’ In a time when none of us can find the safety and comfort to breathe freely in public spaces,…
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May 24 2021 Culture Avant garde comic book taps into the question of identity
Exploring the meaning of identity in every sense – individual, cultural, moral and national – allows Sami Alwani to delve into the personal reflection of other issues in his life.
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May 24 2021 Art New endings to old paradigms - Queer art as resistance against colonial-patriarchal ideas of success
Queer Filipino photographer Rydel Cerezo invites audiences to fail. He sees failure as a means to open new possibilities for queer and marginalized bodies to thrive. His exhibition at the Burrard …