Vol. 8, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsOther Forms of Being TogetherJin-me Yoon installation reviewedBy David McGonigal-VidelaUntunnelling Vision October 1, 2020 – March 6, 2021 Artist: Jin-me Yoon Truck Gallery and M:ST Performative Art Mohkinstsis/CalgaryShare ArticleEveryone has a different response to life within a colonial system, effects felt not just in the mind, but in the body. Racialized and colonial …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsPlaying with RefusalDivya Mehra at the MacKenzieBy Hagere Selam “shimby” Zegeye-GebrehiwotComposite from Ladder: Installation view, Divya Mehra: From India to Canada and Back to India (There is nothing I can possess which you cannot take away), 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo by Sarah Fuller. Image courtesy the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects. From Canada …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsMother TongueHands of Language reviewedBy Mehjabeen DatooHands for Language By Uma Menon 68 pp. Mawenzi House PublishersShare Article         …why would i love this writing      if it cost me      my people      my blood my songs      my memories my words     in another languageFull of images of language trapped, of tongues and mouths …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / FictionBook of WingsFiction by Tawhida Tanya EvansonBy Tawhida Tanya EvansonPublished by Esplanade Books / Véhicule Press © Tawhida Tanya Evanson. Reprinted with permission.I died from inanimate and became animate I died from animate and became animal I died from animality and became human Why should I be afraid When have I ever become less by dying? …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / ColumnsIndigenization and Its Opposite, IndigenizationContronyms as a colonial strategyBy David Garneau ColumnistThe Same Chains. 91 x 76 cm. Acrylic on canvas 2020. Artist: David Garneau.Share ArticleEditor’s Note: Rungh is moving towards having regular columnists. Please welcome David Garneau’s first column for Rungh. Contronyms are words with opposite meanings. To dust is to remove fine particles …

Vol. 8, No. 2 / ConversationsSolidaridadReflections on Repair, Reassemble, and Reunite.By Carmen AguirreShare ArticleEditor’s Note: This text is being published as an accompaniment to Carmen Aguirre’s recorded performance which was commissioned for the 2021 PuSh Rally in January 2021. The rally was cancelled. Carmen Aguirre released her video recording publicly. Rungh is now printing the full text of her performance.I’d …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsFaith Connectsacts of faith reviewed by Rusaba AlamBy Rusaba AlamPictured: Natasha Mumba Set & Costume Design by Joanna Yu, Lighting Design by Michelle Ramsay, Photo by Dahlia KatzShare Article[Content Warning: adult, sexual violence.]Natasha Mumba is brilliant as the title character of acts of faith, the impressive first offering from Factory’s Theatre’s 2020-2021 season of free digital …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsNew Cartographies: Power to the Young PeopleBy Ashley MarshallThree-Thirty Artists: Aaron Jones, Ebti Nabag, Kelly Fyffe-Marshall Locations in Scarborough: Doris McCarthy Gallery; Lester B. Pearson Collegiate Institute, north façade; Malvern Public Library, south façade Curator: Anique Jordan October 3 to December 18, 2020Photos by Toni HafkensheidShare ArticleJamaican poet Kei Miller writes, “So every night while the mapmaker …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsTaking a Psychedelic TripShamik’s Gaali reviewedBy Sam DharmasenaGaali Music by Shamik Video directed and animated by Prithi Khalique.Still from Gaali. Music by Shamik. Video directed and animated by Prithi Khalique.Share ArticleIn Shamik’s latest release Gaali, the Vancouver-based producer and beat boxer revisits his mother tongue and pairs the sounds of his heritage with lush, electronic beats. Shamik …

Vol. 8, No. 1 / ReviewsForeign Object in the House of Canadian LiteratureBy Annahid DashtgardShare ArticleSteam rises as water descends over jagged bits of ginger below. The mug is too hot to hold so I wrap my fingers around the handle and carry it over to our grey couch. As I lower myself into the cushiony softness, I feel a …