Featuring: Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre (Inuk), Tyson Houseman (nêhiyaw), Kanina Terry (Anishnaabe), Pōhaikealoha Panoke (Kanaka Maoli), Hexe Fey (Oglala Lakota/European American). Curated by Asinabka
Gallery 101 is honoured to celebrate 15 years of partnerships with Asinabka Film & Media Festival.
Vernissage: Saturday September 19, 1:00-4:00 PM
Animate Energy is an immersive and playful exhibit that reflects on how artists engage with material culture, the natural environment, colonial histories, imagined futures among the stars, and the animate energy of the universe.
In Anishinaabe cosmology, the world is an animate place full of life, and particularly through a linguistic lens, the world and things in it are described as animate or inanimate. The works in this show feature 5 Indigenous artists that use video, photography, new media, and storytelling, to engage with ancient traditions and ancestral wisdom.
Lindsay McIntyre’s film “Tuktuit : Caribou” shows us images created with emulsion made with caribou gelatin and developers made from the lichen seen on screen, asking us to connect with the struggles of the caribou and nature directly. Tyson Houseman’s video “Opwêyakatâmêw” shows us the animacy of the world by taking us on a walk through the forest with his brothers while a voice over of their grandfather offers a teaching in their language, nêhiyawewin. Kanina Terry’s “Hide Babe” photography series features Indigenous models wearing animal hides and shows us that our bodies are sacred. Pōhaikealoha’s storytelling game “Among the Ancestors” veers closer to the storytelling practice of her ancestors, and takes us on a journey of self-discovery among the stars. Hexe Fey’s video “Ancestral Dance” incorporates glitch art and archival film and video that invites us to learn about the history of the ghost dance ceremony and to re-examine colonial violence head on.
Journey with us to the past, the future, to the stars, and experience the animacy of the universe!
Asinabka acknowledges support from Canada Council for the Arts, Ontario Art Council – an agency of the Government of Ontario, the City of Ottawa, and Telefilm Canada.
Asinabka Festival runs September 15-20 at various locations around the city. See AsinabkaFestival.org for full festival details.
Visiting Gallery 101
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Open Saturday September 30 for the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation
Closed Saturday October 10 (Thanksgiving weekend)
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