<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body 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="6FB02ED3-1D89-44B8-91AC-4FCDA1B3A2BC" src="cid:DA371541-26D0-41FF-97B2-A3349F5D3960@uwaterloo.ca" class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br 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 class=""></div><div dir="auto" style="font-family: ArialMT; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" 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="">Exhibition closes 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-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Curated by Matthew Ryan Smith</b></span></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, Helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;" class=""><b class="">Circulated by McIntosh Gallery, Western University</b></span></span></div><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;" 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><font face="ArialMT" class=""> </font><a href="http://www.skawennati.com/" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif;" class="">www.skawennati.com</a></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; 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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>(installation detail), 2017, 21 min., Machinima HD Video, English, 16:9 aspect, Edition 2 of 6. Collection of the artist. Photo: Scott Lee.</span></div></body></html>