Vol. 7, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsFound in TranslationRuby Singh and the Khan Brothers’ genre-bending musical collaborationBy Conner Singh VanderBeekShare ArticleJhalaak is a thumping, Rajasthani folk-inflected, qawwali-hip-hop-dance album born from a years-long collaboration between the Khan brothers of Rajasthan – 19th generation musicians of the Manganiyar tradition – and Vancouver-based rapper and emcee Ruby Singh. The album joins iconic …

Vol. 7, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsTrauma not spokenIrfan Ali’s Accretion reviewedBy Phinder DulaiAccretion By Irfan Ali Brick Books, 2020Share ArticleIrfan Ali’s first full length poetry book drifts into moments of the personal graphed onto cosmic love. Using tropes of the lover and beloved captured in Ali’s rendering of 12th century poet Nizami Ganjavi’s epic poem Layla and Majnun, …

Vol. 7, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsHummingbirds and Sleeping BuffaloCharles Campbell reflects on a Primary Colours residencyBy Charles CampbellBanff Centre for the Arts Primary Colours Residency #1 April 15-28, 2018Image credit: ZS.Share ArticleResidency Participants: Charles Campbell, Hannah Claus, Michele Emslie, Ayumi Goto, Michelle Jacques, Elwood Jimmy, Soleil Launiere, Zab Maboungou, Helena Martin Franco, Ashok Mathur, Peter Morin, David Ng, …

Phinder Dulai reviews Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo. Book*hug Press, 2020.

Vol. 7, No. 2 / Artist Run CentreHolding the Hands of Her AncestorsAudie Murray disrupts time in her creationsBy Quill Christie-Peters’Bundled Objects’ – repurposed braided fabric, found cinder blocks, quartz. Photo credit: Isaac Forsland.Share ArticleThe world feels like it moves so fast sometimes. Within the context of incessant settler colonial violence, hyper-production, and immersive capitalism, we are so often robbed …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / ConversationsShifting Genres, Shifting LandsA conversation with Anosh IraniBy Anosh Irani and Zool SulemanAnosh Irani Image Credit: Nimal Shah.Share ArticleSeptember 2018, Vancouver, BCWith Editorial Assistance by Rusaba Alam.Zool Suleman: It’s a pleasure to finally meet with you and interview you for Rungh. What are some of the projects you’re up to?Forms, Adaptations, and MentorsAnosh Irani: So, I write …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / ConversationsDoes the World Need This Line?A Conversation with Dionne BrandBy Dionne Brand and Chelene KnightDionne Brand. Photo credit: Jason Chow.Share ArticleDionne Brand in conversation with Chelene Knight on October 19, 2018 in Vancouver.Editor’s note: thank you to Tom Cho for editorial assistance.Matter Over MarketChelene Knight (CK): When I have conversations with other writers and students, I’m usually asked who …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / ReprintsInscription: of Truth to SizeSpivak on Jamelie Hassan’s InscriptionBy Gayatri Chakravorty SpivakEditor’s Note: Rungh Reprints is a series of occasional archival reprints which will feature significant pieces of writing that need to be revisited to link pasts, presents and futures. This essay is from the catalogue of the 1990 Dunlop Art Gallery show by Jamelie …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / Artist Run CentreMending Cracks: Reaching BeyondTrauma, healing and art makingBy Raghavendra Rao KVMending Cracks: Reaching Beyond.Share ArticleThe central theme of this series is disability, trauma and the complex process of recovery. It began with work that emerged out of my own experience in the 2001 earthquake in Kutch, India, when I was buried under rubble …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsMy Language, My DreamsIndigenous language revitalization, practices, and epistemologiesBy Mercedes WebbTaskoch pipon kona kah nipa muskoseya, nepin pesim eti pimachihew | Like the winter snow kills the grass, the summer sun revives it) TRUCK Contemporary Art Moh’kins’stis/Calgary, Alberta November 1, 2019 to December 14, 2019 Curated by Missy LeBlancSusan Blight, “On the Occasion …