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Film and Video Arts Society of Alberta

By Scott Lingley One warm night this summer, a gaggle of diverse artists converged on Edmonton’s Sir Winston Churchill Square […]

Cut and Paste…And Go to Jail?

By Jonathan Culp Have you ever read a zine that was made partially or entirely out of magazine clippings? Have […]

Lockpick Pornography

This novel starts out strong, with a crash course into the main character’s mind. He smashes TVs if someone in […]

Popcasts

By Josh Hume Ah, iPods, Satellite radio… these new-ish forms of media dispersal are so exciting. But in and of […]

The Urban Beast Project

By James King Forget what the traditionalists say. Taxidermy is in the throes of a revolution, led by the Urban […]

Playing with Scissors

Kids get empowered with Haircuts By Children By Lindsay Gibb My hairdresser is unlike any I’ve had before. Sure, she’s […]

My Dad is the Chief of Police

Matt Blair takes the indie road anyway By Cameron Gordon In the republic of Toronto, Matt Blair is many things […]

Anarchy In Utero

Baby Bloc gets them started early By Liz Worth “What do we want?” “Waaaaaaaa!” “When do we want it?” “Waaaaaaaa!” […]

Overdue Journals

By Chasen Paul Books are the hardest thing to throw away. You try to sell them for a dollar, five […]

Fists of Steel

By Michelle Kay What do you get when you put Captain Morgan, Santa Claus, Superman, scores of men in colourful […]

Play by Mail Games

By Hilary Titley Before the days of the internet, committed “gamers” without adversaries would sit and handwrite (handwrite!) long letters […]