Glenna Cardinal: mourning home
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Esker Foundation 444-1011 9 Avenue SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 0H7
Glenna Cardinal, "mourning home," 2019
Through Cardinal’s beautifully crafted work that includes home furnishings, taxidermy, and rocks from the area around her former childhood home, Cardinal’s work explores themes of land and home, displacement and loss related to the construction Calgary’s Southwest Ring Road through Tsuut’ina Nation. Esker is pleased to work with TRUCK to present Cardinal’s important and timely installation exploring the human impacts of urban development on First Nations land.
Glenna Cardinal continues to explore her bone-deep connection to the reserve land that she grew up on, the land that was her Tsuut’ina Nation grandmothers’ and is now the Southwest Calgary Ring Road. Her work is a response to her displacement and forced colonial identity while seeking comfort in a new place. Cardinal is a Saddle Lake Cree Nation member who continues to reside on her maternal reserve, Tsuut’ina Nation.
Saturday, April 13th, 1-2:30pm > Walking Tour: Mourning Home
Join Cardinal for a conversational walking tour, beginning with her work on view in the Esker Foundation Project Space and ending with her installation Tina Dik’iizh | clear road or clear trail in the Elders’ Guidance Circle at the Calgary Public Library—with discussion of various places in between. Presented in partnership with TRUCK Contemporary Art.
Rain or shine, please dress appropriately for walking outside.
Registration recommended.