Arts & Events

By Brynn Svenningsen CW: Discussion of childhood sexual abuse  “Art is where we go when language fails us and art is where we are able to make connections with one another in a world that is so determined to keep us separated,” gender non-binary poet and performance artist Alok Vaid-Menon said. A performance duo Vaid-Menon was involved with, Dark Matter, stirred controversy over problematic statements made on the group’s social media regarding childhood sexual abuse, which many viewed as victim-blaming in nature. According to Vaid-Menon, the statements were made by...