Dates
2021-08-19 to 2021-10-15
Curator
Curated by Melaw Nakehk’o for Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre.
Funder
Co-produced by AbTeC
Artists
Cody Fennel
Kablusiak
Margaret Nazon
Riel Stevenson Burke
Robyn McLeod
Siku Allooloo
Co-produced by AbTeC
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, curated by Melaw Nakehk’o, founding member of Dene Nahjo, is a mixed-reality exhibition, taking place simultaneously at Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre in Yellowknife, NWT, (the first show of contemporary Indigenous art in the NWT!) and at AbTeC Gallery online. Exhibiting artists include Kablusiak, Margaret Nazon, Riel Stevenson Burke, Robyn McLeod, Siku Allooloo, Casey Koyczan, and Cody Fennel.
The virtual exhibition includes transmediated versions of the works in the physical gallery and offers a parallel avenue of access to the pieces. The artists in Rooted and Ascending engage with Indigenous Futurism, a social and cultural movement that celebrates the power of imagination, technology, and self-determination. They cast visions that describe, often through the lens of science fiction and cosmology, their own utopian ideals. Each artist, whether using technology or traditional techniques, explores what is possible. If colonial oppression did not exist, what would the future look like?
Exhibition Flythrough
Artworks
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Robyn McLeod. Chill. 2021. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Kablusiak. Garfield series, installation view. 2021. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Robyn McLeod. Digital collage series, installation view. 2020. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Casey Koyczan. Future Sweetgrass. 2021. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Riel Stevenson Burke. Stuck in Bechoko. 2021. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Robyn McLeod. Digital collage series, installation view. 2020. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending [installation view]. 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Casey Koyczan. Future Sweetgrass. 2021. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Cody Fennel. Untitled. 2015. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Robyn McLeod. Ash Visor. 2020. In Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending, 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Vernissage Livestream
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Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Camelia Layachi.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Camelia Layachi.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Camelia Layachi.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Camelia Layachi.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Indigenous Futures: Rooted and Ascending vernissage. 19 August 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.