Category: Submerged
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Into the Blue: Artist Natali Bravo-Barbee creates memorials for those who have died from femicide in her home country of Argentina
25 April 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Femicide is defined by UN Women as “an intentional killing with a gender-related motivation, femicide may be driven by stereotyped gender roles, discrimination towards women and girls, unequal power relations between women and men, or harmful social norms” (UN Women). The majority of perpetrators are family members or intimate…
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Submerged: Photographic artist Morgan Sears-Williams creates images in collaboration with one of Canada’s oldest surviving queer spaces
26 March 2024Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom Morgan Sears-Williams explores experimental darkroom processes in her creative art practice including burying negatives and processing her film in caffenol. These alternative photographic methods allow her to embrace elements of chance and collaborate with the natural environment in exciting and unique ways. Shining a light on Hanlan’s Point, a…
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Submerged: Cendre creates empowering images inspired by homophobic attack in Bordeaux, France
25 April 2023Interviewed by: Elizabeth Ransom In France, on average over the past three years, 180 cases of physical aggression per year have been reported to SOS Homophobia. That’s one attack every two days. 34% of these attacks take place in public spaces. 70% are associated with blows and injuries. French artist, Cendre, uses alternative…