The TALK International: Our Movements in-Season
Join us online as Indigenous artists from Nations around the world discuss the role that natural land-based cycles play in their work and inspiration.
Available Online | Free
Facilitator:
Aiden Gillis (Mi’kmaw and French, Canada)
Panelists:
Cheryl Simon (Mi’kmaw, Canada)
Dr. Nativo (Mayan, Guatemala)
Faumelisa Manquepillan (Mapuche, Chile)
Johnson Witehira (Māori and Pākehā, New Zealand)
Aqqalu Berthelsen (Inuk, Finland)
Interpreter: Bettina Bettati
Read more about these amazing artists on our website!
About the topic:
The Mi’kmaq Lunar Calendar speaks to what is happening ecologically on Mi’kma’ki (Mi’kmaq Territory). Each new moon offers lessons about what is shifting both around us and within us simultaneously, on the land we belong to. What does it mean to decolonize time and honour our relationships to natural cycles? How is this impacted by climate change, and how are Indigenous artists responding to changes while balancing ancestral innovation with contemporary vision? We’re having this conversation internationally to explore a variety of experiences Indigenous artists are having through practising sovereign cultural connections within a supply and demand economy.
This conversation is available to experience in both the English and Spanish language.
