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Quarantine Qapsule showcases powerful pieces created by Asian Canadian artists in the pandemic

By: Olivia Visser, Staff Writer Created in 2020 by Toronto-based actor Nightingale Nguyen, Quarantine Qapsule is a digital art archive that aims to “archive the Asian Canadian experience during the pandemic.” The archive highlights various different works such as visual art, music, film, and more. This year’s Vancouver Quarantine Qapsule is a part of explorASIAN 2022’s programming and is hosted in partnership with Emily Carr University of Art. It expands upon the submissions collected when the project originally began in Toronto. As someone experienced in researching archives, I was immediately struck by the self-representational aspect of this space. Strict institutional archives…

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