 | Sunday, January 16, 2022 | |  | Sunday, January 16, 2022 | | Hi, art lovers! | | | Contrary to popular belief, the internet is not forever — and to that point, 21 Black Futures, one of the most acclaimed projects CBC Arts produced last year, will be disappearing from CBC Gem’s streaming catalogue in the coming weeks.
Toronto’s Obsidian Theatre Company co-presented the anthology series, and artistic director Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu wrote this essay last year to kick off the project, which features some of the country’s biggest theatre talent in original sci-fi stories — each episode featuring a single performer. Plenty of those actors might have become even more familiar to you since the show’s debut, including Akosua Amo-Adem (who landed on Now Magazine’s list of the top 10 stage artists of 2021 alongside Mumbi), Amanda Cordner (currently starring as 7ven on CBC’s Sort Of) and Prince Amponsah (now wandering the post-apocalyptic world of Station Eleven with the Travelling Symphony). Intrigued? Binge fast. Episodes start leaving the streaming catalogue in February. | | | And because we promised you eye candy ... | | |  | @ztheratt/Instagram | Limerence Street by Zeinab Diomande. | | | | |  | @hiejin_yoo/Instagram | | Anyone who opened this email seconds after it arrived in their inbox, this one’s for you: A Morning Person by Los Angeles-based painter Hiejin Yoo. | | | | |  | @davidyeowphotography/Instagram | | Pow! I can only imagine this explosion of LEDs has been blowing minds in Kuala Lumpur. (The installation is by Malaysian artist Jun Ong.) | | | | |  | @waterfrontbia/Instagram | | Would you love to see the space below Toronto’s Gardiner Expressway transformed into a purple Future Forest? Or maybe “kinetic wind chimes and solar-powered illuminations” are more your jam? Check out these six proposals for immersive installations that could be coming to the city. And if you’re so inclined, share your feedback on the designs before a final selection is made. (Deadline’s Jan. 19.) | | | | |  | @orekaj/Instagram | | Dang, I’m sorry I didn’t see this (and share it with you!) earlier. This otherworldly untitled piece by Toronto’s Oreka James was recently up at the city’s Cooper Cole East, but you can still gawk at photos from the exhibition on the gallery’s website. | | | | |  | Getty Images | | | | | On Thursday's episode of Q, the artist Peter Doig revealed how little he's personally earned off the paintings that have broken worldwide auction records, and as he said on the program, he thinks artists should get a cut when their work is resold. It's not a new concept. Artist resale royalties are paid in countries all over the world, but not in Canada ... yet. | | | | |  | | Showtime | | | | | Meet the homegrown talent behind Station Eleven and Yellowjackets, two of the hottest shows of the moment. | | | | |  | Dahlia Katz Photography | | | | | | | Nina Lee Aquino is the incoming artistic director. Read about her plans for the company. | | |  | @yung.yemi/Instagram | | One more great thing about producing 21 Black Futures: it gave us the chance to work with Yung Yemi, who created the series’ slick poster design. This image, though? It’s a detail from one of his murals in Toronto, a large-scale project that went up at Downsview Park in the fall. | | | | | Share this newsletter | | or subscribe if this was
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