[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":190},["ShallowReactive",2],{"article:were-baby-baby":3,"page:48":118,"page:321":153},{"id":4,"slug":5,"title":6,"excerpt":7,"date":8,"year":9,"formattedDate":10,"typeIds":11,"typeNames":13,"wordCount":15,"isBlack":16,"image":17,"contributors":24,"contentHtml":29,"finalContentHtml":22,"creditsHtml":22,"pdfUrl":30,"vimeo":30,"contributorBios":31,"seo":36},2169,"were-baby-baby","We’re back, baby!","\u003Cp>In May 2024, I wrote a slightly salty draft which I never ended up publishing explaining why ReIssue was going on hiatus. Reading it now, there’s nothing I drafted that was overly specific or interpersonal. 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Reading it now, there’s nothing I drafted that was overly specific or interpersonal. But still, it was written in a highly burnt-out, emotional time, and on this side of things, it feels much better to write from the perspective of renewed energy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem>’s existence under the purview of UNIT\u002FPITT(2019–2024) and VIVO (2019–2022), through a pre-pandemic Vancouver Foundation Systems Change grant, was wonderful and cushy to say the least, but with it came unavoidable institutional busywork in the form of strategic plans, promotional events, fundraising activities, blah blah bleh, that all took away from the core mission of the project itself: to do art writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following a 2+year break, \u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem> is back because there has been a definite void in the community for independent art writing and art criticism. As a community service, I’m not certain how well \u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem> 1.0 worked to fulfill its mission, as there were, and still are, avenues for art writing already—\u003Cem>The Capilano Review\u003C\u002Fem>, \u003Cem>C Magazine\u003C\u002Fem>, etc.,—, but over time, \u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem> did publish articles that I was very proud of editing, and on occasion, writing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A few things are different with this reboot, and I thought it best to let \u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem>’s readership and contributors know directly:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\n\n\n\u003Col class=\"wp-block-list\">\n\u003Cli>This is a tentative reboot. \u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem> is operating with a reduced capacity, and will be publishing content at a much more relaxed pace.\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>\u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem> does not get any grant funding, and I have no plans to pursue any at the moment. 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See the About page for an updated submissions policy.\u003Cbr>\u003C\u002Fli>\n\n\n\n\u003Cli>At the moment, \u003Cem>ReIssue\u003C\u002Fem> cannot pay its contributors, but this is something I’m working on for 2027.\u003C\u002Fli>\n\u003C\u002Fol>\n\n\n\n\u003Cp class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To be honest, the motives for this reboot bubbled up in September, after folks actually responded to a close-friends story I posted, desperately upset that there was no place to write down (for posterity, for sanity!) all the bullshit that was going on—at our workplaces (e.g., the \u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fwww.createastir.ca\u002Farticles\u002Fcentre-a-labour-dispute\">Centre A lock-out\u003C\u002Fa>), and within our communities (e.g., SFU School of Contemporary Art’s #\u003Ca href=\"https:\u002F\u002Fvancouversun.com\u002Fnews\u002Fdan-fumano-police-protest-and-art-intersect-again-at-vancouvers-woodwards-building-55-years-later\">nogunsoncampus\u003C\u002Fa> campaign). 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