Fashion, Culture, Art, Montreal, Toronto
In September 2020, the plumb christened their newly renovated gallery space in Toronto’s St. Clair West neighbourhood with exhibition Pits, Seeds. Showcasing work by their fifteen founders Pits, Seeds was the first of a whopping fourteen public-facing projects the plumb has mounted in less than two years. As member Amanda Boulos put it, “This past…
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The Paykan was the first car manufactured in Iran. Produced from 1967 to 2015, it started its life as a licensed copy of an outmoded British vehicle, the Hillman Hunter, but it nevertheless became a symbol of Iranian national pride; a vehicle priced and targeted for middle-class Iranians. Paykans eventually became ubiquitous on the streets…
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Celia Croft, a photographer, and Kate Kidney Bishop, a stylist, are both creatives fascinated by the world of women’s bodybuilding. Outsiders of the subculture, the two artists were intrigued by the sports high-flying aesthetic and its melange of “glamour mixed in with the extremes of a challenging sport.” Bishop was equally intrigued by “the interaction…
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Erica Hart is a multi-media artist based in Montreal whose art is grounded largely in a desire to promote community building. Throughout their artistic career, Hart has explored everything from performance art to tattooing in pursuit of what they find inspiring. They are the co-founder of the art collective somewhere shared and also run an…
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One track into Maria Domark‘s debut E.P Flawless, and you get the sense that you’re about to be taken on a psychedelic sonic journey. Thumping bass and simmering and growling hyperpop synths are juxtaposed by Domark’s signature lackadaisical vocal. With a bratty lilt that at times slips into demure cathartic sincerity, the E.P is a…
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Another new song has been dropped by Grimes, her second in recent months. This song is called “Shinigami Eyes” and was produced by Brthr and written by Grimes. Listen to it below. The song will appear on an upcoming Grimes EP called Fairies Cum First, which is described as “a prelude” to the upcoming album Book…
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At the beginning of last year, Vivienne Westwood and Andreas Kronthaler made the most of the relaxation of restrictions across Europe traveling down to Naples to see friends – a trip that would coincidentally set the scene for their SS22 campaign against “collapsing 16th-century houses, fishing boats, and vibrant locals.” The iconic Italian city ended…
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The Holy is the DJ/producer project of Olivier Lamontagne, a musician from Montreal whose blend of house/techno which he dubs Gros Kick Sal has landed him remixing for the likes of Charlotte Cardin, The Weeknd, and Tommy Genesis all the while spinning at big-name festivals and opening for the likes of Laidback Luke, EDX, Sofi…
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The Red Room, a multi-disciplinary artist installation in the St Henri borough of Tiohtià:ke / Montreal this past week, was equal parts community, femininity, and unfettered artistic expression.
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Film has a tendency to compress time. In all of the frantic and jagged cuts and perspectives of cinema, its multiplicities suggest and allow for the illusion of a time-elapsed in much greater length than the average running time of a film.
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