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THIS IS DISPLACEMENT: Native Artists Consider the Relationship Between Land & Identity is a group exhibit of work by contemporary Native artists considering displacement, land, and identity in their work. Curated by Carolyn Lee Anderson and Emily Johnson, the exhibit features two and three-dimensional art, short films/video, recorded sound art (music/stories/sound collage) and written work that overtly or subtly deals with displacement. As curators we are defining displacement broadly because it needs a broad definition. We know displacement does not always come from an outside force and that it is sometimes felt as an intense connection TO a place other than home-land. We know that Native people have a unique and distinctive relationship to displacement's ills, and Native people have many different perspectives on displacement.  THIS IS DISPLACEMENT is a companion to the The Thank-you Bar (created by choreographer Emily Johnson), a performance of dance, storytelling, visual image, and live music that connects ideas of displacement, longing, and language to history, pre-conceived notions, architecture and igloo-myth. The idea to curate and present a group art exhibit came from a desire to offer audiences multiple views of displacement from indigenous perspectives and to encourage dialogue and critical commentary on the intersections of art and identity. Curator Carolyn Lee Anderson: I am curating this exhibit because displacement is an especially challenging issue in my life. I was born and raised in Minnesota, but my maternal heritage is Diné. I feel at home here in Minnesota, but I have an intense longing to be in the Southwest and to learn about my culture and language. It’s as if half of my heart is here in Minnesota, and the other half is in Dinétah. Curator Emily Johnson: As an artist, I am supported, challenged, and strengthened by the work of other artists. My dances are empathetic responses to my environment, experiences, and questions. But, they are MY empathetic responses, and I know there is no ONE picture of displacement, no ONE story that matters most.... I want to offer audiences a wide spectrum of images to contemplate. I want more artists’ work to be seen in more places. I believe that the more we support one another as artists and audience members, the more we and our art is strengthened. THIS IS DISPLACEMENT has exhibited at OutNorth in Anchorage, AK and at LivingArts in collaboration with OklaDADA in Tulsa, OK. The exhibit is scheduled to show in Minneapolis (November 2010), Houston (March 2011), and New York (Spring 2011) and has received support from The Seventh Generation Fund for Indian Development, Rasmuson Harper Arts Touring Fund, National Native Artist Exchange, and individual donations. Partial list of featured artists include: Carolyn Lee Anderson (Dine) Jay Bad Heart Bull (Lakota) Gordon Coons (Ojibwe/Ottawa) Jim Denomie (Ojibwe) Lisa Fifield (Oneida) Nicholas Galanin (Tlingit) Shan Goshorn (Cherokee) Priscilla Hensley Holthouse (Inupiaq) Emily Johnson (Yup'ik) Sonja Kelliher-Combs (Inupiaq/Athabaskan) Doug Limon (Ojibwe/Oneida) Andrew Okpeaha MacLean (Inupiaq) Jonathan Thunder (Ojibwe) Star Wallowing Bull (Ojibwe/Arapaho) Gwen Westerman (Dakota)
A dance film series
Windfarm is a dance series held in the late winter months in Minneapolis, at the Rogue Buddha Art Gallery. The simple goal of the Windfarm Series is to provide performance place for experimental dances, ready for an audience. Now in it's third year, Windfarm has presented the work of Catalyst, Hijack, and Mad King Thomas. Expect informality, wine, robust and savvy audiences, and an excited atmosphere.
What do you remember? What surprised you? Did you laugh? Did you cry? Did your mind wander? post - re - view is a post-performance project of Catalyst. I am interested in what happens when audiences are invited to craft a response to performance, especially when they weren't preparing for that task during the show. What stays in the mind? What is recalled? What is lost? Does any of this change the relationship between "review," "reviewer," "audience," and "performance?" |
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