Oily: on fandom
Latitude 53 10130 100 Street NW, Edmonton, Alberta T5J 0N8
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Conor McNally, MCDAVID film still
Oily: on fandom
July 5–August 2
Opening Reception: July 5, 3-8 PM
FEATURED ARTISTS
Maria Buffalo
John Cardinal
Veronica Fuentes
AJA Louden
Conor McNally
Emily Riddle
Hanif Abdurraquib writes about his hometown of Cleveland as its basketball team chases a national championship: “Cleveland is a city that is overwhelmed by a desire to believe in something beyond what people outside of the place have ascribed to it.”
The parallels between Edmonton and Cleveland jump out of every page of Hanif’s book “There’s Always This Year”. While the City of Edmonton removed its “City of Champions” slogan from welcome signs on the highway, many are still banking on a return to those glory days of back to back championships in the late 1980s.
But what is Edmonton without hockey?
Oily examines the joy, representation, and unity within a fandom while also never forgetting those who are left without when the party's over.