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Sunday, October 03, 2021

Hi, Art!

Sunday, October 03, 2021

Hi, art lovers!

 
There’s one article I kept going back to Thursday, if only because it’s stacked with links that I could blast at all my group chats. It’s this guide from CBC Life: “Ways to participate in the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.” There’s no way anyone could make it through all of their watchable/readable/listenable items in a single day. And of course, that’s not the point. NDTR isn’t meant to be a 24-hour cram session. But on the 364 dates that aren’t official days of observance, we could all probably use a little nudge to keep on learning and stick with whatever intentions we might have set on Sept. 30. So here are a few more links from around the network to add to your ongoing reading list: 48 books by Indigenous authors that will help you understand Canada’s history of residential schools. Here’s a 10-song playlist to accompany it. (And there are some bonus tracks hidden in this CBC Music roundup of Indigenous artists talking about NDTR). CBC Saskatchewan commissioned an online art exhibition for NDTR, as did Telling Our Twisted Histories (who asked three Indigenous artists to respond to episodes of that CBC podcast). And in case you missed it Thursday, here’s where to stream the new documentary We Know the Truth: Stories to Inspire Reconciliation. 

And because we promised you eye candy ...

 
Photo of a tall pile of buffalo skulls taken outdoors. Condo towers appear in the background.

@luminatofestival/Instagram

Perhaps you, like me, have taken a wander near Toronto’s Harbourfront Centre and wondered what is up with that towering mountain of skulls. It’s the latest from Jay Soule (a.k.a. Chippewar), and even if you’re not in the city to marvel at in person, there’s plenty of info (including an audio tour) over here.

 
Photo of a dark industrial room. Hundreds of illuminated lightbulbs are suspended from the ceiling. Below, a figure is shot from behind, and appears to gaze up at the lights.

The Bentway

Who wants to hang out in a secret room under the Gardiner Expressway … surrounded by 3,000 lightbulbs that react to your heartbeat? Cool? Cool. Sign up here. 
 
Photograph of two patterned octagons in black and white.

@mocatoronto/Instagram

MOCA Toronto launched a new triennial this past week: Greater Toronto Art 2021. There’s a wealth of programming that you can dig into, including a whole digital “realm” that’s been created for the survey exhibition. As for what’s in the above image, I imagine that’s what you’d see if you looked up while lying on the floor of Double Gazebo by Native Art Department International. This picture was taken in the courtyard of the Varley Art Gallery of Markham in Markham, Ont. Another component of the project is over at MOCA. (Further info here.)
 
Rendering of what Continuum will look like at Fort York. A band of gradient colour (blue and green) glows as it cuts across a park landscape. In the foreground, people sit, stand and play in front of the image. Behind it, condo towers and a crane rise in the sky.

Krista Kim and Jeff Schroeder

More Toronto stuff! (Sorry, everybody, but there is a lot going on here this weekend, and I’m too excited not to share.) Continuum is the name of a massive outdoor installation that’s appearing at Fort York Oct. 2 to 4. The artist is Krista Kim (creator of a certain highly publicized NFT house), and the project features music by Jeff Schroeder of the Smashing Pumpkins. (He’ll be performing live on site a few times today. Reserve a ticket for free.)
 
 

You've got to see this

 
 
 
Composite image. Two black and white photos. At left, a portrait of a young boy of Indigenous heritage. He covers his mouth with his hand and looks away from the camera, smiling. At right, an institutional brick building.

Adrian Stimson

 

How can you better understand truth and reconciliation? Start with these 10 works of art

Indigenous artists and curators compiled this list for CBC Arts. Including books, movies and visual art, there’s lots to explore.
 
A photograph of a woman in a black T-shirt standing between thick tree branches. She is working with red thread which forming a web between the boughs.
Georgia Kirkos, McMaster University

Using thousands of metres of red string, this Métis artist is bringing a message of healing across Canada

 
Tracey-Mae Chambers began the project in Ontario this summer, and she plans to travel the entire country.
 
Closeup photo of a woman in front of a staircase covered with stuffed animals.

CBC Arts

 

'Decolonizing Love'

As teased in last week’s newsletter, watch a special episode of Poetic License. Mohawk poet Kahsenniyo Williams performs at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ont. 
 
 

Follow this artist

 
 
 
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Emily Kewageshig

@emilykewageshig
Digital painting of two Canada Geese in flight, in the style of the Woodland school of art.

@emilykewageshig/Instagram

A highlight of this past week was getting to spend time with the work of Emily Kewageshig, who served as contributing art director for CBC’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation programming. Emily considers herself a painter first, and she’s a prolific one at that. Just take a look at her feed.
 

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