In this issue

FEATURES & HIGHLIGHTS

Editorial by Managing Editor Maxine Proctor

We Are Still Here by Jeff Thomas
We Are Still Here is an inside look into the life and career of one of the most influential contemporary photographers, Jeff Thomas.

Responsible Hearts: T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss and Anne Riley by Tarin Dehod
During a visit to the Banff Centre this summer, Tarin Dehod witnessed a performance by T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss and Anne Riley as a part of the exhibition “If the river ran upwards” curated by Jacqueline Bell.

Along for the Ride: A Conversation with Lori Blondeau by Troy Gronsdahl
This timely interview utilizes Lori Blondeau’s mid-career exhibition Grace: A Survey as a backdrop for this intimate conversation about her formidable practice.

Consumer Symbols: A Glass Order by Cole Thompson
Cole Thompson discusses the work of Shelley Niro, Lori Blondeau, Marja Helander, and Thriza Cuthand in an attempt to showcase how Indigenous artist’s dissect consumer culture and its impact on contemporary ideologies, imagery, and relationships.

Redefining the Past: Christian Chapman’s Edmazinbiiget and the Remaking of Anishinaabe Visual Art by Nadia Kurd
Christian Chapman’s Super-8 film Edmazinbiiget is an ode to the life and times of Anishinaabe artists who lived and worked in Northern Ontario during the 1950s and 60s, Norval Morrisseau, Jackson Beardy, Roy Thomas, Benjamin Chee Chee, and Carl Ray.

An Open Letter to Lawren Harris by Professor William Starling
Starlings are an invasive species of bird that were brought to Ontario alongside the European settlers. In a letter directed at the infamous Canadian painter Lawren Harris, Professor William Starling retraces the steps and missteps of Canadian history, culture, and identity from his almost omnipresent point of view.

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.