Together, science and art address our planetary psychopathology
This December, Winnipeg will host the premiere of an arts and sciences exhibition that will travel to many other countries. The exhibition, Toxicity, spawned from…
Lukas Thiessen
Seeing beyond what you see
Artist Philippe Hamelin moves audiences beyond their field of vision. He understands the concept of hors champ (French for “outside the field”) to be more…
‘How does the artist decolonize’
Anticipation, Fear, and pleasure all connect with the adjective “quivering.” In naming her experimental long poem Quivering Land, local author, academic, and curator Roewan Crowe…
‘Give it time’
What do you expect from an artist who has lived almost one century? If that artist is 90-year-old Eli Bornstein, expect something magnificent. Curator Oliver…
Today, the Cake n’ Shakes. Tomorrow, the world
Winnipeg’s answer to Andy Warhol’s Factory in the 1960s is the Frame Arts Warehouse. Program director Ali Tataryn runs Frame, whose spaces are occupied my…
Difficult, primal, heart-wrenching theatre
Loren MacDonald is a third-year theatre student with a flair for concise, off-the-cuff reviews of plays. “[Lion in the Streets is] a very unique, experimental…
Spell Indian. Spell genocide. Spell artist.
Director. Mentor. Producer. Cinematographer. Editor. Writer. Actor. Cinematic artist Darryl Nepinak, a Saulteaux man from the Ojibway Nation who grew up and lives in Winnipeg,…
Prepare for the posthumous protester
Three-quarters of a year before the end of the Second World War, a child was born in the ruined city of Berlin and grew up…
Riel dead
Twenty policemen stood guard in the chilly morning under a clear sky. Their ghostly breath was visible as they waited for the prisoner to ascend…
Dildos, art, and DJs
Prepare yourself for Winnipeg’s kinkiest art show ever. “We are keeping art and sex accessible to people, and keeping it fun. We’re exposing people to…