Nikki Manzi | the land dreams in ceremonies: reparation

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Nikki Manzie, “The land dreams in ceremonies: reparation,”

(courtesy of the CCBC)

A relational land-based ceremonial-craft exhibition by Nikki Manzie.

Through Ukrainian folk-knowledge and crafts, along with ceremonies timed by the old calendar (moon cycles - misyats'), Manzie explores the intersection of "tradition" with "direct relationship" with the land, and what it means to root ancestral knowledge in a "good way" in territories where she is an uninvited guest. Her methodology includes: deep listening; reading the symbols and signs; dreams; research; relationship-building; mentorship and apprenticeship.

This exhibition documents her experiences, the resulting crafts, and the progression of personal land reparation ceremonies. And it asks audiences to engage in the questions and material for themselves.