Issue 17 - Ephemeral

In this issue, we explore the art of the moment, death, nature, and relationships that wither or transform. We question these notions through stories in which the impermanence of everything around us becomes a source of reflection on how we live, create, and engage in a constantly changing world.

This issue of BESIDE includes:

• A conversation with sailor Tamara Klink about solitude, courage, and the art of inhabiting time
• An essay by Sara Mathieu-Chartier on the endings of friendships and the freedom they uncover
• Two short personal essays, shared by members of the BESIDE community
• A reportage by Nicolas Lachapelle on caribou hunting and the living memory of Innu land
• A photo essay by Christina Holmes on the poetry of a meal and the beauty of what fades away
• An essay by Jen Zen Yih on grief, nature, and the tenderness we find in the dark
• A portrait by Catherine Bernier of surfer Nico Manos and his deep connection to the sea
• Two poems by Svetlana Ischenko on language, memory, and exile
• A piece by Jonathan Feakins, in collaboration with Mildew, on memory as the raw material of the present
• A short film by Brendan Young on slowness, transmission, and the act of knowing a place
• Chinatown Pretty, a photographic project celebrating the style and memory of elders in San Francisco’s Chinatown
• A short essay by Mélodie Karama on the fleeting beauty of candles
• An essay by Julien Nolin on rooftops around the world and architecture as a dialogue with time
• An essay by Claire-Marine Beha on the dialogue between art and nature
• An essay by Ben Lapierre on the cabin as heritage, memory, and a place of transformation