“My practice is really trying to de-stereotype Ukraine and Eastern European countries. I try to look at a different point of Ukrainian life and society and try to breakdown structures. A lot of photographers from the West go to any Third World country and look at it with an exploitative gaze. There are people trying to live their lives in these places. It always made me mad to see this type of artwork.”
Read More“From VLAFF as a whole, I hope people take away that we as a festival, are a work-in-progress. I don’t want to perpetuate the assumption as a Latinx organization that it’s smooth sailing in any sort of way. We are very different people in our team, we don’t all hold one particular political perspective. In a way, the films we present are a lens into our conversations, differences, and similarities.”
Read MoreThe blue cabin will grace the foreshore of False Creek as of August 25, and the 2019-2020 programming year will see four residencies by Indigenous artists from Turtle Island and Australia. The theme of the year, Skeins: Weaving on the Foreshore, focuses on Coast Salish weaving practices.
Read More“I grew up with drag queens and it fascinated me for anyone to be able to go outside, be totally different, and be themselves, and be strong about it, with their heels on, walking tall. I always admired that. I always considered that to be a superhero feature, because superheroes always change their outfits and take on a different persona. I always equated the two in a lot of ways. The idea of gender being a performance is a really bold statement that I admire in drag queens as well.”
Read MoreQueer artists in the past have had violent experiences and created violent works regarding the church, which is very valid. In terms of addressing my own personal experience, I’m not saying it wasn’t violent, but I’m also not saying it was only violent.
Read MoreWe’re here to talk about identity as the core of who we are, about how capturing our fluid thoughts, expressions, histories and states of being into something explainable can feel like an unending journey.
Read MoreThe National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and imagineNATIVE Film+Media Arts Festival are partnering to launch a call for Indigenous voice artists to apply for this year's $50,000 Digital Project Prize. Application deadline is August 24, 2019
Read More“It’s the sheer will of artistic survival. Creative people need to express their art, and they’re going to find a way to do it.”
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