Tag: art

Art-faggery Loves Company

By the CCNWSS (Mariel Traiman)

Last Friday night up and coming visual artist and community member extraordinaire Lauren Hind debuted her first public art opening at the Sidewinder café in Cincinnati. A handful of Antiochians were in attendance, to support Hind and drink free wine. Record photographer Kari Thompson and I were extremely impressed by Hind’s ability to blend fantasy with reality, and past with present to create art which shows reality beyond a single frame. Hind uses gel medium transfer to take images out of context and place them in a constructed reality which comments on the fluidity of perceived social norms. Overall the event was a classy one, to be remembered, and a wonderful coming out for Hind.

After the event and inspired by the enviable artistry, the Antiochians in attendance hit the streets of Cincinnati with gale force attempting to live the art they never see in galleries. Yes, you can still smoke in bars in Cincinnati, but after dancing, enjoying some first class drag and spending too much money we were left wondering why we go out in public if we’re only interested in hitting on each other.

Transience Is Home

By Marjorie Jensen

I could say that I am at Antioch because of my familiarity with transience. I’ve moved 23 times in the continental US in 24 years. Home has always been somewhat synonymous with impermanence. It is a shifting paradigm – the place changes, the people change, but the concept remains.

People always ask “why?” Military brat is sometimes included with a question mark. Admittedly, part of it was not under my control. My parents were actually in radio (my father still is), both moved when they split, and I bounced between them for most of my childhood. Compelled somehow by their tradition of moving every year or two, I couldn’t stay still in my adult life. Antioch itself is my third college. And I leave every other term or so. Transience has been integrated into my soul. I perpetually put myself in the path of change. As Kerouac said, “this road drives me!!” Continue reading Transience Is Home

Echoes 3: First days on the Other Side, February 2004

By Jeanne Kay

Jeanne KayFort de France,
Martinique

There is smoke coming from the city; it rises over the forest of masts that floats in the bay of Fort de France. I was surprised when I saw them: “What? So many people sail?” French, Italian, Ukrainian boats… all anchored a few feet from each other; sailors crossing the bay all day long in their dinghies, to the shore and back with children and bags of groceries, all in a roar of Yamaha engines. So much agitation after weeks of solitude!

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Nookie with Niko

picture-4.pngThis is the last issue of fall term, which means in less than a month I’ll be back at Antioch. I’m very excited to see all my Antioch friends and all the new first years. I hope your first term was wonderful. I’m sure next term brings many surprises and great parties. Let’s hope for a great spring term.

Today I’m coming out. Now I’m sure you are wondering what I, Niko, could possibly be coming out about this time. I’ve come out as so many different things like being queer, trans, and kinky. Now I’ve talked about this topic before, but not from a personal place. I’m not planning on telling my family for a long time, but I think my Antioch community will be supportive. I’m a sex worker and have been for almost a year now. Sex work is a broad term, for me I fall into the porn performer category. Let me tell you about how it all started. Continue reading Nookie with Niko

FACULTY PROFILE: Haruna Tomaru

Haruna TomaruName: Haruna Tomaru
(Climbing Castle)
Sign: Aquarius
Teaches: Japanese
Bloodtype: B

How long have you been here?

This is my seventh year. I came here in 1999.

How did you end up here?

I came here as an exchange student when I was in college at Kyoto Seika University. My major was humanities. I wanted to work an international job. Then, I didn’t know specifics about what job I wanted. My uncle worked at United Nations and he always talked about different countries’ culture so I got interested in working with and studying different cultures. We had three choices at my University: Thailand, Australia, and the US. I went to Thailand when I was in high school, so I chose the US that time. But I still loved Thailand. The people are so nice and the weather was too. But I wanted to see non-Asian countries. And for Australia you had to do homestay, but at Antioch I could stay in the dorm, so I chose here.

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