A Small Gathering for the Healing of Our Aboriginal Languages
Sep 1, 2011 — Aug 30, 2012
Description:
A Small Gathering for the Healing of Our Aboriginal Languages was a website curated by artist Peter Morin. Designed by The Future, the website featured commissioned texts by Robin Brass, Tanya Lukin-Linklater, Kathryn Michel, and Roy Russell that reflect on the loss of Indigenous languages and the relationship between language and identity. The website presented a circle of thirteen stones that each revealed a different artistic contribution when selected. Users were represented in the circle by a blank stone that offered the invitation for reflection.The project built on conversations initiated through the interrelated exhibitions Speaking in Landscape Tongues / Speaking to the Old Ones that took place at Western Front and the Museum of Anthropology in 2009.
Related Events
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2009Speaking in Landscape Tongues
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2009Speaking to the Old Ones
Western Front is a non-profit artist-run centre in Vancouver.
We acknowledge the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations as traditional owners of the land upon which Western Front stands.