CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The Next 500 Years International Exhibition of Contemporary Indigenous Art The world is changing. Now is the moment to reconfigure our notions of time to reveal alternative ways of thinking and being for the future. In Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years Indigenous artists imagine the future within the context of present experiences and past histories. By radically reconsidering encounter narratives between native and non-native people, Indigenous prophecies, possible utopias and apocalypses, this exhibition proposes intriguing possibilities for the next 500 years. “We all in different measure have carved out the future,” observes Hopi photographer and filmmaker, Victor Masayesva, in his book Husk of Time. “We are all clairvoyants, soothsayers, prophets, knowingly assuming our predictions.” Close Encounters brings together over 30 Indigenous artists from across Canada, the United States, South America, Europe, Australia and New Zealand, including newly commissioned work from Rebecca Belmore, Faye HeavyShield, Kent Monkman, and Edward Poitras. Jimmie Durham’s long-term sculptural work A Pole to Mark the Centre of the World at Winnipeg will be an ongoing critique of widely held ideas surrounding space and location, while James Luna's poignant installation The Spirits of Virtue and Evil Await my Ascension, addresses issues of ritual and the passing of time. Close Encounters showcases artists and artworks that collectively invent provocative futures from a diversity of perspectives and practices. Main Exhibition site: 109 Pacific Ave, Winnipeg MB Additional sites: Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, 460 Portage Ave. Manitoba Hydro Head Office lobby, 360 Portage Ave. The Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd The Manitoba Museum Event Dates January 20 - May 20, 2011 Address Organization: Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada 2010 Various venues, see description Hours Call 204.942.7668 for hours Accessibility Yes Contact Information Phone: 204.942.7668 URL: http://www.artsforall.ca/ Ticket Information Free admission Back.
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downtown @t winnipeg art gallery, rebecca belmore, contemporary indigenous art