{"id":12515,"date":"2019-09-26T05:59:31","date_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=12515"},"modified":"2019-09-26T05:59:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-26T09:59:31","slug":"episode-340-sylvia-nickerson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-340-sylvia-nickerson","title":{"rendered":"Episode 340 – Sylvia Nickerson"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 340:
\nSylvia Nickerson<\/a><\/p>\n

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“You go along in the world and you experience a lot of people, but how deeply do you experience them, or know them, or connect with them?”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>With Creation<\/a>\"\" (Drawn & Quarterly), Sylvia Nickerson<\/a> explores the decay and renewal of the Rust Belt city of Hamilton, Ontario, tying the personal and political together in an extraordinarily graceful debut graphic novel. We get into her entr\u00e9 to comics, her dissatisfaction with traditional art education, the interplay of her academic and artistic careers, and the encounter that pulled her out of an artistic morass. We also talk about her experience living in Hamilton, how becoming a mother changed her understanding of the city and its citizens, the differences between gentrification and development, how both she and Hamilton have changed in the decade-plus that she’s lived there, the comics her dad drew for her mom when they were courting, and plenty more! Give it a listen!<\/a> And go buy Creation<\/a>\"\"!<\/p>\n

“Art can be a renegotiation of terms between you and your subject.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n