All tagged Sue-Shane Tsomondo

Love in a time of war: the art of looking for art in expected places

Love in a time of war: the art of looking for art in expected places

Sue-shane Tsomondo
Artist Perspectives, Guest Writer series

I asked my Instagram community of friends and acquaintances if they’ve been feeling progressively apathetic about life since the pandemic began, of those who responded most answered yes. I turned 27 a few weeks ago, and it dawned on me that I was now living in the youth that had been the container for my dreams. At some point during the pandemic, I had realized there was nowhere to place all my hopes of the future, all the hopes of who I could be as an adult, I have arrived. My older-self held all the hopes and dreams of my younger self.

Clearing the smoke when the smoke doesn’t rise: Revisiting the Performance of Blackness with JustMoe

Clearing the smoke when the smoke doesn’t rise: Revisiting the Performance of Blackness with JustMoe

Sue-shane Tsomondo
Artist Perspectives, Guest Writer series, Inspiring Stories

In my piece How Can I Be Myself when Strangers are Watching? Performing Blackness and Black Joy, I spoke of how a white audience by its very presence transforms performance art by black artists, turning an expression into an exhibition – an execution. It’s a crime for which I have convicted Canadian born and or raised Black artists. But I don’t know what it’s like to grow-up in a place as a minority. So, I asked my friend if I could walk a mile in his shoes.