Makekway Masinakatew/Untitled

Synopsis:  A narration of an old Okanagan Nation story about the Earth's beginnings accompanies images of the artist's body, revealed while she is weight training. In this very figurative self-portrait, the female body is expanded to encompass broader cultural territory.… Leer más

Synopsis: Created for exhibition as a video installation artwork, the video plays continuously on a monitor embedded in a large white wall or sheet of white fabric, creating a small moving-image 'painting' within an expanse of white space.

Synopsis: An installation/time-loop format self-portrait of the artist on the Brooklyn library escalator. In this playful, serious & surreal altered-time self-portrait, the escalator and the simple act of taking steps are abstracted to become symbolic of spiritual movement, imposed/colonial notions, and relationship to technology.… Leer más