Wahkohtowin Club x Tamarack Cunningham

This installation comprises a concert, a visual art exhibit, and perhaps most importantly, a work bee, where people affirm community and relations by participating in labour and art creation together. This work contextualizes established traditions (for example the ancient material formalism of scraping hide, or fiddle tunes so old that no one knows who wrote them) and modern cultural practices (original songs with non-traditional instrumentation and production, modernist art composition), meaning that multiple cultural reference points will be accessible.

With the support of a resident elder to ensure proper observation of indigenous practices, a crew of musicians, and workers and artists to create the art itself, Wahkotowin Club x Tamarack Cunningham has the cultural and artistic ability to create something truly unique.

This work will incorporate, among other things, storytelling, traditional practices, songwriting, sound design, music performance and improvisation and emergent collaboration.

Created with support from Alberta Foundation for the Arts

PLAIN LANGUAGE DESCRIPTION: This project is three-day interactive experience where Ambrose Cardinal takes a moose hide from a raw piece of animal, to a stretched and scraped hide on a willow frame, to a painted work of art, and Tamarack Cunningham accompanies him with live music and soundscape. The audience is encouraged to ask questions, help with the work, or simply observe. Pre-recorded soundscapes will provide a sonic backdrop for the work at times when there is no live music being performed.

AUDIENCE EXPERIENCE: There are opportunities for the audience to take part in the physical labour, the singing, the ceremonies, and other ancient and modern cultural practices.

AGE RATING: G

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