As a guest on these territories, Nanâskomitin. The generosity, gentleness and love brought by Nicole Preissl, through her teaching and sharing of ts’ex̱ts’íx̱ (a medicine that grows from this land), nitataminan. Têniki, Ya’Ya Heit for sharing the beautiful knowledge and teachings of Ha Ums, the crown I wear is what remained of the medicine. Both teachings have brought me so… Read more →
The mural of the dancers at NEC Native Education College was the inspiration for this film. The colours and movement inspired the idea of dancers in cedar hats coming together as a community but maintaining their individual identities. The song is an arrangement based on the Welcome Song by the Tiqilap community singers. The film calls forth the traditions, diversity, and… Read more →
My greatest goal is to create a fluid connection between traditional and technological ideas, so that the word “contemporary” is diminished to the mere segregation that it really is. Then we can start creating from self-expression rather than self-definition. Read more →
Ghost Caribou, Ghost Wolf and ancestors act as reminders of what exists in this world and provide lessons about honesty, humility and working for the people. In this short stop-motion animation experiment time will freeze and warp. We see echoes from the past, but we remain steadfast in the present. The neighbourhood acts as both a settler compound and Indigenous… Read more →
Performance by Thirza Cuthand, October 19, 1999. Curated by Lynn Hill as part of the Havana Series from LIVE at the End of the Century. Video documentation by Mike MacDonald. Image: Merle Addison, 1999. Read more →
grunt gallery and Cool Indians On Main Street teamed up on a project for the Mount Pleasant Community Art Screen! Charlene Vickers and Neil Eustache, the co-founders of Cool Indians on Main Street benchin collective invited Indigenous artists to make an open ended statement about Indigenous presence and benchin. What is benchin one may ask? Benchin is the act of… Read more →
Zachery Longboy x Justin Ducharme These areAmongst the creaturesI still surviveBurdened by selfI make room for youYou make room for meHere is my soul(standing)beside%alongwith.Here is my breath$standing}beside!Alongwith.Here is my past %standing+beside#alongwith.Here is my dream~standing”beside=alongwith.Rejoice– Zachery Longboy For this collection of works from Dene artist Zachery Longboy, the process of finding the program started with a feeling. The word rapture presents… Read more →
The first time I ever read any creative writing in public I crammed into a small but comfortable community space, anxiously cracked open a $5 beer and stumbled through a set of writing I’d never thought would see the light of day. That community space is nestled on the well travelled thoroughfare that is Kingsway, the Toast Collective – an… Read more →
Room magazine and Indigenous Brilliance are proud to showcase the brilliant work of ten Indigenous women, Two Spirit, and Indigiqueer artists in open link in new tab. These artists, Helen Knott, Cassandra Blanchard, Molly Cross-Blanchard, Justin Ducharme, Francine Cunningham, Edzi’u, Jody Okabe, Karmella Cen Benedito De Barros, Jade Baxter, and Jaz Whitford weave together texts, video, and artwork to give… Read more →
