Editors Maandeeq Mohamed and Joy Xiang reflect on the issue’s theme, Stop! and its contributions.

Bracy Appeikumoh, previous Editorial and Programs Assistant at C Magazine, conceives of the issue’s theme and explores the idea of “extra life.” Editors Maandeeq Mohamed and Joy Xiang reflect on Extra Life as a theme in relation to this issue's contributions.

Maandeeq Mohamed reviews Tau Lewis’ exhibition, Sparkle’s Map Home, at Oakville Galleries.

This essay considers black lives as the excess of the archive, and contends with the messiness of histories and affects that cannot be easily recorded and understood. Building on a workshop she hosted at the Canadian Lesbian and Gay Archives, Maandeeq Mohamed considers how artists can respond to the complex feelings that arise when viewing an archive’s holdings and absences.