ISSUE 6 — Sustainability Editor-in-Chief
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LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Issue 6 of WAT is Zine? marks the last one of this semester. There’s a sense of finality, but also a yearning for what’s to come. I like to think I’ve learnt a lot over these past two terms; how to start a club, how to maintain it, how to get people interests but also how to learn from them. That’s the most important part: listening to the people that choose to be a part of this. You might have a vision, but you have to be willing to share it, and allow it to change for the better. I mention the artists, writers, social media coordinators and editors that make up WAT is Zine? quite a bit, because they make this whole thing work. There’s a sense of stability, and, much like our theme this month, sustainability. The trick to being sustainable is collaboration and communication. You can’t have something rock solid if you don’t have people helping you make it so. I’ve been pretty lucky to have a team of people who share in that. Who want to see whatever this is, get to wherever it’s going. Even with the situation we’re in, the emphasis we put on reaching out to people and working together does not go unfounded. When we’re able to finally be around folks, and resume our daily lives, I sincerely hope that we won’t lose that perspective, and hopefully apply to the global issues that we consistently face, but fail to act on. Just We’ve to for
like I hope you enjoy this month’s issue. worked on it to get it out as a great way end the semester. There will be something everyone, and if not, feel free to submit something yourself. See you in the summer, Matt Comeau Editor-in-Chief
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GLENROCK
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COMMUTE
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SILENT NIGHT
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[PAINTINGS BY SYDNEY CLERMONT]
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SEEING
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glenrock
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“Commute” Clara Xi
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Silent Night We
stay inside this silent night, With not a single star in sight, The air still and the moon stark bright Against the darkness of the sky.
Behind the window, you and I, We lie in bed, time slumbers by, I look into your deep brown eyes And find Winter waiting for me. We swelter beneath the thin sheet, No deliverance from autumn’s heat, No creature roams out on the street, Even the crickets disappeared. Nothing is left to watch us here, Playing this tragedy of tears, Tonight, the finale is near,
And then I see the shooting star. It blazes and shines as it soars, Speeding across the sea of tar. Just like old times. A shooting star. And when you turn over to look You see the plane. Blinking. Beeping.
Absalom Abalone
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Seeing Seeing
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Hannah Haviland Seeing (2019) Materials: paper,wood,moss,stone,adhesive. Seeing combines my passion for science, specifically entomology, with my artistic abilities and concerns for nature. Raised on a farm in rural southern Ontario, I draw from personal experience and attempt to translate these feelings and observations into something that both left and right brained people can understand. In attempting to create work that both scientists and artists are eager to engage with, I explore topics to inspire and ignite curiosity in the hidden world of entomology. Seeing is composed of paper and natural elements combined to create miniature sculptures to be presented in groupings through installation. The increased scale and grouping of each insect directly relates back to how the subjects can be found in nature. Through creating small, detailed, intimate works I highlight the fragility and beauty of insects. By using the aesthetics of beauty, geometry and repetition I attempt to communicate how insects are not a phobia, but rather a fascination. 14
CONTRIBUTORS ABSALOM ABALONE Absalom is a second-year student in the Faculty of Mathematics. The last movie they watched in theatres was Sonic the Hedgehog. CLARA XI 2A Computer Science. Layout designer for WAT is Zine?. Tentative Spring ‘20 editor for mathNEWS. Carefully monitoring the situation. HANNAH HAVILAND Hannah Haviland is a sculpture and installation artist who specializes in working with paper and natural materials. Hannah combines science, specifically entomology, with art in order to celebrate the beauty of insects. She is currently in her fourth year at the University of Waterloo majoring in Fine Arts — Intensive studio specialization. MANA BEHZADASL [@mana.behzad] Mana is a 2B science and psychology student at UW. She likes experimenting with different mediums and is currently going through a digital art phase. She can't drive but has mastered the art of brewing perfect black tea. :) NISHSHANKA WEERASINGHE [@zixsparrow] Hi, my name is Nishshanka Weerasinghe, but I go by Nish because that’s a mouthful. I made the transition to digital four years ago with the goal of eventually wriggling my way into the videogame industry. My personality consists of watching anime and playing video games. SYDNEY CLERMONT [@sydcler.art] Sydney Clermont is a third-year Fine Arts student at the University of Waterloo. Sydney primarily works with acrylic and watercolour and loves to paint idyllic scenes of photographs she has taken. Her work explores a variety of themes such as the transience of life, but she is still in the process of determining her focus of interest going into fourth year.
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Issue 6 April 2020