Vol. 6, No. 3 / Reviews & ReflectionsPhotos Perform India at the VAGBy Hussein KeshaniMoving Still: Performative Photography in India Vancouver Art Gallery April 1 to September 2, 2019 Curated by: Diana Freundl (Vancouver Art Gallery) and Gayatri Sinha (Independent Curator).[smartslider3 alias=”photos-perform-india-carousel”]Share ArticleWhat is it that changes in ourselves when a camera lens is trained on us, or when we look at …

Vol. 6, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsPrickly FruitThe Orchard (After Chekhov) reviewedBy Rusaba AlamThe Orchard (After Checkhov) Written by Sarena Parmar Directed by Jovanni Sy March 21–April 21, 2019 Arts Club – Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage, Vancouver, BCThe cast. Set design by Marshall McMahen, costume design by Barbara Clayden, and lighting design by Sophie Tang. Photo by David Cooper.Share Article”To a cowboy in love, it …

Vol. 6, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsCountervailing at the MarginsActs of Refusal in Simranpreet Anand’s ਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਹਾਂ (i am here)By Kiran Sunarਮੈਂ ਇੱਥੇ ਹਾਂ (i am here) Performance by Simranpreet Anand Curated by cheyanne turions Portrait of the Artist: An Exhibition from the Royal Collection October 28, 2017 to February 4, 2018 Vancouver Art Gallery (VAG)Artist Simranpreet Anand. …

Vol. 6, No. 2 / Reviews & ReflectionsClaiming Visible SpaceReflections on the Vancouver Mural FestivalBy Shagufta PastaVancouver Mural Festival 2018 Artists: Doaa Jamal and Sara KhanWhy Can’t They See Us?. Mural by Doaa Jamal. Vancouver Mural Festival 2018.Share ArticleI long to see myself represented in Vancouver in meaningful ways. I moved to Vancouver two years ago via Surrey, Toronto and …

Vol. 6, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsThe Trees are InnocentCharles Campbell reviews art by Sandra Semchuck and Ayumi Goto at the Art Gallery of Greater VictoriaBy Charles CampbellArtists Sandra Semchuck and Ayumi Goto Supernatural: Art, Technology and the Forest May 19 to September 30. 2018 Art Gallery of Greater Victoria Curated by Haema SivanesanShare ArticleWhen you put on the glasses …

Vol. 6, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsAm I Dancing My Life Away?Staged reading of Chivalry is Dead by playwright Munish Sharma at the 2018 Monsoon Festival reviewed.By Mandeep WirkMunish Sharma at Monsoon Festival 2018, Chivarly is Dead reading. Image by Mandeep Wirk.Share ArticleOn August 15, 2018, I attended playwright and actor Munish Sharma’s reading of his one-person play Chivalry is …

Vol. 6, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsA Love of Tragic BeautyRawi Hage’s Beirut Hellfire Society reviewedBy Hanif KarimRawi Hage Beirut Hellfire Society Knopf Canada (2018)Share Article Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog Psalm 22:20 There is a moment near the beginning of Beirut Hellfire Society, Rawi Hage’s excoriating fourth novel, when three …

Vol. 6, No. 1 / Reviews & ReflectionsIdentity Politics, Once AgainAm Johal review’s Asad Haider’s Mistaken Identity.By Am JohalAsad Haider Mistaken Identity Verso (2018)Share ArticleAsad Haider’s fascinating book, ‘Mistaken Identity: Race and Class in the Age of Trump’ (Verso, 2018) is a timely and nuanced intervention in to the innumerable discussions on identity politics that are circulating today across the …

Vol. 5, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsDifficult Realities: Divya Mehra’s DIFFICULT PEOPLEBy Simranpreet AnandPerformance by Divya Mehra at 221A Pollyanna Library March 24, 2018 Vancouver, BCImage: Divya MehraShare ArticleMehra stood at the back of the room hidden behind the audience, performing through her narration of a script. Her omnipresent voice filled the room as she orated a series of poems, …

Vol. 5, No. 4 / Reviews & ReflectionsMythical Ambiguity and NiseiBy Carolyn NakagawaFloating City By Kerri Sakamoto 272pp. Knopf Canada. 2018Share ArticleThe novel Floating City tells the ambiguously mythical story of Frankie Hanesaka, a Canadian-born son of Japanese immigrants, from his early life of poverty in Port Alberni to his success as a developer in Toronto. Author Kerri Sakamoto uses accessible …