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Where I am Writing From

Where I am Writing From, December 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.

These are the desks I wrote my graduate thesis on.

​​Caro (Caroline) DeFrias is an emerging academic, artist, and curator currently based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montréal. They are currently in the final stages of their graduate thesis in art history at Concordia University. Previously, they achieved a Combined Honours with Distinction from the University of King’s College in the historiography of science and technology and anthropology, with a certificate in art history and visual culture, and an unofficial minor in contemporary philosophy.

Their work, through a variety of mediums and forms, explores the embodied politics and poetics of queerness, anticolonial art histories and practices, and notions of inheritance and identity in relation to immigration and (re)settlement. As well, they maintain a critical interest in the construction of the gallery space, the politics and history of display practices, embodied and queer phenomenologies of encounter, and the ethics and pathos of the archive. 

Where I am Writing From, July 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, August 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, September 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, October 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, November 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, December 2023. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, January 2024. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
Where I am Writing From, February 2024. Photo by Caro DeFrias.
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Picketers lead ‘shame convoy’ with Legault mannequin

A student organizer puts dollar sign cutouts in the pockets of a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault. Photo by Lily Cowper

Photos from Thursday: ‘Shame Convoy’

Concordia students react to picketers protesting alongside a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault in the Hall Building Mezzanine on Thursday, Feb. 1. A student with a megaphone (not pictured) asks students to post pictures of the mannequin with the hashtag #ShameLegault in protest of the CAQ’s planned tuition hikes. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers wheel a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault through Concordia’s Hall Building on Thursday, Feb. 1, asking students to post pictures with the hashtag #ShameLegault in protest of the CAQ’s planned tuition hikes. Photo by Lily Cowper
A student organizer puts dollar sign cutouts in the pockets of a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault. Photo by Lily Cowper
Concordia students react to picketers protesting the CAQ’s planned tuition hikes for out-of-province students in the Hall Building Mezzanine on Thursday, Feb. 1. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers protest alongside a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault in the Hall Building Mezzanine as students leave classes on Thursday, Feb. 1. Photo by Lily Cowper
Concordia students react to picketers protesting alongside a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault in the Hall Building Mezzanine on Thursday, Feb. 1. A student with a megaphone (not pictured) asks students to post pictures of the mannequin with the hashtag #ShameLegault in protest of the CAQ’s planned tuition hikes. Photo by Lily Cowper
Concordia students react to picketers protesting alongside a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault in the Hall Building Mezzanine on Thursday, Feb. 1. A student with a megaphone asks students to post pictures of the mannequin with the hashtag #ShameLegault in protest of the CAQ’s planned tuition hikes. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers protest outside of Guy-Concordia metro on Thursday, Feb. 1 as part of a 3-day strike protesting the CAQ’s plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers wheel a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault outside of Guy-Concordia metro on Thursday, Feb. 1 as part of a 3-day strike protesting the CAQ’s plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers wheel a manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault through Concordia’s Hall Building on Thursday, Feb. 1 as part of a 3-day strike protesting the CAQ’s plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students. Photo by Lily Cowper
A manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault is strapped to a garbage can to be wheeled around Concordia’s campus as part of a student protest against the CAQ’s plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students. Photo by Lily Cowper
A manniquin made to look like Quebec Premier François Legault is strapped to a garbage can to be wheeled around Concordia’s campus as part of a student protest against the CAQ’s plan to raise tuition for out-of-province students. Photo by Lily Cowper

Photos from Wednesday: Classroom picketing

Isabella Providenti of FASA MOB dispatches student volunteers for picketing as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Rito Joseph speaks at a Black Radicalism Workshop as part of the CSU’s strike activities on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
FASA Executive Adey Singer gives out picketing signs to student volunteers as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers block the entrance to a class in the Music department as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers block the entrance to a class in the Music department as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Student picketers block the entrance to a class in the Music department as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
A student talks to a professor while blocking the entrance to a Music class as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
A sign is seen hung outside the Guy-Concordia metro as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Fine Arts students wait to be dispatched to picket classrooms as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Fine Arts student picketers block the entrance to an EV building lecture hall as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Fine Arts student picketers block the entrance to an EV building lecture hall as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Posters are seen on the entrance to a lecture hall at the MB building as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Students stand outside of a lecture hall that is blocked by student picketers as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
Students stand outside of a lecture hall that is blocked by student picketers as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31. Photo by Lily Cowper
A classroom on the 12th floor of the Hall Building is blocked off as part of a 3-day strike against the CAQ’s proposed tuition hikes on Wednesday Jan. 31, 2024.
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Arts Photo Essay

Portraits of an emblematic figure of Montreal drag scene: Bambi Dextrous

Photo by Elisa Gallot

For the ninth Monday in a row, drag queen Bambi Dextrous hosted a Trivia Night at The Diving Bell Social Club on Saint-Laurent

Photo by Elisa Gallot

It is around 8:30 p.m. and The Diving Bell is full. Bambi Dextrous — a drag queen for over 10 years — has just arrived to greet the participants. As she stands next to the bar, we improvise a photoshoot before she goes on stage.

Photo by Elisa Gallot

Before the quiz begins, the drag queen likes to introduce each Trivia Monday with a traditional lip-sync performance.

Photo by Elisa Gallot

After the show, time for reflection. Our host gets ready to enumerate the questions that she tailor-makes for each quiz night.  

Photo by Elisa Gallot

Forty general knowledge questions later, Bambi Dextrous gives the audience a last performance before announcing the winning team.

Photo by Elisa Gallot

Sitting under the stage, I try to capture as many movements, facial expressions, and colours as possible.

Photo by Elisa Gallot

It is almost midnight when Trivia Night comes to an end and Bambi Dextrous invites me into the dressing room to take some final pictures. In this more intimate environment, I get to learn more about this multidisciplinary artist who combines passions for modeling, make-up, or acting in front of the camera. Beyond drag, Bambi Dextrous hopes to develop her acting career as well.

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Arts Photo Essay

Delve into the parallel world of barbershops: a photo essay

Photo by Valentine Alibert

Capturing barbers and clients in their daily lives

Photo by Valentine Alibert
Photo by Valentine Alibert
  1. Co-owner of Savvy barbershop Dave Lechasseur cuts the hair of his client. Feb. 1, 2023. The barbershop Savvy is located on St. Hubert Street and has a vintage and busy old-fashioned style.
  2. Barber Franck Duval gets closer to his client. The Emporium barbershop is located at the corner of St-Zotique and Parc Avenue in Mile-Ex.
Photo by Valentine Alibert
Photo by Valentine Alibert

3. Co-owner of Savvy barbershop Mikey Rose shaves his customer’s beard

4. Barber Franck Duval shaves his customer’s beard with a razor.

Photo by Valentine Alibert
Photo by Valentine Alibert

5. The barber Mikey Rose shaves the beard of his customer with his razor. The barbershop Savvy is located on St Hubert Street and has a vintage and busy style.

6. Franck Duval shaves his customer’s beard with a razor.

Photo by Valentine Alibert
Photo by Valentine Alibert

7. The barber Mikey Rose shaves the beard of his customer with his razor. The barbershop Savvy is located on St Hubert Street and has a vintage and busy style.

8. Franck Duval shaves his customer’s beard with a razor.

Photo by Valentine Alibert
Photo by Valentine Alibert

9. Mikey Rose massages the beard of the client with his hands.

10. Barber Frank Duval sits in one of the armchairs and watches a customer walking through the door.

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