Archive

Dáiddádallu Collectivities

Màret Ánne Sara, Dine Arnannguaa, Piera Heaika Muotka, Ken Are Bongo

Creative Sovereignty Embodied Practices and Kinship

Gunvor Guttorm, Harald Gaski, Hannah Presley, aqui Thami

Cosmologyscapes

Kite, Ursula Johnson, Naine Terena, Brian Martin, Synnøve Persen, Gustavo Caboco

Narrative Healing

Wesley Shaw, Darlene Naponse, Nanobah Becker, Matti Aikio, Elias Yamani Ismail

Fashion, Art, Tradition and Rebellion

Sage Paul, Christian Chapman, Myranda Spence

aabaakwad Performances and Poetry

MC Daniel Browning, Rebecca Belmore, Rana Bishara, Timimie Märak, Janet Rogers, Susie Anderson, Kulleh Grasi, Mosab Alnomire, Beaska Niils and New Red Order

Pop Catharsis and the import of history

Mark Igloliorte, Tony Albert, Ayesha Green, Taqralik Partridge, Dayna Danger

Decolonizing the Museum

Brook Andrew, Tarah Hogue, Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Biung Ismahasan, Léuli Eshrāghi, Kimberley Moulton

The Knot of Narrative

Aziz Hazara, r e a, Brook Andrew, asinnajaq, Taarati Taiaroa, Matti Aiko, Synnøve PersenModerator: Wanda Nanibush

Generational Resistance where Family meets Art

Anders Sunna and Family

Beyond Nation in National contexts

Rebecca Belmore, Judy Watson, Raven Chacon, D HardingModerator: Wanda Nanibush

aabaakwad Opening

Hosted by Sami Parliament a night of music, performance and talks.

Biennials and Art Interventions

Richard Bell, Fernanda Olivares Molina, Brett Graham, Rachael Rakena, Nadia Myre, Moderator: Megan Tamati-Quennell

The Image as its own Undoing

Vernon Ah Kee, Sandra Brewster, Alan Michelson, Scott Benesiinaabandan

Performance

Performance by Pauliina Feodoroff

What is nation?

iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) in partnership with aabaakwad (it clears after a storm) raises the question of, ‘What is nation?’ with artists Sonia Boyce, Zineb Sedira, Stan Douglas and Yuki Kihara chaired by iniva artistic director Sepake Angiama.

Inside/Outside Curating in Global context

Liisa-Rávná Finbog, Beaska Niillas, Ioana Gordon-Smith, Candice Hopkins, Greg Hill, Moderator: Léuli Eshrāghi  

Highlights from aabaakwad 2020 NIRIN

These talks were presented as part of 3-day gathering of Indigenous artists, curators and thinkers to launch the 22nd Biennale […]

aabaakwad 2020 NIRIN

aabaakwad 2020 NIRIN was an international four day gathering of Indigenous artists, curators and thinkers which launched the 22nd Biennale […]

Material Languages

Marianne Nicolson and Dempsey Bob in Conversation Their innovative use of materials leads to new/ancient histories, embodiments and politics.

6:30pm

Opening Party

Opening party for Greg Staats, Alan Michelson, Shuvinai Ashoona. Cash Bar and Hors d’oeuvres

5:00pm

Keynote: Gerald Vizenor

Gerald Vizenor is of Anishinabe heritage and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation. The author of more than 50 books of nonfiction, fiction, and poetry, Vizenor attended college on the GI Bill after serving in the armed forces for three years, mostly in Japan.

4:00pm

Karanga atu, Holding space

New Maori art by two emerging Maori women artists Megan Tamati-Quennell,  Ayesha Green and Ana Iti Curator of Modern & Contemporary […]

3:00pm

Vexoa: Contemporary Indigenous Art from Brazil

Naine Terena (curator) with artists Kaya Agari, Olinda Muniz Tupinambá, Denilson Baniwa “Véxoa-we know, refers to what we know about […]

2:00pm

Sovereign Words

Poetry Readings from Billy Ray-Belcourt, Janet Rogers, Timimie Märakfollowed by a conversation between the poets moderated by Liisa-Ravna Finbog.  Each […]

12:00pm

Pasapkedjiniwong: The River That Passes Through The Rocks

John Hampton, Léuli Eshrāghi, Joi T Arcand,  Caroline Monnet A conversation from the curators and artists in Pasapkedjinawong exhibition which […]

11:00am

The Frisky Business of Creation

Artists Taqralik Partridge, Laakkuluk Williamson-Bathory, and Tarralik Duffy in conversation. A conversation between three artists on the rise who are also […]

5:30pm

In Constant Return

Greg Staats and Rick Hill in conversation Staats dives deeper into the meanings within his exhibition, In Constant Return, at […]

4:30pm

Theatre of the World

Alan Michelson (Mohawk, USA) in conversation with Wanda Nanibush Alan Michelson’s Theatrum Orbis Terrarum (Theatre of the World) is a video […]

3:30pm

Those Who Stand in Front Take the Heat

Greg Hill, Kathleen Ash-Milby, Peter Jemison A deep dive into some of the crucial artists and events that brought Indigenous […]

2:30pm

Nanabozhoo’s Sisters

Lori Blondeau, Shelley Niro, Rebecca Belmore  A conversation between three influential artists who have brought First Nations women, communities and […]

12:30pm

These Rocks Are Breathing

John Sabourin, Bill Nasogaluak and Shuvinai Ashoona, moderated by Taqralik Partridge A conversation between three artists who grapple with contemporary […]

11:30am

Between Performance and Museum Object

Maria Hupfield in conversation with Tarah Hogue and Mikinaak (Crystal) Migwans A conversation between artist Hupfield and curators Hogue and […]

11:00am

Keynote: Duke Redbird

Dr. Duke Redbird is an established Indigenous intellectual, poet, painter, broadcaster, filmmaker and keynote speaker, he brings his breadth of cultural knowledge and artistic practice to the benefit of a global audience.

9:00pm

Concert – The Halluci Nation

The Halluci Nation is real. As they enter a new cycle, Bear Witness and Tim “2oolman” Hill of A Tribe […]

7:30pm

Red is Beautiful, The Conversation

Robert Houle and Faye Heavyshield with Barry Ace

7:00pm

Keynote – Robert Houle

From growing up in Sandy Bay First Nation (Kaa-wii-kwe-tawang-kak) and attending residential school to pursuing extensive academic studies and becoming an […]

10:00am

Exhibition Opens

Visit Robert Houle Red is Beautiful, a retrospective exhibition of fifty years of Saulteaux artist Robert Houle’s career. Robert Houle: […]