Vol. 7, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsRevisiting the UncannyIndu Antony’s While I Slept reviewedBy Ricky VargheseWhile I Slept Artist Indu Antony, Inaugural IArts Resident OCAD University, Ada Slaight Student Gallery Toronto, Ontario October 7 – 17, 2019Grange Park Antony. Artist: Indu Antony.Share ArticleThe question of emplacement, as in the question regarding how to place or locate oneself within any …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsStories, Truths and LiesAnosh Irani Translated from the Gibberish reviewedBy Phinder DulaiAnosh Irani’s latest book begins as auto fiction. You never really know if the protagonist in Translated from the Gibberish Part One is Irani himself, or a kind of persona that has a similar life trajectory as the author. There are poignant …

Vol. 7, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsKnowledge Exchange Across the Pacific OceanTransits and Returns at the VAG reviewedBy Amina Creighton-KellyTransits and Returns Vancouver Art Gallery September 28, 2019 to February 23, 2020 Curated by Tarah Hogue, Senior Curatorial Fellow, Indigenous Art, Vancouver Art Gallery, with Sarah Biscarra Dilley, Freja Carmichael, Léuli Eshraghi and Lana Lopesi.Chantal Fraser, The Way, 2018 (detail)wind, …

This is an excerpt from Polar Vortex by Shani Mootoo, forthcoming from Book*hug Press, March 3, 2020.

Vol. 6, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsReorganizing Orientalist ConstructionsReflections on ‘identity’ and ‘belonging’By Himani BannerjiBeyond Destinations.Share ArticleEditor’s note:Rungh Reprints is a new series of occasional archival reprints which will feature significant pieces of writing that need to be revisited to link pasts, presents and futures. In this essay, originally published in1993 in the catalogue for Beyond Destinations, Himani Bannerji …

Vol. 6, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsExploring HonourA Mumbai Courtesan in MontréalBy Veena GokhaleHonour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan October 3-6, 2019, Montréal Arts Interculturels (MAI) Montréal, QuébecExploring Honour. Photo by Alex Waterhouse Hayward.Share ArticleHonour: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan, defies stereotypes, upturns expectations and makes a strong appeal to your humanity. On stage we see the recreation of …

Vol. 6, No. 4 / ConversationsPassing ‘Through the Land’Knowledges, introductions and labour in institutional shapeshiftingBy Tara Hogue, Ayumi Goto, Peter Morin and Zool SulemanAyumi Goto and Peter Morin: how do you carry the land? Ayumi Goto, ArtistShare ArticleThis conversation took place at the Vancouver Art Gallery on July 18, 2018. It is a reflection upon the Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG) show …

Vol. 6, No. 4 / ScreensRepetition is Not RepetitionLimited screeningBy Sammy ChienFour Seasons After 37 Cycles An Homage to Pina Bausch’s original work: The Nelken Line Performed, captured and created in Vancouver, Canada. A short film by Chimerik 似不像, produced by Kinesis Dance SomatheatroShare ArticleEditor’s note:With this LIMITED SCREENING, Rungh is experimenting with the screening of full versions of material …

Vol. 6, No. 4 / ReprintsFluid IdentitiesBeyond Destinations curatorial essayBy Ian Iqbal RashidShare ArticleEditor’s note:Rungh Reprints is a new 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 by Ian Iqbal Rashid provides a context for “South Asian” film and video in the 1990’s …

Vol. 6, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsStreams Coming Together1990’s video in Vancouver and beyondBy Shani MootooHer sweetness lingers, 1994, 12 mins.Share ArticleAll of my videos–except Friday–were made in the 1990’s, when I was living in Vancouver. My first, Lest I Burn, was made in 1991. Vancouver of the time was brimming with activism against racism, homophobia, gender inequality, and numerous …