QueerFM Featured Guests: Elliott Ramsey (he/him/them) is Curator of The Polygon Gallery /Uschi Tala (they/them) is a Queer gender fluid, mul

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Elliott Ramsey (he/him/them) is Curator of The Polygon Gallery and holds a Master of Arts degree in Comparative Media Arts (2015) from Simon Fraser University. In 2021, he curated Interior Infinite, an exhibition on self-portraiture through masquerade and disguise featuring internationally acclaimed artists including Nick Cave, Martine Gutierrez, Zanele Muholi, and Carrie Mae Weems.
Recently, he has served as a juror for the 2022 VIVA and Sobey Awards and is co-curating the forthcoming exhibition As We Rise: Photography from the Black Atlantic, presented by Aperture, at the University of Toronto Art Museum. Ramsey is a member of the Black Curators Forum and an alumnus of the Professional Alliance for Curators of Colour.
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Uschi Tala (they/them) is a Queer gender fluid, multi-instrumentalist, and live loop Witchop artist. Witchop is a term they coined themselves as they found it difficult to fit themselves into any other genre. Uschi draws inspiration from the elements of the underworld and the light found within darkness. Wielding a loop pedal, beat machine and various instruments, they create ambient soundscapes that dance along hauntingly serene vocals and rhythmic rhymes. Uschi’s music has been described as tragically beautiful, otherworldly and pure magic. Their lyrics embody an ocean of healing and encourage others to see the radiance in themselves as well as the bigger picture. They will ground your spirit, and raise your heart into etherial worlds of the "in between". Settler residing in the woods of Sinixt Territory.
Their latest release is Many Ways To Pray which came out at the end of July with an accompanying video and is available on streaming platforms. To learn more about Uschi and their music, visit their website at www.uschitala.com
Their latest exhibition is Ghosts of the Machine, with exhibition dates running now through August 14th at The Polygon Gallery in North Vancouver. For more information on the exhibition visit www.thepolygon.ca