In this issue

BRUT NEUVE
Issue 35.2 was guest edited by Vancouver-based cultural geographer, writer, and collections manager Rhiannon Herbert, BA, MSc, and MLIS. In her editorial statement, Herbert states, " 'Time and Lens-based' is morphing into a lightspeed-timelessness that requires new ways of looking. This issue doesn't attempt to fixedly capture a thesis of the 'Brut Nueve' of Internet Land. But it does have a cohesive weirdness to it that I feel very much at home in, and where I hope that the voices and perspectives of those operating in these brave new zones of creative social production can be heard."

Issue 35.2 contains writings by Geronimo Inutiq (QC), Claire Scherzinger (BC), Elwood Jimmy (ON), Steffanie Ling (BC), Golboo Amani (ON), Francisco-Fernando Granados (ON), and Everest Pipkin (TX). We are also offering an In Studio interview with Sandra Semchuk (BC) by Althea Thauberger (BC) as well as an Artist Portfolio by Risa Horowitz.

This spring we showcased the annual Optic Nerve Image Contest winner: Luther Konadu (MB) and Honourable Mentions: Farihah Shah (ON) and Natalie Hunter (ON). Herbert also curated an @blackflashmag June Instagram Takeover by Adam Evanik, @tofuhermit.

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.