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10/05/2021

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Two Moons, by Zacharie Bachand, an artist based in Montréal. His work deals with the relationship between self and place. In this diptych, the moon acts as a connector between nature and city. We create meaning differently in these places, but certain symbols can invoke a sense of interconnection between them. In Two Moons, the moon summons a sense of inner calm that connects all places.⁠⁠
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He is currently completing an MFA in Documentary Studies at Ryerson University.⁠⁠
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09/26/2021

The Pre-Order is live! Follow the link to secure your copy of PACE Issue 8 now 👇

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09/25/2021

Sneek peek at an artist from Issue 8, coming soon! ⁠⁠
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Untitled 8, by Brooke Peloquin an Ottawa-based film photographer. Her work is inspired by the⁠⁠
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05/02/2021

Something Gnawing in the Dark (1-3), red rope, wood ⁠⁠
by Don Kwan. ⁠⁠
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Don Kwan reflects on the potential for objects as artistic devices to explore the complex ideas of identity in the diaspora. Kwan juxtaposes traditional Chinese knotwork, a common signifier of luck and prosperity in Chinese culture alongside objects commonly found in the Canadian landscape, particularly the chewed wood ends made by a beaver.⁠⁠
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A third-generation Chinese Canadian, Don Kwan turns to his own experiences and challenges of being a gay, East Asian artist as a way to ground in broader conversations about identity, representations, and intergenerational memory-making in the diaspora. ⁠⁠
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04/23/2021

"A Fair Night - Polaroid", by Michael Smith. Born in Southern Ontario and moved out to Ottawa in 2016 for school. He picked up photography as a hobby in the summer of 2019 and quickly fell in love with old cameras - the quirks and individuality that each camera presents. He now runs a business with his partner, .ltd where they buy, refurbish, and sell film cameras. Along the way, he has gotten the opportunity to test all sorts of different cameras and discover the various personalities that some cameras seem to have. This has become a sort of haven for him in the midst of all the pandemic mess. ⁠⁠⁠
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The series “A Fair Night” was shot in the Fall of 2019, when Michael was delving deep into the film scene. The initial idea behind the shoot was to capture the nostalgia he had from visiting fall fairs with his family. While that was a success at the time, he finds himself coming back to these photos with another perception of nostalgia.⁠ This time, he's left feeling nostalgic for the idea of a fair, in a public place. He never imagined it would happen like this, let alone so fast. ⁠⁠⁠
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04/19/2021

Angular Times, Cale Plett is a nonbinary writer who lives in Winnipeg, where they are watching and listening for stories. Some they remember, some they forget, and some they turn into poetry, prose, and lyrics. Cale’s poetry and fiction are published and/or forthcoming in Grain, CV2, The Anti-Languorous Project, and Riddle Fence. ⁠⁠
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"All my doodles become monsters..." ⁠⁠
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Accompanying Art Piece, YES, by Alen Banma, ⁠⁠
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04/19/2021

Scrounging [for], Cory Steel-O'Meara⁠ is an aspiring poet from Ottawa, Ontario. Their poems have been published in PACE, Glowworm, Headline Poetry & Press, Nymphs, Showbear Family Circus, and deathcap. ⁠⁠
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Their poetry revolves around the act of seeing, that instant connection between eye and light, and how our subjectivity interprets these images into personal themes.⁠⁠
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For more by the Artist⁠⁠
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04/07/2021

Unsure, Pencil crayon. Erica Vong is a full-time science major and a part-time visual artist. Erica is constantly experimenting with different mediums and techniques. However, in this series, she focuses on features that do not adhere to 'typical' beauty standards but are nevertheless beautiful⁠⁠
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04/01/2021

Lady in the Bucket Hat, Pencil crayon. Erica Vong is a full-time science major and a part-time visual artist. Erica is constantly experimenting with different mediums and techniques. However, in this series, she focuses on features that do not adhere to 'typical' beauty standards but are nevertheless beautiful⁠⁠
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03/25/2021

Luncheon Special, 2021, Mixed media (Joss money, glue, thread) Don Kwan. A third-generation Chinese Canadian, Don Kwan turns to his own experiences and challenges of being a gay, East Asian artist as a way to ground in broader conversations about identity, representations, and intergenerational memory-making in the diaspora. ⁠⁠
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Bearing witness to the rise of racism and social injustices across Canada and the world. These artworks were a way for him to translate these experiences into works of art that responded to the issues raised during Covid. ⁠⁠
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03/24/2021

Veneration Mask, 2021, Mixed media (Joss money, glue, thread) , Don Kwan. A third-generation Chinese Canadian, Don Kwan turns to his own experiences and challenges of being a gay, East Asian artist as a way to ground in broader conversations about identity, representations, and intergenerational memory-making in the diaspora. ⁠⁠
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Bearing witness to the rise of racism and social injustices across Canada and the world. These artworks were a way for him to translate these experiences into works of art that responded to the issues raised during Covid. ⁠⁠
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02/28/2021

Koala Love, Colour, (2021), 6”x8” 3-plate print with hand-tinting, on 8”x10” Stonehenge paper⁠⁠
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Jacquie Sullivan creates original, handmade linocut prints inspired by nature and culture at home in Canada and from her travels around the world. With her prints, she strives to show appreciation for the things that often go unnoticed and the beauty in the details. In addition to linocut, in 2020 Jacquie began to learn about letterpress.⁠⁠
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Etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/JacquiePrints⁠⁠
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02/28/2021

Koala Love, Black (2021), 6”x8”, on 8”x10” Natural Kitakata paper. ⁠⁠
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Jacquie Sullivan creates original, handmade linocut prints inspired by nature and culture at home in Canada and from her travels around the world. With her prints, she strives to show appreciation for the things that often go unnoticed and the beauty in the details. In addition to linocut, in 2020 Jacquie began to learn about letterpress.⁠⁠
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Etsy: www.etsy.com/ca/shop/JacquiePrints⁠⁠
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02/27/2021

Drone over vineyard, Jeff Mann is a creative leader with extensive experience in digital spaces conceptualizing, developing, and executing market-leading programs for innovative companies. He is the creative partner at the advertising agency he founded and for which he was named Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. He has a passion for seeing the simple beauty in everyday life and strives to capture those moments in every shot.⁠⁠⁠⁠
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“The winemakers precision of the vines to create the perfect wine, and perfect symmetry”⁠⁠
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02/25/2021

Dusk on Lakeshore, Jeff Mann is a creative leader with extensive experience in digital spaces conceptualizing, developing, and executing market-leading programs for innovative companies. He is the creative partner at the advertising agency he founded and for which he was named Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. He has a passion for seeing the simple beauty in everyday life and strives to capture those moments in every shot.⁠⁠⁠
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"Quiet evening rush on a warm fall night.”⁠⁠
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02/21/2021

A Practice in Poetry: Covid-19 Reflections, 2020, by Vanessa Rotondo (V)⁠⁠
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"A Practice in Poetry: Covid-19 Reflections, 2020” is a collection of poetic responses to images captured around Ottawa, often during daily walks. It seeks to synchronize and simplify an otherwise complex experience into witty and absorbable reflections in support of transcending some of the common daily challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic." ⁠⁠
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Vanessa Rotondo, also known as V, is an Ottawa-based writer, facilitator and educator. Her work seeks to curate experiences that are expressive, trans and multi-disciplinary in nature. ⁠⁠
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02/20/2021

Montreal Alley, Jeff Mann is a creative leader with extensive experience in digital spaces conceptualizing, developing, and executing market-leading programs for innovative companies. He is the creative partner at the advertising agency he founded and for which he was named Youth Entrepreneur of the Year. He has a passion for seeing the simple beauty in everyday life and strives to capture those moments in every shot.⁠⁠
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"Inspiration is everywhere” ⁠⁠
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For more by the Artist⁠⁠
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www.themethod.ca

02/19/2021

Migrant Heart, Tong Shen is an interdisciplinary artist who works in mixed media installations exploring materiality and interaction. She graduated MFA from Concordia University and is currently working as an independent artist in Ottawa.⁠⁠
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02/19/2021

Glow in the waterfall, Chris Nyce. ⁠⁠
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"I have always loved using cameras since I was very young, so I decided to enhance and fine-tune my natural talent throughout the years by pursuing a career in this field. I have been a freelance photographer for the past 7 years, beginning as an event photographer and then transitioned into portrait and still photographer. I have also extensive knowledge of the different types of cameras and equipment used in filmmaking and which ones to use for the best shot based on the particular scene being filmed."⁠⁠
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02/18/2021

Composition no 1, Tong Shen is an interdisciplinary artist who works in mixed media installations exploring materiality and interaction. She graduated MFA from Concordia University and is currently working as an independent artist in Ottawa.⁠⁠
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02/14/2021

Cardioid Reviewed, Yuan Changming grew up in an isolated village, started to learn the English alphabet at age nineteen and published monographs on translation before leaving China. With a Canadian PhD in English, Yuan currently edits Poetry Pacific with Allen Yuan in Vancouver. Credits include eleven Pushcart nominations, nine chapbooks & awards, as well as publications in Best of the Best Canadian Poetry (2008-17),& BestNewPoemsOnline, among 1789 others across 46 countries. | ⁠⁠
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02/14/2021

Beyond purpose, ongoing series. Gabriella Scali is a Montreal based photographer who started taking pictures as a young teenager, always dreaming of travelling to quiet places and capturing people by creating mood and settings around them. In 2016, she received her BFA in Photography at Concordia University. She also travelled around Europe to inspire herself from new surroundings, meanwhile studying in Germany at the Bauhaus University to improve her design skills. She now works as a graphic designer in a non-profit organization and works on her photography projects on the weekend. ⁠
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These images were created after an extended break from creating artwork. Burned out from attempting to navigate the formalities of the visual art industry, this series began without pre-conceived notions or grand conceptual framework. ⁠
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Though a free-form exploration in the beginning, structure and intention did organically evolve. Portraits of friends were reconfigured using collage techniques to playfully manipulate 2D space and navigate between layers of altered perception. Rejuvenated by the freedoms found in this process, this project has altered her perception of what creating art means to her and how she will approach it going forward. ⁠
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02/13/2021

Amped by Michael Dupe is a photographer based in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada specializing in photographing people. He teaches photography and editing lessons involving Lightroom and Photoshop. He has made a name for himself early on by winning several editing contests hosted over Instagram. He's most passionate about creating unique thought-provoking artistic bodies of work that he someday hopes to be on display in a reputable gallery.⁠⁠
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"My friend Emily is a tattoo artist by trade, and I wanted to showcase her obsession with tattoo's in this old school blue-tiled bathroom that I have in my apartment. I got her to bring her golden grillz (gold teeth) to add to the gritty/gangster/not caring/dark vibe that I often like to portray in my work. This series pushes the notion that art can be created literally everywhere, even in a small old style bathroom. I even took the door off the hinges so we could shoot the space better."⁠⁠
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Model: .rosegold ⁠⁠
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02/12/2021

Supernatural Women Series. Kate Roy is an Emerging Canadian visual artist and has found a passion for research within the art world. She primarily utilizes historical film processes within her work and tends to jump between mediums depending on the message she is conveying.⁠⁠
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1. Hera⁠⁠
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Diana and Lakshmi are 8x10 Colour Film Images.⁠⁠
Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite are Medium Format Colour Film Images. ⁠⁠
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"Supernatural Women is an ongoing series of documenting womanhood within our own time and society while pulling strength from mythological Goddesses and warrior Princesses. Being a woman comes with many challenges and privileges. As a young woman quickly approaching my thirties, I have been learning to love my body, my mind, my sexuality, love for myself and other women alike. I have faced head-on demons inside of my own mind that was caused by being burned by lovers, ex-friends, and everyday nuances of how I'm treated as a woman by society. Supernatural Women has been an outlet for myself and other women participating in this project to speak about their challenges, strengths and what their inner goddess means to them." ⁠⁠
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Models: Adwa ⁠⁠
Location: Scrim's Florist Shop⁠⁠
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02/11/2021

Ether by Michael Dupe is a photographer based in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada specializing in photographing people. He teaches photography and editing lessons involving Lightroom and Photoshop. He has made a name for himself early on by winning several editing contests hosted over Instagram. He's most passionate about creating unique thought-provoking artistic bodies of work that he someday hopes to be on display in a reputable gallery. ⁠⁠
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Ether is portraying a sense of guidance out of a cold darkness with the help of the warmth trailing from Tirzah's heavenly light. This series is the result of some light rods, colour gels and a prism. A great example of just playing around with lights, effects and some simple colour grading to create something unique with character. | ⁠⁠
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02/09/2021

One Day At a Time (pt II), MKDourley is a 22-year-old writer and artist who has been practicing a various number of art forms since the age of 4. She is currently in the process of publishing her first poetry book. Her work focuses on love, loss and overcoming internal struggle. She lives in Sandy Hill, Ottawa. ⁠⁠
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"I measure minutes in songs that remind me I am not the only one who feels this way."⁠⁠
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MKDourley on "One Day At a Time", parts I and II: "I started a series called Clichés. Originally I wrote the poems from one perspective but I found it didn’t capture all of the feelings they provoke. I decided to rewrite them, one from each perspective– so that they could both comfort my readers on the bad days and give them hope for the good ones."⁠⁠
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02/08/2021

One Day At a Time (pt I), MKDourley is a 22-year-old writer and artist who has been practicing a various number of art forms since the age of 4. She is currently in the process of publishing her first poetry book. Her work focuses on love, loss and overcoming internal struggle. She lives in Sandy Hill, Ottawa. ⁠⁠
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"I measure minutes in songs that remind me I am not the only one who feels this way."⁠⁠
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MKDourley on "One Day At a Time", parts I and II: "I started a series called Clichés. Originally I wrote the poems from one perspective but I found it didn’t capture all of the feelings they provoke. I decided to rewrite them, one from each perspective– so that they could both comfort my readers on the bad days and give them hope for the good ones."⁠⁠
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For more by this Artist
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02/07/2021

Mecca by Michael Dupe is a photographer based in downtown Ottawa, Ontario, Canada specializing in photographing people. He teaches photography and editing lessons involving Lightroom and Photoshop. He has made a name for himself early on by winning several editing contests hosted over Instagram. He's most passionate about creating unique thought-provoking artistic bodies of work that he someday hopes to be on display in a reputable gallery.⁠⁠
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"This image presents a type of deep stillness while contrasting with the notion of time and the passing of events. Michael focused on delivering a wide variety of interesting angles to showcase how you can get so much interest and feeling from a space and concept that's so simple. He was able to gather a large quantity of old newspapers from his local corner store - which they were just going to throw out anyway. This is easily one of his favourite artworks to date."⁠⁠
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02/07/2021

Things You Need to Hear Most, Samukele Ncube is the Creator and Author of "Things You Need to Hear Most", her debut collection of poetry and notes that are rooted in self-love. Through her work, Samukele strives to give her readers reassurance that they matter and they have something important to bring into the world.⁠⁠
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Sam on her creative process: "My creative process involves a combination of movement, mediation and writing. I find that being still and making the space to connect to myself allows me to tap into my creative abilities and this process is what helped me rediscover my gift of writing."⁠⁠
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Scrounging [for], Cory Steel-O'Meara⁠ is an aspiring poet from Ottawa, Ontario. Their poems have been published in PACE, Glowworm, Headline Poetry & Press, Nymphs, Showbear Family Circus, and deathcap. ⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ Their poetry revolves around the act of seeing, that instant connection between eye and light, and how our subjectivity interprets these images into personal themes.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ For more by the Artist⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ IG @cowmilksilo⁠⁠ https://dementia7.tumblr.com/.⁠⁠ ⁠⁠ #poet #poetry #poetrycommunityofinstagram #poetrygram #writerofig #poetscorner #pandemiclife #pandemicart #canadianwriter #writersofcanada ⁠#ottawawriters

Issue #06

Sliding into the end of #ThrowBackThursday, with a quick flip through our previous issue. Issue #06, last few copies can be found at; our website, Art House Cafe, OAG, Happy Goat Laurel or Sandy Hill locations.