An online artist talk moderated by Cheryl L’Hirondelle
Thursday, June 23, 2022
12 – 1:00 pm EDT
Join the artists, curators, and exhibition essay author in a discussion that explores the genesis of the Lii Zoot Tayr exhibition. Amy Malbeuf, Suzanne Morrissette, Tannis Nielsen, Tiffany Shaw, and Jessie Ray Short will be joined by Cheryl L’Hirondelle in a discussion about the intersections of science, belief, spirituality, and technology as it informs the work presented as part of the exhibition. Together they will discuss the ideas behind each work with an eye to future directions in considering the possibility of dreaming other worlds into being.
Cheryl L’Hirondelle (Cree/Halfbreed) is an award-winning interdisciplinary artist, singer/songwriter and critical thinker whose Indigenous family roots are from Papaschase First Nation and Kikino Metis Settlement, Alberta. Her work investigates and articulates a dynamism of nêhiyawin (Cree worldview) in contemporary time-place incorporating Indigenous language(s), audio, video, VR, the olfactory, sewn objects, music, audience/user participation, and community engagement to create immersive environments and events towards “radical inclusion.” As a songwriter, L’Hirondelle’s focus is on both sharing nêhiyawêwin (Cree language) and Indigenous and contemporary song-forms and personal narrative songwriting as “survivance” methodologies. In 2021, Cheryl was awarded a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art.
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Exhibition views
Lii Zoot Tayr
13 May – 10 Jul 2022

These Streets Remember
Virtual lecture
5 Jul 2022

Dreaming Together
Artist panel
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Curators’ Tour
Lii Zoot Tayr
14 May 2022
