Response: All Woven Together

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Gordon Brent Brochu-Ingram, “bug jam,” 2023

video still (courtesy of the Gallery)

Opening Celebration + Screening: Friday March 1st at 6:00pm

Response: All Woven Together is the culmination of the Response program, an annual film program that inspires ways of responding artistically to historical and contemporary Indigenous ways of being. Participants engaged in a series of workshops led by Indigenous artists and Knowledge Holders during the summer of 2023 to produce an original video work that will be on view in The Polygon's Seaspan Pavilion.

Inspired by the depth of connection that is felt through shared stories and experiences, participants were encouraged to engage with the theme of interconnection in ways that consider the relationships we hold, and the strength, reciprocity, and care that can be derived from them.

The approaches that are presented express individual experiences that are rooted in a collective history, each lending consideration to the communities – past, present, and future – that shape the stories we tell. From meditations to monologues, these works reflect on themes of grief, compassion, and memory in ways that honour the relationships that have brought us to where we are, here and now.

In a time of instantaneous connection and communication, our networks are expanding with unprecedented speed and complexity. All Woven Together asks us to slow down and reclaim our narratives with care and contemplation.

The themes in Response will be developed further in a series of public programs.