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Thursday, 14 Sep 2023 at 6 pm

Outdoor Screen

Artist Response: Audrey Siegl and Manuel Axel Strain’s what do you know?

  • χʷəy̓χʷiq̓tən, Audrey Siegl

    χʷəy̓χʷiq̓tən, Audrey Siegl is an independent activist from the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̍əm Musqueam. She works with teachings and medicines going back to the Old Timers she spent time with until they passed when she was a teen. She is rooted in West Coast/Musqueam medicines.  Audrey has worked all across Turtle Island with many nations & medicines. She is proud & honoured to carry on the work her grandparents & countless generations before her did.

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  • Manuel Axel Strain

    Manuel Axel Strain is a 2-Spirit artist from the lands and waters of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Simpcw and Syilx peoples, based in the sacred region of their q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie) and qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen) relatives. Strain’s mother is Tracey Strain and father is Eric Strain. Tracey’s parents are Harold Eustache (from Chuchua) and Marie Louis (from nk̓maplqs). Eric’s parents are Helen Point (from xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) and John Strain (from Ireland). Although they attended Emily Carr University of Art + Design, they prioritize Indigenous epistemologies through the embodied knowledge of their mother, father, siblings, cousins, aunties, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandparents and ancestors. Their work has been exhibited at Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver Art Gallery, Unit 17, Richmond Art Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, UBC Okanagan Gallery, Neutral Ground, University of Saskatchewan Art Galleries and they were longlisted for the 2022 Sobey Award and was a recipient of the 2022 Portfolio Prize.

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Please join us outside in front of the gallery to witness Audrey Siegl responding to what do you know? by Manuel Axel Strain. Both artists will be in attendance.

Commissioned for the outdoor screen, Manuel Axel Strain’s work comprises three segments that layer voices and locations across space and time. As part of the installation, the video is surrounded by an in situ painting that evokes a power that is traced to different memories, stories and places.

 

Image (above): Manuel Axel Strain, what do you know?, 2023. Photo: Michael R. Barrick

  • χʷəy̓χʷiq̓tən, Audrey Siegl

    χʷəy̓χʷiq̓tən, Audrey Siegl is an independent activist from the unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̍əm Musqueam. She works with teachings and medicines going back to the Old Timers she spent time with until they passed when she was a teen. She is rooted in West Coast/Musqueam medicines.  Audrey has worked all across Turtle Island with many nations & medicines. She is proud & honoured to carry on the work her grandparents & countless generations before her did.

    Read More

  • Manuel Axel Strain

    Manuel Axel Strain is a 2-Spirit artist from the lands and waters of the xʷməθkʷəyəm (Musqueam), Simpcw and Syilx peoples, based in the sacred region of their q̓ic̓əy̓ (Katzie) and qʼʷa:n̓ƛʼən̓ (Kwantlen) relatives. Strain’s mother is Tracey Strain and father is Eric Strain. Tracey’s parents are Harold Eustache (from Chuchua) and Marie Louis (from nk̓maplqs). Eric’s parents are Helen Point (from xʷməθkʷəy̓əm) and John Strain (from Ireland). Although they attended Emily Carr University of Art + Design, they prioritize Indigenous epistemologies through the embodied knowledge of their mother, father, siblings, cousins, aunties, uncles, nieces, nephews, grandparents and ancestors. Their work has been exhibited at Burrard Arts Foundation, Vancouver Art Gallery, Unit 17, Richmond Art Gallery, Surrey Art Gallery, UBC Okanagan Gallery, Neutral Ground, University of Saskatchewan Art Galleries and they were longlisted for the 2022 Sobey Award and was a recipient of the 2022 Portfolio Prize.

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