Author: vanlovesart

Millennial book-lovers might remember the 2000’s as the heyday of “epic-fantasy” bestsellers. Rick Riordan’s “Percy Jackson & the Olympians” was one such series that successfully implanted Greek gods and mythical creatures into the average teenager’s consciousness. Last Sunday, the fantasyland

The Wrong Bashir is set in present day Vancouver and depicts the intergenerational story of a wonky Ismaili family. The comedic plot highlights the absurd relationship dynamics and idiosyncrasies one tends to witness in displaced and migrant communities. Bashir Ladha

Our world exists in the realm of glaring contradictions – humans yearning to express love are ordered to perform hatred; children and grandchildren of trauma survivors are taught cultural lores that are incompatible with the current material reality; parents who

Photo credit: Ontroerend Goed Are we not drawn onward to new erA is a theater production that casts a reversible gaze on human actions that have led to climate change. The show, just like its title, is a palindromic sequence.

  My oldest memory of a book library comes from early schooling years in Bangalore, India. I attended an institution that was run by Catholic Missionaries who embraced an ethic of strict discipline with mandated obedience to authority. The school

Can art exist in a world that routinely endorses hegemony and oppressive systems? Is it possible for artists to occupy a place of relevance in the midst of contradictions that disregard human life for material profit? Soliloquio (I Woke Up

  Author’s note: As an outsider to African culture, I am not privy to many of the deeper symbols, sounds and movements that were invoked during the performance. So, I have not attempted to critique or analyze those aspects in