borrowed belonging: art ecosystem
Unit/Pitt Projects 2954 West 4 Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia V6K 1R4
Art Ecosystem, “borrowed belonging,” 2024
(courtesy of the Gallery)
UNIT/PITT and art ecosystem invite you to join us for the opening reception of borrowed belonging. The exhibition features a collection of sculpture, installation, prints, poetry and plant medicines created by art ecosystem collective members karmella benedito de barros, Maymoona Gaid, Lexi Mellish-Mingo and Sevin Shabankareh during their time participating in UNIT/PITT’s The Garden, The Gallery artist-in-residence program.
This residency and exhibition take place on the unceded traditional territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations near the village of Sen̓áḵw.
borrowed belonging features found materials from UNIT/PITT’s garden and natural elements gathered in the surrounding neighborhood. The exhibition platforms the collective’s ever-changing relationship to the land and plant neighbours, while serving as a practice in place-making and temporary nesting during their UNIT/PITT residency.