Response to Diary of a e’pite’ji’j: hypervigilant love + Big ‘Uns **Trigger Warning**: the following response to Diary of a e’pite’ji’j: hypervigilant love mentions descriptions of colonial violence against Indigenous Women, Two Spirit folks, gender non-conforming individuals and girls— the work in this exhibition is personal and specific to experiences of the artist. Navigating this… Read More
Rounding the center of the rOUGE gallery were five pilot whale rib bones naturally curving their space and outlining the shape of their original form. From Whale Cove, Cape Breton (Nova Scotia) these rib bones came into the hands of poet and artist Michelle Sylliboy when her older brother John helped bring them home from… Read More
Arbitrary Lines: Refugee Law in Canada 1986 – 2012 More refugees arrive by plane in any given year than by boat, yet the visibility of a large group of people arriving at once grips a nation’s attention, exposing latent fears and prejudices more readily than the relatively quiet and dispersed arrival of refugees by… Read More
Dear Logan, Thank you for sharing your work with me over the last couple of months. I notice many similarities in our thoughts, concerns, and questions about identity and authenticity. Our intentions reflect a genuine desire to learn and feel a sense of belonging. I’m aware of that uneasy feeling when you are unsure whether… Read More
Two little girls stand transfixed before a mixed-media sculpture by Emily Jan, which takes the life-sized shape of a fabulous anteater. Its intense pink, shiny tongue is frozen in a gesture that snakes towards the girls and then ends with a flourish of greenery. A large bouquet of vividly coloured flowers cascades from its hindquarters… Read More