Past Exhibitions

2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 1995 - 2000

 

 

BACK/FLASH

October 25 - December 21, 2003
Curator: Dana Claxton

Back/Flash is an examination of Aboriginal and Inuit media art ranging from early video production to seminal video installation, virtual reality, cyber art, digital works and single channel video. The intent of Back/Flash is to map and record this vital contribution to art history and group together works that have contributed to media art discourses. These works are from a First Peoples perspective and exhibit the interior of Aboriginal, Inuit and Métis cultural practices and worldviews. These works challenge, enlighten, accuse and entertain interpretations of history, colonialism, and "Indian Art".

Back/Flash combines works that utilize technologies to continue to support Aboriginal traditional teachings via the flash of light. The exhibition includes works by: Cat Cayuga, Thriza Cuthand, Dana Claxton, Skawennati Tricia Fragnito, David Garneau, Stephen Foster, Zacharius Kunuk, Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew, Steven Loft, Zachery Longboy, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Darlene Naponse, Mike MacDonald, Shelley Niro and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun. These works investigate self and construct authentic images of self, while maintaining a clear articulation of the mixture of technology with history, technology with culture and technology with art. History, culture and art are pulled together by flashes of light that create images and sounds that carry Aboriginality from time immemorial into the 21st century.