Fringe Arts

VAV Expands the Limits of Art With “Soft Stimuli”

“Please Do Not Eat the Art”

Victoria Lamas — Published December 23, 2018 | Comments

Soft Stimuli was the Concordia student gallery’s last fall exhibit. Running between Dec. 3 to the 21, the artworks exhibited were unique, and some showcased the intimate and complicated relationships people have with their bodies.
Theran Seaton Collected Dolls for Ten Years and Turned Them Into Art

Using Dolls and Colourful Woodcuts to Celebrate the Beauty of Blackness

Aysha White — Published December 16, 2018 | Comments

Theran Seaton’s art celebrates the beauty of Blackness with a sample of her doll collection and colourful woodcuts of her sister’s braids.
Film review: “The Occupation of the American Mind”

A Critical Look into the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict— Which is Censored In The U.S.

Youmna El Halabi — Published December 16, 2018 | Comments

The film Occupation of the American Mind , which is banned from the U.S. , showcases the propaganda distributed of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Theatre Review: “A Doll’s House, Part 2” Revolves Around the Theme of Motherhood

An Imagined Continuation of Henrik Ibsen’s 19th Century Play

Sareema Husain — Published December 10, 2018 | Comments

“A Doll’s House, Part 2” is an imagined continuation of Henrik Ibsen’s classic 19th century play “A Doll’s House,” where Nora, the mother of a young family, decides to leave her husband and children. In the new play, Nora has come back home 15 years later, and is dealing with the fall-back of her actions.
Dance Show Preview: “I Love Quebrada,” a Portrait of a Marginalized Brazil

Choreographer Bastazin Uses Dance to Shed Light on Discrimination and Violence Against Afro-Brazilians and Other Minorities

Shakti Langlois-Ortega — Published November 30, 2018 | Comments

When thinking of Brazilian dances, we often picture colourful feathers, and glittery G-strings—but one Brazilian choreographer wants to show the harsh realities behind the carnival fairy tales with her dance show I Love Quebrada.
Fringe Calendar: November 28- December 4

— Published November 28, 2018 | Comments

Fringe Calendar November 28- December 4
Naïka Deluy-Garwood Shaves Her Head and Turns the Moment Into Art

Reclaiming Self-Identity With a Haircut at the VAV in “Hyper Real”

Marissa Ramnanan — Published November 27, 2018 | Comments

Two small television sets sit parallel to each other, looping a video of visual artist Naïka Deluy-Garwood, shaving her head.
Visual Artist David Durham Makes Art Out of Coffee

Durham’s Piece “Hidden Figures” Sheds Light on the Historically Silent Role of Slavery in the Coffee Market of Colonial Brazil

Samuel Boafo — Published November 25, 2018 | Comments

David Durham contributed two of his paintings together entitled Hidden Figures at the student-run Visual Arts Visuels Gallery’s current exhibition, Hyper Real: Black History Exhibition and Event Series.
“FLEM” Is About a Girl Who Picks Her Nose⎼But You Will Want a Tissue for Your Tears

Book Review of “FLEM” by Rebecca Rosen

Aysha White — Published November 25, 2018 | Comments

FLEM is about a young woman named Julia who compulsively picks her nose. The graphic novel by Brussels-based, Montreal artist Rebecca Rosen is a short, yet intense read with a climax that feels like a punch in the face.
“Hyper Real”-Life Experiences of What It Means to be Black in Montreal

Challenging the Politicization of Black Bodies and Experiences Through Art Exhibited at the VAV

Marissa Ramnanan — Updated November 21, 2018 | Comments

Hyper Real: Black History Exhibition and Event Series is a conglomerate of art pieces that relate a story of Black identity.