VABF 2021: Chimurenga Chronic, Chimurenga

A discussion on the publishing practices at Chimurenga and how the aim of these activities is not just to produce new knowledge, but rather to express the intensities of our world, to capture those forces and take action. This has required a stretching of the boundaries, for unless we push form and content beyond what exists, then we merely reproduce the original form—the colonized form if you will. It requires not only a new set of questions but its own set of tools—new practices and methodologies that allow us to engage the lines of flight, of fragility, the precariousness, as well as the joy, creativity and beauty that defines contemporary Africa.

Originally live on October 24, 2021

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Free and open to the public, VABF is a multi-day celebration of artists’ publishing featuring over one hundred local, national and international publishers, as well as a diverse line-up of programs, performances and artists’ projects.

We gratefully acknowledge that VABF and our annual activities take place on the unceded and traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

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Special Thanks to our 2021 Partners: British Columbia Arts Council, BC Gaming, City of Vancouver, Libby Leshgold Gallery, Publishing @ SFU, Hayley Burns, Whitkow Interactive, Moniker Press, VALU CO-OP, The Poster Guy, Emily Carr University of Art + Design, READ Books, Good Luck Studios, COHIP, Six Cent Press, Do604, Massy Books, SAD Mag, BlackFlash Magazine, esse, James Black Gallery

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