Exhibition

Land Back

7 May 2022 – 3 Jul 2022

Regular hours

Saturday
10:00 – 18:00
Sunday
10:00 – 18:00
Tuesday
10:00 – 18:00
Wednesday
10:00 – 18:00
Thursday
10:00 – 18:00
Friday
10:00 – 18:00

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Land Back: Susan Blight, Quinn Hopkins, Devin Ronneberg & Kite, Casey Koyczan, Beric Manywounds, Michael Namingha, Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun & Paisley Smith, Chandra Melting Tallow

About

Since time immemorial, Indigenous peoples have preserved biodiversity in the face of continued human population growth. Shortly after the time of first contact with Europeans, Indigenous communities were stripped of their ancestral lands; the Land Back movement aims to restore governance and stewardship of the territory for a sustainable future.

If Land Back is a call to action, a return of equity to a stolen territory, it also allows for some questioning. How can we best protect biodiversity, land and water? The first step would be to return the land to its traditional and legitimate protectors. The revalorization of Indigenous knowledge goes beyond symbolic gestures of recognition or inclusion; it aims to significantly change practices and structures.

In science fiction, as in the contemporary world, Indigenous communities are often excluded from the narrative. Usually associated with the past, Indigenous perspectives are rarely solicited in relation to the future world. Against this backdrop, many artists from the worlds of film, literature and visual arts have turned to Indigenous futurism: a concept theorized by Anishinabe professor Dr. Grace Dillon in her book Walking the Clouds: An Anthology of Indigenous Science Fiction (2003). Indigenous futurism is a multi-disciplinary artistic and cultural movement that aims to bring Indigenous insights to conversations about apocalypse, the supernatural, technology and more. As part of this movement, BACA wished to present a grouping of works and artists that address these themes through multiple mediums.

This exhibition, through a strong proposal of video works, brings together the works of artists Beric Manywounds, Casey Koyczan, Kite and Devin Ronneberg. A marked dialogue is established between Manywounds and Koyczan’s projections on the theme of spirituality in a mystical and marvelous aesthetic, while Kite and Ronneberg’s Fever Dream addresses the question of the supernatural in the Indigenous and non-Indigenous world allied to the fear of the end of the world.

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CuratorsToggle

Michael Patten

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Susan Blight

Quinn Hopkins

Devin Ronneberg & Kite

Casey Koyczan

Beric Manywounds

Michael Namingha

Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun & Paisley Smith

Chandra Melting Tallow

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