Category Archives: issue one

Chloe Da Mata is a first generation Canadian in a Portuguese and Brazilian family, currently living on the territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ peoples. As a mixed race queer woman, she is passionate on using her experiences to connect with people of similar backgrounds through art. “Motherhood” was inspired by a discussion about theContinue reading “Motherhood”

Urban Journeys Inhale and absorb The salsa being played The salsa being made Intertwine and Entertain Aztecas and Tainos Sharing these streets Mayas and Incas Dancing to drum beats Mesoamerica In Norte America La Marqueta o la Manteca You choose your destiny Civilizations of kings and queens Spread out to the four corners, locally TheContinue reading “Karina Guardiola-Lopez”

Nada El-Shaarawi is an art student who struggled to find her style and identity as an artist. She has finally found a way to celebrate her heritage as an artist by merging culture, history, and contemporaneity in her artwork.  “New Pharaoh” is a contemporary self-portrait that reflects her journey into finding her own art style.

The sea was a lifelong friend, and then it wasn’t. The sky was supposed to be my next best friend but I can’t stand planes–planning bi-annual trips to here and to there, back and forth, thirteen hours forward and another twenty-two backwards. A dream in economy class is eternal until touchdown. I suppose I couldContinue reading “XXI – The World”

These photos are from the first issue of Duncan Johnson’s photo-book series Hypnoparadise. The issue, called “Working Class,” is a collection of pictures highlighting construction and the everyday working class citizen.

Nathan Smith is a photographer from Kingston, Jamaica. He’s lived in Canada for five years now and has spent the last three of those years honing his artistic skills. He has been working on his project “Profiling Black Excellence,” a documentation on the instances of racism and racial profiling faced by people of colour inContinue reading “Anansi”

Rudra Manani is an Indian-Canadian artist currently residing in Victoria, B.C. She works primarily in photography and painting and is in the process of completing her BFA in Visual Arts at the University of Victoria. Manani is interested in creating cinematic moments through her photography that draw the viewer’s awareness to their voyeuristic presence. SheContinue reading “the waste series #3”

Carlos Chicas Berti is a film photographer and writer, originally from San Salvador, El Salvador. He currently resides in Victoria, British Columbia, on the unceded territories of the Lekwungen peoples. His interests include Latin America and its diaspora, immigration, identity, and the environment.