What the Land Holds
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UVic Legacy Gallery Downtown 630 Yates St, Victoria, British Columbia V8W 1K9
Amanda Strong and Bracken Hanuse Corlett, "Mia," 2015
still stop-motion animation
What the Land Holds is a contemporary video art exhibition that examines the land as integral to Indigenous histories and futures, and as a site of ongoing colonization and alienation. The land holds layers of interpretation that establish places of inclusion and exclusion. The land holds what humans have created, blurring the lines between natural and artificial. The land holds stories and teachings, and returning to these is essential to our continued survival on the land.
This is the inaugural exhibition in Legacy’s new Sidewalk Gallery, a space designed to activate and inspire community collaborations and to make art more accessible to the public.
Curated by Nicole Achtymichuk (UVic BSc ’20, Young Canada Works Curatorial Intern)