November 1 - December 14, 2019
TRUCK Contemporary Art, Calgary, AB
Joi T. Arcand, Richelle Bear Hat, Susan Blight, Tsēmā Igharas, Michelle Sylliboy, and Alberta Rose W./Ingniq
Curatorial project for the inaugural Emerging Curatorial Residency at TRUCK Contemporary Art
Review by Maeve Hanna for Akimblog
Included in Canadian Art’s year-end review, “Year in Relations” by Jas Morgan
Review by Mercedes Webb for Rungh Magazine
The exhibition features six Indigenous artists who create work in an Indigenous language from each of the major geographic regions of what is now known as Canada—Anishinaabemowin, Komqwejwi'kasikl, nêhiyawêwin, Nitsiipowahsiin, Tāłtān, and Uummarmiutun. Taskoch pipon kona kah nipa muskoseya, nepin pesim eti pimachihew celebrates and centres Indigenous language revitalization and ways of knowing. This exhibition aims to address and initiate a discussion on how Indigenous languages intertwine with Indigenous epistemologies and how the dormancy and extinction of Indigenous languages leads to a hinderance of culture and knowledge. Bringing together emerging and established Indigenous artists based in so-called Canada, the exhibition gives space back to those artists whose practices deal with Indigenous languages in each of their visibilities, vulnerabilities, and regional voices.
Banner Image: Susan Blight, On the Occasion of Our Small Gatherings, hooked rug, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist.