“By having this library (replica) structure for the next month, I think it kind of makes it real and exciting, because it is gingerbread.”
Calgary-based queer artist KC BAE said if they could give people listening one thought to take home with them, it would be that all things change and nothing lasts forever.
“Life is short and sweet,” BAE told the crowd gathered at the Airdrie Public Library (APL) Thursday evening to watch him unveil a gingerbread representation of the future public library building, which is set to open 2025.
“Throughout my life, I have struggled with the concept of perishability,” BAE added. “I get it: Nothing lasts forever; whether it’s friendships I’ve lost, love I fell out of, pets that died, or citizenship changing when I immigrate– whatever that was.
“My art is, in a way, a sugarcoat, pun intended, to help people internalize…
