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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="B9F7035F-4984-42CD-A2B1-26A6E090168B" src="cid:025E6A16-400E-4C26-96F8-262C9951128F@uwaterloo.ca" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><span style="color: rgb(227, 36, 0); font-size: 19px;" class=""><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Skawennati</span></strong><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">From Skyworld to Cyberspace</span></strong></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><strong style="caret-color: rgb(227, 36, 0); color: rgb(227, 36, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">September 12–October 26, 2019</span></strong></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></strong></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Curated by Matthew Ryan Smith</span></strong></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><strong style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Circulated by McIntosh Gallery, Western University</span></strong></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><b class=""><font color="#e32400" class=""><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""></span></font><span style="font-size: 14px;" class=""><span style="caret-color: rgb(227, 36, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Opening Reception</span></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">: Thursday September 12, </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(227, 36, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">5–8 pm, ECH 1239</span></span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class="">Artist Presentation: Friday September 13, 12–1 pm, ECH 1219</span></span></span></b><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">In </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">From Skyworld to Cyberspace</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">, artist Skawennati (Mohawk, turtle clan) traces a line from our place of origin somewhere in the heavens to the virtual realm, one of the newest territories on Earth. Investigating concepts of time and self, Skawennati engages various mechanisms of gaming and play, interweaving traditional Mohawk stories and ritual objects with new technologies and processes through representations of avatars, most notably her online persona, which she has maintained for over a decade in the virtual world, Second Life. <i class="">From Skyworld to Cyberspace</i> is a result of Skawennati’s continuing investigation of cultural construction, contemporary Indigenous self-representation in cyberspace, and of our relationships with the digital world.</span><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Skawennati</b> makes art that addresses history, the future, and change from an Indigenous perspective. Her innovative new media projects include the online gallery/chat-space, and mixed-reality event, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">CyberPowWow </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">(1997-2004); a paper doll/time-travel journal, </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">Imagining Indians in the 25th Century</span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> (2001); and </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0in;" class="">TimeTraveller™ </span></i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">(2008-2013), a multi-platform project featuring nine machinima episodes. These works and others have been presented in New Zealand, Germany, Italy, Ireland and across North America in major exhibitions such as </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Now? Now!</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> at the Biennale of the Americas and </span><i style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">Looking Forward (L’Avenir)</i><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""> at the Montreal Biennale. Skawennati is represented by ELLEPHANT and her award-winning work is included in both public and private collections. Born in Kahnawà:ke Mohawk Territory, Skawennati holds a BFA from Concordia University in Montreal, where she is based. Currently, she is Co-Director, with Jason E. Lewis, of Aboriginal Territories in Cyberspace (AbTeC), a research network of artists, academics, and technologists investigating, creating, and critiquing Indigenous virtual environments.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><font face="Arial, sans-serif" class=""><a href="http://www.skawennati.com/" class="">www.skawennati.com</a></font></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">McIntosh Gallery acknowledges the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council.</span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; 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font-size: 13.333333015441895px;"><span class="" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1</span><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><img apple-inline="yes" id="F016AD72-27F3-49A2-B19E-9CF2A95C82AA" src="cid:0BE83CCD-7B8A-4113-A544-A2142D053B8D@uwaterloo.ca" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333015441895px;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt;" class=""><strong class="">Image credit:</strong> Skawennati, <i class="">She Falls for Ages </i>(still), 2017, 21 min., Machinima HD Video, English, 16:9 aspect, Edition 2 of 6. Collection of the artist. Image courtesy of the artist and ELLEPHANT, Montreal.</span></div></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="">
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