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COI is a publication bridging the relationship between art and culture, offering a nuanced space for understanding the current moment through the lens of artistic expression. Each season features essays that respond to or engage with artistic practice from the perspective of the Canadian Prairies.

COI isn’t taking submissions at this point, but we’d still like to get to know you – check out, and participate in our Community Threads to share your voice and perspective with our developing community. Our email: coimag (at) proton (dot) me.

Editors:

A sliver of Zach is visible between the opening of a black curtain. The left side of his face is visible along with the top of a white shirt.

Zachary Ayotte:

Zachary Ayotte is a writer and visual artist living in Treaty 6, Edmonton, AB. His work explores themes of care and maintenance and how they are juxtaposed by the temptation toward consumption, accumulation, and control. He has published multiple book projects, including I Wish U Were Here, Notes on Digging A Hole, and At the Same Time. His writing has appeared in publications like The Walrus, Culture Study, and Canadian Art. www.zacharyayotte.com.

email: zayotte (at) proton (dot) me

A sliver of Christina is visible between the opening of a black curtain. The left side of her face is visible along with the top of a brown patterned shirt.

Christina Battle:

Christina Battle is an artist, curator, and writer based in amiskwacîwâskahikan (Edmonton), within the Aspen Parkland: the transition zone where prairie and forest meet. Her practice focuses on thinking deeply about the concept of disaster: its complexity, and the intricacies entwined within it. She looks to disaster as a series of intersecting processes including social, environmental, cultural, political, and economic, which are implicated not only in how disaster is caused but also in how it manifests, is responded to, and overcome. Battle’s practice prioritizes collaboration, experimentation, and failure; she has exhibited internationally in festivals and galleries as both artist and curator. www.cbattle.com.

email: c_l_battle (at) proton (dot) me

Copyediting:

Lizzie Derksen:

Lizzie Derksen is a writer and filmmaker from Treaty 6 Territory. She writes poems about Aunt Rachel, Rachel’s wife Susan, and their niece Lucy; prose about the priest class, the worker class, and her childhood spent in a religious community in southern Saskatchewan. In her spare time, she makes movies and refuses to work with AI.

With funding support from Canada Council for the Arts.