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The Poetics of Elden Ring

June 5, 2022June 10, 2022 Amber and Matthew

Welcome to Poetry 101: we’re examining the messages in Elden Ring as poems.

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The Beginner’s Guide to Outsider Art and Ableism

May 6, 2022June 10, 2022 Amber and Matthew

Is art ableist? Let’s look to The Beginner’s Guide, a video game made in 2015, to understand how a viewer’s perception of an artist can change an artwork.

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Death Stranding and the Art of the Anthropocene

March 30, 2022June 4, 2022 Amber and Matthew

How do we even begin to make art about the end of the world? This essay presents a survey of artwork about the Anthropocene, accompanied by an examination of Death Stranding by way of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.

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Being Autistic in the (Art) World

January 4, 2022June 5, 2022 Amber and Matthew

As of 2018, approximately 1 in 66 Canadians have been diagnosed with Autism— and some of those affected individuals have chosen to become practicing artists. So with knowledge of art history and the issues that many autistic people face, how do we best support autistic creators as equal contributors to contemporary art?

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  • The Beginner’s Guide to Outsider Art and Ableism
  • Death Stranding and the Art of the Anthropocene
  • Being Autistic in the (Art) World
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