Cigale 2, Déplacements / Displacements
Cigale 2, Déplacements / Displacements
Publisher Cigale
Author Anne-Marie Trépanier & Laure Bourgault (eds.)
On the theme of “Displacements,” this issue of Cigale offers a reflection on the multiple trajectories of the living and non-living; the migrations that result from human activity—employment crisis, political turmoil or climate change—and cause an accelerated reconfiguration of ways of living that affect all forms of life. This is the second issue of Cigale, a bilingual periodical publication of contemporary artists’ writings. Cigale aims to foster the meeting of ideas beyond geographic and linguistic boundaries by offering a fully bilingual collection of texts (French/English). Free-from contributions are assembled in thematic dossiers, echoing the social, political and poetic movements that are shaking our world. In all its multiple expressions, writing appears as a way to apprehend the ecologies in which we live. We conceive of our publication as a vehicle for circulating these written traces beyond their point of origin. For each issue, Cigale shares targeted calls within its pool of previous contributors in order to create an ever-expanding interconnected network of collaborating artists. Until it becomes eligible for governmental grants, the publication is primarily funded through employment assistance programs and university grants.
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Author Anne-Marie Trépanier & Laure Bourgault (eds.)
On the theme of “Displacements,” this issue of Cigale offers a reflection on the multiple trajectories of the living and non-living; the migrations that result from human activity—employment crisis, political turmoil or climate change—and cause an accelerated reconfiguration of ways of living that affect all forms of life. This is the second issue of Cigale, a bilingual periodical publication of contemporary artists’ writings. Cigale aims to foster the meeting of ideas beyond geographic and linguistic boundaries by offering a fully bilingual collection of texts (French/English). Free-from contributions are assembled in thematic dossiers, echoing the social, political and poetic movements that are shaking our world. In all its multiple expressions, writing appears as a way to apprehend the ecologies in which we live. We conceive of our publication as a vehicle for circulating these written traces beyond their point of origin. For each issue, Cigale shares targeted calls within its pool of previous contributors in order to create an ever-expanding interconnected network of collaborating artists. Until it becomes eligible for governmental grants, the publication is primarily funded through employment assistance programs and university grants.
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invisibilities zine
invisibilities zine
Publisher invisibilities zine
Author Contributor-based submissions; introductions by Melina Mehr
invisibilities is a contributor-based zine centred around the experiences of various marginalized groups and the process of decoding our environment through translation, mythology, and memory. This DIY project aims to create community through the visibility of those often omitted and erased from popular and subculture narratives. Issue No. 1 collects the stories and visualizations of womxn living with hidden chronic illnesses, and Issue No. 2 focuses on the family histories of womxn pertaining to diaspora and immigration. Issue No. 3 is currently being developed and intends to consider the intersections of spirituality, anti-oppressive frameworks within the art world, and community care. invisibilities is self-published by Toronto-based writer Melina Mehr; the zines are printed at a local family-run print shop and assembled and packed in Melina’s living room. Submissions are currently volunteer based, and all sales stream directly back into printing and assembling costs. invisibilities serves as a digital and physical platform for individuals to expand creative networks, experiences, and values, and hopes to resonate with folks who are interested in alternative spaces, but fail to see themselves represented.
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Author Contributor-based submissions; introductions by Melina Mehr
invisibilities is a contributor-based zine centred around the experiences of various marginalized groups and the process of decoding our environment through translation, mythology, and memory. This DIY project aims to create community through the visibility of those often omitted and erased from popular and subculture narratives. Issue No. 1 collects the stories and visualizations of womxn living with hidden chronic illnesses, and Issue No. 2 focuses on the family histories of womxn pertaining to diaspora and immigration. Issue No. 3 is currently being developed and intends to consider the intersections of spirituality, anti-oppressive frameworks within the art world, and community care. invisibilities is self-published by Toronto-based writer Melina Mehr; the zines are printed at a local family-run print shop and assembled and packed in Melina’s living room. Submissions are currently volunteer based, and all sales stream directly back into printing and assembling costs. invisibilities serves as a digital and physical platform for individuals to expand creative networks, experiences, and values, and hopes to resonate with folks who are interested in alternative spaces, but fail to see themselves represented.
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i carrot about you community cookbook
i carrot about you community cookbook
Publisher fathom library
i carrot about you community cookbook is fathom library's first independent publication. An open call for illustrated recipes began during the early months of covid-19 in the US. You'll find 38 favorite meals and dishes from all different kinds of cuisines accompanied with original art from emerging and established artists, cooks, and community members residing in many corners of the globe (with an emphasis on New England local, though). Not only are these recipes delicious, but the collection represents our resilient community love and warmth during these hard times. All proceeds go to our friends at Public - a Black + Latinx owned Community Space, Shop & Gallery in Providence, RI! (fathom is a free community space focused on the art of storytelling through book making and sharing. fathom is also a living, growing archive, a library, of contemporary creative work with an emphasis on local, emerging work. The collection consists of printed, sharable material such as chapbooks, zines, short run published work, handmade artist books, magazines, publications from local publishers and presses, and so much more. Come, relax and read, imagine and make, share space with us and tell your story! All are welcome.)
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i carrot about you community cookbook is fathom library's first independent publication. An open call for illustrated recipes began during the early months of covid-19 in the US. You'll find 38 favorite meals and dishes from all different kinds of cuisines accompanied with original art from emerging and established artists, cooks, and community members residing in many corners of the globe (with an emphasis on New England local, though). Not only are these recipes delicious, but the collection represents our resilient community love and warmth during these hard times. All proceeds go to our friends at Public - a Black + Latinx owned Community Space, Shop & Gallery in Providence, RI! (fathom is a free community space focused on the art of storytelling through book making and sharing. fathom is also a living, growing archive, a library, of contemporary creative work with an emphasis on local, emerging work. The collection consists of printed, sharable material such as chapbooks, zines, short run published work, handmade artist books, magazines, publications from local publishers and presses, and so much more. Come, relax and read, imagine and make, share space with us and tell your story! All are welcome.)
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Care Not Cops
Care Not Cops
Publisher Lucky Risograph
Author Julia Schaefer and Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
Crown Heights Mutual Aid (CHMA) was formed in March 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. We are a network of neighbors supporting one another and the most vulnerable in our community, mobilizing against the COVID-19 health crisis and the ongoing crises of state violence, food injustice, and housing inequality. CHMA is also a tool for building connections and reciprocal relationships: we all have something to offer, and we all have something we need as we struggle towards justice. This poster is intended to both spread awareness of how to get involved with Crown Heights Mutual Aid and fundraise for our neighbors’ groceries. “Care Not Cops” makes explicit that CHMA is a long-term project, and we are committed to building processes and finding sustainable solutions. Operating in the spirit of collective care and responsibility, we refuse to collaborate with law enforcement in our aid work; much of what we do is necessitated by the violence and oppression carried out by the police and America’s carceral apparatus. Lucky Risograph, who continues to offer free printing services for activists and movement organizers, printed all of our posters. All money raised went toward getting groceries to our neighbors.
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Author Julia Schaefer and Mark Anthony Hernandez Motaghy
Crown Heights Mutual Aid (CHMA) was formed in March 2020 during the onset of the COVID-19 crisis. We are a network of neighbors supporting one another and the most vulnerable in our community, mobilizing against the COVID-19 health crisis and the ongoing crises of state violence, food injustice, and housing inequality. CHMA is also a tool for building connections and reciprocal relationships: we all have something to offer, and we all have something we need as we struggle towards justice. This poster is intended to both spread awareness of how to get involved with Crown Heights Mutual Aid and fundraise for our neighbors’ groceries. “Care Not Cops” makes explicit that CHMA is a long-term project, and we are committed to building processes and finding sustainable solutions. Operating in the spirit of collective care and responsibility, we refuse to collaborate with law enforcement in our aid work; much of what we do is necessitated by the violence and oppression carried out by the police and America’s carceral apparatus. Lucky Risograph, who continues to offer free printing services for activists and movement organizers, printed all of our posters. All money raised went toward getting groceries to our neighbors.
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Learning from End of Life Care Workers Now and After Covid-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time
Learning from End of Life Care Workers Now and After Covid-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time
Publisher Thick Press
Author Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Thick Press' "printout" series gives physical form to digital content. The publication, "Learning from End of Life Care Workers Now and After COVID-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time" is a transcribed conversation between Thick Press and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, author of "Stages: On dying, working, and feeling" (Thick Press, 2020). The digital version of the conversation appeared on April 23, 2020 on Dirtdmv.com, an independent platform, collective, and resource for critical arts discourse. The conversation is an extension of a project in which Rachel made a play with nursing home staff, and then created a poetic, hybrid-genre book about that experience. In conversation with Thick Press, Rachel shows how writing, public art, and living an emotionally engaged life has the potential to politicize care work and healthcare.
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Author Rachel Kauder Nalebuff
Thick Press' "printout" series gives physical form to digital content. The publication, "Learning from End of Life Care Workers Now and After COVID-19: Insisting on Structures for Grief and Time" is a transcribed conversation between Thick Press and Rachel Kauder Nalebuff, author of "Stages: On dying, working, and feeling" (Thick Press, 2020). The digital version of the conversation appeared on April 23, 2020 on Dirtdmv.com, an independent platform, collective, and resource for critical arts discourse. The conversation is an extension of a project in which Rachel made a play with nursing home staff, and then created a poetic, hybrid-genre book about that experience. In conversation with Thick Press, Rachel shows how writing, public art, and living an emotionally engaged life has the potential to politicize care work and healthcare.
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Micro-Care: Small Acts of Resilience for Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity
Micro-Care: Small Acts of Resilience for Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity
Publisher Canadian Association of Graduate Studies
Author Chisholm, Jean; Farber, Avi; Kozak, Laura; Van Oyen, Julie
In April of 2020, while we and the world scrambled to come to terms with a global pandemic, a small group of us assembled to respond to a Policy Horizons Canada report called The Next Generation of Emerging Global Challenges: Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity. This 114 page report felt so heavy, so intimidating—and yet so important—to reply to. How could we, from the humble makeshift workspaces of our kitchens and bedrooms, generate something in response? And how could we do this while managing our own mental health and well-being through a time where everything felt like quicksand? This project began from a place of searching for optimism and agency in the shadow of massive and systemic forces. We documented and discussed modest actions of resilience and care for ourselves, each other and the systems surrounding us, our weekly discussions themselves became a typology of care through the tumultuous spring of 2020. This publication holds our divergent but intersecting reflections on care, beginning from the smallest seed of ourselves. Through remaining humble relative to the global challenges laid out in the Policy Horizons Canada report, we hope our work can create a container for complex and meaningful interactions to spill from.
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Author Chisholm, Jean; Farber, Avi; Kozak, Laura; Van Oyen, Julie
In April of 2020, while we and the world scrambled to come to terms with a global pandemic, a small group of us assembled to respond to a Policy Horizons Canada report called The Next Generation of Emerging Global Challenges: Living within the Earth’s Carrying Capacity. This 114 page report felt so heavy, so intimidating—and yet so important—to reply to. How could we, from the humble makeshift workspaces of our kitchens and bedrooms, generate something in response? And how could we do this while managing our own mental health and well-being through a time where everything felt like quicksand? This project began from a place of searching for optimism and agency in the shadow of massive and systemic forces. We documented and discussed modest actions of resilience and care for ourselves, each other and the systems surrounding us, our weekly discussions themselves became a typology of care through the tumultuous spring of 2020. This publication holds our divergent but intersecting reflections on care, beginning from the smallest seed of ourselves. Through remaining humble relative to the global challenges laid out in the Policy Horizons Canada report, we hope our work can create a container for complex and meaningful interactions to spill from.
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Asian American Feminist Antibodies: Care in the Time of Coronavirus
Asian American Feminist Antibodies: Care in the Time of Coronavirus
Publisher Asian American Feminist Collective
Author Rachel Kuo, Matilda Sabal, Salonee Bhaman, Tiffany Tso, and Vivian Shaw
With the COVID-19 pandemic neither behind us or solely ahead of us, this zine offers a way to make meaning of the coronavirus crisis through long-standing practices of care that come out of Asian American histories and politics. We bring together first-hand accounts and analyses from our communities, including health and service workers and caregivers on the frontlines, students, people living with chronic illness, journalists, and organizers. Together, this collection of stories, essays, and artwork shows how we experience, resist, and grapple with a viral outbreak that has been racialized as Asian, is spoken of in the language of contagion and invasion, and reveals the places where our collective social safety net is particularly threadbare.
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Author Rachel Kuo, Matilda Sabal, Salonee Bhaman, Tiffany Tso, and Vivian Shaw
With the COVID-19 pandemic neither behind us or solely ahead of us, this zine offers a way to make meaning of the coronavirus crisis through long-standing practices of care that come out of Asian American histories and politics. We bring together first-hand accounts and analyses from our communities, including health and service workers and caregivers on the frontlines, students, people living with chronic illness, journalists, and organizers. Together, this collection of stories, essays, and artwork shows how we experience, resist, and grapple with a viral outbreak that has been racialized as Asian, is spoken of in the language of contagion and invasion, and reveals the places where our collective social safety net is particularly threadbare.
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