In this issue

Much of our fall editorial program considers the environment and how its overlapping histories inform contemporary social and cultural contexts. Through conversations about the evolution of monster plants, equity in the outdoors, and the aesthetics of food and fat, these works explore the myriad of ways that we can still advocate for ourselves and the natural world.

Editorial Note
By Maxine Proctor, Managing Editor

A Field Guide to Monster Plants
By Amanda White

In Search of New Ground: Black Art and the Natural World
By Neil Price

Don’t Forget to Count Your Blessings: Land of Living Skies
By Christina Hajjar

The Asian American Dream: In Conversation with Yan Wen Chang
By Angel Callander

Feeding the Trolls: The Bait and Switch in Zoë Schneider’s Grotesque in the Grotto
By Christine Negus

Standards of Collaboration: Lan Florence Yee at Work
By Emily Doucet

Love Through Resistance: The Visual Art Practice of Lido Pimienta
By Shahroze Khan

Notes on Digging a Hole
By Zachary Ayotte

Cover: Zachary Ayotte, Untitled from “Notes on Digging a Hole,” 2020. Image courtesy of the artist.

BlackFlash Magazine Description:

BlackFlash Magazine is a platform for contemporary visual art.

BlackFlash is dedicated to presenting critical opinions, urgent issues, and innovative ideas about divergent artistic practices from across Canada, the United States and beyond. Each issue includes feature articles, profiles, interviews, and artist projects from a diverse selection of artists, writers, and curators. BlackFlash fosters a rich public engagement with image-based practices, such as photography and video as well as sound, performance and social practice by promoting energetic debate and showcasing diverse voices and communities (local, regional, national and international).

BlackFlash was founded in 1983 by the Saskatoon artist-run centre, The Photographer’s Gallery (TPG). We are currently working on our 38th year of publication, making us one of Canada’s longest running magazines. BlackFlash is proudly published, designed, and disseminated in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and is an internationally recognized resource and authority on Canadian and international contemporary art.

BlackFlash was created to promote contemporary photography and over its thirty-five year history, the magazine evolved, following the artistic trajectory of photo-based practice to include artists working with new technologies such as video and digital media. In its commitment to being responsive to artists and relevant to contemporary art practice, the magazine has recently broadened its editorial mandate, while affirming its distinctive prairie perspective.