Dates
October 1st, 2021 to December 1st, 2021
Curator
Curated by Anastasia Erickson and Kahentawaks Tiewishaw for AbTeC
Funder
Co-produced by imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying Indigenous Youth Agency
Artists
Caeley Genereux
Kaidin Davis
Co-produced by imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying Indigenous Youth Agency
“When the aim is to visualise ourselves, whether it be as a traditional knowledge holder, a land owner, or surpassing settler expectations, digital spaces become cultural reconfigurations.”
– susie anderson, beyond rewriting the story: achieving Indigenous sovereignty through Virtual Reality
In Seven Generations Later, you are invited to step into a space where Indigenous youth are the authors of the coming world. Three young artists participated last summer in 7th Generation Avatar Design, one of the Initiative for Indigenous Future’s Skins Workshop, hosted by imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival and Eshkiniigjik Naandwechigegamig Aabiish Gaa Binjibaaying Indigenous Youth Agency. Over the course of nine weekends, the students channeled their hopes and anxieties about the world into unique visions of their descendants in potential tomorrows. Each artist presents a 3D version of the character they created, a portrait, and a sound piece.
Artworks
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Seven Generations Later [installation view]. October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Kaidin Davis. homegone. 2021. In Seven Generations Later, October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Seven Generations Later [installation view]. October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Seven Generations Later [installation view]. October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Caeleigh Lightning. kîkîwin (to heal). 2021. In Seven Generations Later, October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Seven Generations Later [installation view]. October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Seven Generations Later [installation view]. October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Seven Generations Later [installation view]. October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Caeleigh Lightning. kîkîwin (to heal). 2021. In Seven Generations Later, October – December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Anastasia Erickson.
Vernissage Livestream
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Seven Generations Later finissage. 15 December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Seven Generations Later finissage. 15 December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.
Seven Generations Later finissage. 15 December 2021. Machinimagraph credit: Shirley Ceravolo.