Àbadakone | Continous Fire | Feu continuel
Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2020
ISBN 9780888849977
This book accompanies the exhibition Àbadakone | Continous Fire | Feu continuel shown at the National Gallery of Canada in 2019-2020. Àbadakone is the second exhibition in a series at the National Gallery showcasing contemporary Indigenous Art from Around the World. The exhibition featured the work of 70 creators curated by Rachelle Dickenson, Greg A. Hill, and Christine Lalonde. In the book the various contributors reflect on the exhibition and draw connections between the featured creators. The curators identify three key concepts that thread through the show, including relatedness, continuity, and activation. The exhibition prioritizes collaborative and generative practices that explore how knowledge is shared in and beyond the gallery.
Contents:
Foreword; Acknowledgements; Àbadakone | Continous Fire | Feu continuel | Feeding the Flames by Rachelle Dickenson with Greg Hill and Christine Lalonde; A Conversation About Curating: from Sakahàn to Àbadakone by Rachelle Dickenson, Greg Hill and Christine Lalonde with Jason Edward Lewis; Making Tomorrow from Long-Ago by Greg A. Hill; Embodied Resurgence: Global Indigenous Performance by Carla Taunton; Proving them Wrong: A Conversation with Thirza Cuthand by Ariel Smith; Native but Foreign, Citizen but Cosmopolitan: Reflections on African Art, Indigeneity and Fluid Communities; Shaman Showman: The Spectacular Work of the Late and Great James Luna by Megan Tamati-Quennell; Sharing Worlds, Hides and Thoughts about an Archive by Joar Nango; Tasipyane yakai ki Kacaucadurane: Performative Soverignty in Between Dreams by Eleng Luluan at Àbadakone| Continous Fire | Feu continuel by Biung Ismahasan; World-Making: Indigenous Art and Worlding the Global by Birgit Hopfener, Heather Igloliorte, Ruth Philips, Carmen Robertson and Ming Tiampo; 22nd Century Proto:Typing by Jason Edward Lewis; Artists; Selected Bibliography; Contributors.
ITEM 2020.016 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Sámi Architectural Library – Joar Nango
MaID I – Zanele Muholi
land.breath – Peter Morin
Knowledge Transference III – Jeneen Frei Njootli
cantchant – Vernon Ah Kee
What Else? – Eko Nugroho
The Travellor – Eko Nugroho
Teiakwanahstahsontéhrha'/We Extend the Rafters – Skawennati
Right Here, Right Now – Qudus Onikeku
L'nuweltik (We Are Indian) – Ursula Johnson
The Museological Grand Hall – Ursula Johnson
Mi'kwaite'tmn (Do You Remember) – Ursula Johnson
Nigik Makizinan – Barry Ace
Message – Maureen Gruben
Yelth Koo – Lisa Hageman Yahgujanaas
Tepkik – Jordan Bennett
K'ómoks Imperial Stormtrooper (Andy Everson), Citizens of the K'ómoks First Nation – Will Wilson
AKA – Mata Aho
The Elder's Say We Don't Visit Anymore – Dylan Miner
Ikumagialiit – Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory
Through the Looking Glass – Thirza Cuthand
Thirza Cuthand is an Indian Within the Meaning of the Indian Act – Thirza Cuthand
2 Spirit Introductory Special – Thirza Cuthand
2 Spirit Dreamcatcher Dot Com – Thirza Cuthand
Reclamation – Thirza Cuthand
Somnyama Ngonyama – Zanele Muholi
Enitan and Folashade – Taiye Idahor
Musclemen – Leonce Raphael Agbodjélou
The Ultrabeam, Who Let the Beings Out III – Siwa Mgoboza
The Beings of Africadia IV: Pajarina Fantina – Siwa Mgoboza
One Day Sculpture – James Luna
Urban (Almost) Rituals – James Luna
Between Dreams – Eleng Luluan
Spanish Window – Tracey Moffatt
Kinship Masks – Dayna Danger
Outlander – Dayna Danger
Here on Future Earth – Joi T. Arcand