Paige Smith
Paige Smith explores unknown insides in Black Box Investigations
September 26, 2023By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF) is an exciting time of year. From September 28–October 8, the latest exceptional films all over Vancouver, showcasing local and global talent. Among the selection of 140 films stands SFU alum Paige Smith’s Black Box Investigations. Smith works primarily with lens-based mediums, interrogating their function in her films and visual art. Previous projects like “Watching You Watching Me” have pointed out how the lens mediates queer identity. Her latest short film is an instinctive exploration of the inner workings of a disposable camera and her own body, or…
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Paige Smith plays with the gaze in “Watching You Watching Me”
November 15, 2022By: Petra Chase, Arts & Culture Editor Editor’s Note: A previous version of this article mistakenly wrote that Smith’s video, Tethered Connection, is 35 minutes. This was updated to “35 seconds” on November 24, 2022. Content warning: mentions of voyeurism…
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SFU Audain Gallery presents “Collecting Plum Blossoms,” a dazzling graduate-class student exhibition
May 12, 2022Editor’s Note: A previous version failed to accredit the photographer of the published images. This has been updated to give Paige Smith full credit for all images used in the article. A previous version stated, “Sofia Grace titled I Leave…
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Summer 2021 Gallery Guide
July 19, 2021By: Paige Smith, Peak Associate Contemporary Art Gallery | Archival – for Rosario Cooper and my 10 year old self | Free | On until August 22 [caption id="attachment_118844" align="alignnone" width="300"] Image courtesy of SITE Photography[/caption] [caption id="attachment_118843" align="alignnone" width="300"]…
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Visual art students create thought-provoking artwork
July 12, 2021By: Paige Smith, Peak Associate In the midst of the pandemic, SFU’s first-year master of fine arts (MFA) students have successfully assembled an in-person exhibition. The work showcases their artistic research into topics such as identities and form. Walking into…
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A look into the practices of visual art students and the upcoming Audain shows
March 6, 2021Written by: Kaila Bhullar, Peak Associate For visual art students, the year-end art shows at the Audain Gallery are a culmination of their hard work. With the shows for 3rd and 4th year students approaching, The Peak sat down (virtually)…
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Gallimaufry brings an exciting jumble of art to SFU Woodward’s
May 18, 2018By: Paige Smith A weirdly wonderful assortment of works was presented at this year’s first-year Master of Fine Arts candidates’ spring showcase, Gallimaufry. Four artists from a range of disciplines attempted to expand their viewers’ understanding of art. …
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My one and only failed Tinder date
September 21, 2015Earlier this summer I had my first and only Tinder experience. After swiping left and right for days, and having boring conversations with countless people, I eventually matched with him. Age? 27. Name? We’ll call him “unicycle-guy” for this story.…
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We must break our culture of sex shame
May 25, 2015I was never given “the talk” while growing up. Not once did my parents even off-handedly bring the topic up, let alone sit me down and explain what sex and sexuality was. Looking back as an adult, the lack of…
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This week in comics
March 8, 2015The Adventures of Agoraphobia Man: World Defender (Jacey Gibb) The new host of Hell's Kitchen (Paige Smith & Justin Stevens) Seagull Square (Jill Mandrake) Pun 2 3 (Sarah Walker)
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