Artist explores queer form and sculptural abstractionJade Yumang is a Chicago-based artist who explores the concept of queer form through abstract installations, performances, and sculptures. He says that the crux of a lot of the work that he does revolves around what queer form looks like. “It’s usually kinda exercised through a lot of archival work, looking at the historiography of […] Continue Reading |
Camosun MyWellness column: Mental health talent show coming next semester!Calling all students and faculty! The Camosun MyWellness program is hosting a talent show to raise awareness for mental health early next semester, and we need your creativity! Singing, dancing, poetry, short stories—you name it, we want it. So what are the criteria? We just ask that you pick content that has some focus around […] Continue Reading |
Social Survival 101: How to create a safest spaceAs hate, prejudice, and oppression continue to pervade the world, safe and safer spaces have made valiant strides toward a more accessible, fair, and diverse society. However, recent technological breakthroughs will soon enable forward-thinking communities to evolve into their most equitable form yet: the safest space. Whereas safe and safer space proponents have relied upon […] Continue Reading |
O Christmas Tea performers say it’s all about connection and magicFor Vancouver-based comedians/actors/writers Aaron Malkin and Alastair Knowles—who go by the stage names James and Jamesy— there’s always time for tea. Their show O Christmas Tea uses traditional Monty Python-era British comedy, but it also breaks down the fourth wall, bringing performers and audience together. “A big part of what sets us apart from traditional […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Kanye West offers mixed-bag Christian deep-dive with new albumKanye West Jesus Is King (Getting Out Our Dreams II/Def Jam Recordings) 2.5/5 Christianity has always been one of Kanye West’s greatest thematic inspirations. Even though Jesus Is King is West’s first deep-dive into religious music, it employs several familiar sounds. “Follow God”’s Whole Truth sample packs a layered punch reminiscent of West’s earliest beats, […] Continue Reading |
25 Years Ago in Nexus: November 20, 2019 issueWomen’s Centre dispute: The story “Male student kicked out of Women’s Centre sparks debate” in our November 28, 1994 issue looked at the heated issue of Camosun student Martin Moreau being told to leave the Lansdowne campus Women’s Centre. Apparently, Moreau was told “You shouldn’t be here” by a woman student and the “Men welcome, […] Continue Reading |
New Music Revue: Headstones rock out on ninth albumHeadstones Peopleskills (MapleMusic) 3.5/5 With a career that spans nearly 30 years and is littered with Junos and hits, Canadian rock legends Headstones are back with their ninth album. Peopleskills continues with the same stripped-down sound present on the Toronto-based band’s previous effort, Little Army. At times on the punk side of rock, at other […] Continue Reading |
Camosun student prepares to drop debut albumSecond-year Sports Management student Aidan Vickery has always been interested in music, but he had no idea how long it would take to create his first rap album. Vickery’s been working on the release, 嬴檜堅~Cantina, for about a year and a half, and it’s finally going to see the light of day through Spotify, Apple […] Continue Reading |
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New Music Revue: Frecuencia de Muerte rip and tear on Death FrequencyFrecuencia de Muerte Death Frequency (Armageddon Label) 4/5 Portland-based hardcore-punk band Frecuencia de Muerte just released their full-length debut, Death Frequency. With a unique take on hardcore punk, this band—featuring ex-members of From Ashes Rise, Deathreat, and others—definitely adds some life to to the 2019 hardcore scene. Death Frequency contains seven tracks, which is short, […] Continue Reading |
