This page is intended to be read from the bottom up, in Chronological Order from the date of installation.
– Aylan Couchie, Artist/Curator
국제 원주민 예술 공동체 회원들이 전 세계 기관에 보내는 우려 성명
Statement of Concern from Members of the International Indigenous Arts Community to Institutions Worldwide
Artwork by Iruwa Da Silva and Mekaronti Da Silva – (2023)
Anishnaabe
grassy narrows first nation (ontario, canada)
Bio forthcoming
Artwork by Mishiikenh Kwe – Wemiigisagoo, (2023)
Anishnaabe
magnetawan first nation (ontario, canada)
Mishiikenh Kwe, or Autumn Smith, is a member of the Caribou Clan in the Anishnaabe community of Magnetawan First Nation. They are a prolific, self-taught Woodland painter and digital artist. Autumn cares deeply about authenticity in their research-based practice, crediting their grandmother as their biggest inspiration and most important teacher.
Autumn has completed commissioned work for the Ontario Arts Council, Hilroy and, DreamWorks TV.
artist bio courtesy mishiikenh kwe, 2023
Find Mishiikenh Kwe online: Instagram | Website
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A note about the Tweet buttons on this page: Though Twitter has been "X" for awhile, it seems X's cross-platform functioning has deteriorated thanks to Elon Musk, whose Starlink System I used to make this artwork. Feel free to try out the tweet buttons and post what comes up, as is.
wenbik (for a moment, for a little while)
MoCA Busan, South Korea
artist/curatorial statement
This version of wenbik (2023) is an experimental digital art and social media artistic and curatorial project working through concepts of Nbisiing portals, Nishnaabeg land-knowledge and constructions of time, language, identity and connection to place. It is a digitally curated body of work, practicing ethical reciprocal relationships negotiated with artists/communities through CARFAC fee schedules, fair use licensing (where applicable), and community donations. Some of it, based on what Eve Tuck once told me about looking back. It is a component of the artist’s interdisciplinary PhD project (PhD Candidate, Queen’s University, Kingston ON) as is the entire wenbik installation which was only fully realized with the help of Hanna Park and Yuri Choi at the MoCA Busan in South Korea who gave me the space and time to work through the concepts of this entire body of work. This artistic/curatorial, cataloguing component is in preparation for an upcoming curatorial project on Nbisiing territory in the City of North Bay (Date TBA), as well as my final dissertation.
Aylan Couchie 