Issue 10

Issue 10 — Fall 2013
McGill Art + Design

folio magazine :
Issue 10 — Fall 2013
Folio Staff
Contents
Untitled 1, Untitled 2, Untitled 3
Negar Nakhai
Vatican, Detroit
Cheyenne Arbula-Pelletier
[blue] reflex no. 4, [red] reflex no. 1
Emma Hambly
Editors
Carolyn Bailey
Clara Puton
Levi Easterbrooks
Jordan Deutsch
Anna Foran
Andrew Grant
Kenneth Koo
Guiliana Mazzetta
Uma Vespaziani
set 1
Claire Stewart
Untitled
Levi Easterbrooks
God’s Baby-Mama, Portrait of a
Young Jim as an Artist
Bryce Clohesy
Oneface, twobodies
Ezra Kayira
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About
Folio is a student-run visual art and design magazine that
acts as an ongoing archive of McGill’s artistic community
by providing a venue for student artists to showcase their
work. It is published biannually.
Cover: Kenneth Koo
All contents © the respective artists.
Opinions expressed in Folio are not necessarily those of McGill University.

NEGAR NAKHAI
Untitled 1

Untitled 2, Untitled 3

CLAIRE STEWART
set 1

LEVI EASTERBROOKS
Untitled

BRYCE CLOHESY
God’s Baby-Mama

Portrait of a Young Jim as an Artist

CHEYENNE ARBULA-PELLETIER
Vatican, Detroit

EMMA HAMBLY
[blue] reflex no. 4

[red] reflex no. 1

ESRA KAYIRA
Oneface, twobodies

folio contributors
KENNETH KOO ’s cover image poses the question “can a
photograph printed on Plexiglas be contemplated as both
an image and object?” This is a rhetorical question, since
Kenneth creates art as a way for him to raise questions
without necessarily answering them. His practice of
photography explores the medium’s ability to transcend
inherent qualities of photography and tap into the latent
possibilities of other media (i.e. painting, sculpture,
installation). Despite the plethora of artworks Kenneth
has encountered as a U3 Honours Art History student, he
finds inspiration in the plasticity of manufactured objects
and the steeliness of 60s minimalist art.
NEGAR NAKHAI creates her “hiccups of the mind” by
hacking or glitching them in Photoshop, satisfying what
she describes as a reflexive itch to make art. A third
year student in psychology and world cinemas, Negar’s
art practice is inspired by asymptotic curves and “those
moments when time dilates.”
CLAIRE STEWART is a Montreal-based costume and set
designer who works in theatre and film. Her photographs
were taken over the course of a trip to Los Angeles this
summer and deal with the tension between natural and
built landscapes. She recently graduated from McGill with
a B.A. in English.
LEVI EASTERBROOKS creates a personal art that aims
to make sense of his situation. Though individualized,
he simultaneously attempts to realize the coinciding
situations of others. He describes the artmaking process as
both conflicting and drawing from a life as a student. Levi
finds inspiration in the mid-century works of artists like
Philip Guston and Francis Bacon, leaving him confused
about the location of his work in time.
CHEYENNE ARBULA-PELLETIER photographs while
she travels and interprets when she gets home. When
she’s in the mood for some Photoshop therapy, she plays
with color, contrast and light and transforms her digital
photos into highly personal reflections. And when she
can’t physically travel, Cheyenne relies on her history
degree to introduce her to new and unfamiliar places. She
wants to visit many more.
BRYCE CLOHESY makes free and spontaneous art
from anything he can get his hands on, including trash,
when he’s taking a break from completing his 4th year
of Electrical Engineering. “Portrait of a Young Jim as an
Artist” and “God’s Baby-Mama” were shot through curved
fragments of glass (most likely broken in some loud and
emotional frenzy) using a disposable camera purchased in
a fluorescent light-soaked depanneur somewhere south
of Des Pins. He credits the creative process for keeping
him sane despite its propensity to be “immensely selfdeprecating”
and sees returning to analogue art as a way
to push back against the decline of art and music in the
Internet age. He is inspired by his friend James, the only
human in the above photos, who once said, “You know
what gets me up in the morning? People. I could have a
shit time at work but when the chef and I are kickin’ it,
crackin’ jokes, none of that matters.”
EMMA HAMBLY sees her ink on paper reflex drawings
as “exercises in not being a perfectionist,” creating predetermined
patterns where mistakes along the way are
both inevitable and acceptable. Inspired by her encounters
with good books, bad movies, Dollarama, and clouds,
Emma approaches these everyday phenomena with a
creative eye via a process of visual daydreaming. Her
everyday inspirations fuse with her self-proclaimed
“weird” imagination and even “weirder” dreams,
transcribing the outcome into art.
EZRA KAYIRA has always preferred drawing over words
as a mode of expression. Inspired by human anatomy and
the aesthetic potential of all bodies, she summons faces
and figures we wouldn’t see in daily life. These imaginative
creations disrupt norms and challenge the general point
of view, and stress that nobody has the same body, that
everyone is unique.
Thanks to the Students’ Society
of McGill University and the
Dean of Arts Development
Fund for their generous support.