| Description | Cutting Copper Indigenous Resurgent Practice Two days of performances and discussions Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, 2016 Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg and Leanne Betasamosake Simpson describe resurgence as “the rebuilding of Indigenous nations according to our own political, intellectual and cultural traditions.” Cutting Copper: Indigenous Resurgent Practice, a collaborative project between grunt gallery and the Belkin Art Gallery, aims to bring together a cross-disciplinary group of artists, curators, writers, educators, scholars, students and activists to explore the embodied theory of Indigenous resurgence and cultural representation – both from the perspectives of their own disciplines and one another’s. The event will focus specifically on the role that contemporary Indigenous artistic practice does and can play in redefining cultural tradition, representation, and the relations between Settler and Indigenous peoples at sites of creativity, community and dissent. A series of performances at the Belkin Art Gallery will respond to the exhibition_ Lalakenis/All Directions: A Journey of Truth and Unity_ by Kwakwaka’wakw artist Beau Dick, and will be followed by thematic discussions held at the Liu Institute for Global Issues and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies. Cutting Copper: Indigenous Resurgent Practice is presented with support from the British Columbia Arts Council. Admission is free, but space is limited and registration is required. Please register by February 25 to rsvp.belkin@ubc.ca. PROGRAM FRIDAY, MARCH 4 Recognition, Refusal and Resurgence 2 pm: Performance / Dana Claxton Location: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Discussion following / Panelists: Linc Kesler, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Alfred Taiaiake; Moderator: Shelly Rosenblum Location: Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC, 6476 NW Marine Drive This panel will address some of the theoretical interventions at play when considering the ways in which Indigenous peoples have sought to overcome the contemporary life of settler-colonization and achieve self-determination through cultural production and critique. SATURDAY, MARCH 5 Creations, Insertions and Rebuffs: Cultural Institutions and Practice 9:30 am: Performance / Maria Hupfield and Charlene Vickers Location: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Discussion following / Panelists: Jarrett Martineau, Wanda Nanibush, Tannis Nielsen; Moderator: Lorna Brown Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University Centre, UBC, 6331 Crescent Road This panel will address the role of performative, educational, curatorial or programming models to investigate how they might challenge or alter institutions’ interactions with Indigenous peoples. Sovereignty Across Disciplines 2 pm: Performance / Tanya Lukin Linklater Location: Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Discussion following / Panelists: Julie Nagam, Michelle Raheja, Dylan Robinson; Moderator: Tarah Hogue Location: Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, University Centre, UBC, 6331 Crescent Road This panel will explore intersecting fields of literature, film, media and cultural studies and dance as modalities of resurgent cultural expression. |
| Date | Fri, March 4, 2016 |
| Repeat Type | Daily;Until=March 6 8:00am
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| Created by | Belkin Art Gallery |
| Updated | Fri, January 8, 2016 6:26pm GMT |