Zacharias Kunuk, video still, Nipi, 1999. Collection of the Department of Art, Queen's University. Purchase, Chancellor Richardson Memorial Fund, 2004
Exhibitions
cache: three contemporary videos from Igloolik
Atrium
20 March 2005, 2 - 4 pm
cache was a curated program of videotapes examining Arnait Video Productions and Igloolik Isuma Productions as ongoing storage projects. These collectively produced videos act as caches of shared memories, practical skills, stories, and, more broadly, the mix of traditional and present-day values that shape the community of Igloolik, Nunavut. Some tapes capture oral histories in the form of interviews; others use sophisticated historical reconstructions to document community knowledge. Three videos - Qulliq/Oil Lamp, 1993 (Arnait Ikkagurtigitt Collective), Qarmaq/Stone House from the Nunavut Series, 1995 (Zacharias Kunuk), and Anana/Mother, 2001 (Mary Kunuk) - were presented. The screening wrapped up with a discussion with special guest Marie-Hélène Cousineau, a founding member of Arnait Video Productions. A reception followed.
This event was curated and organized by graduate students as part of the Department of Art seminar "Assigning a Category: Inuit Video." The collaborative team of Lindsay Leitch, Erin Morton, Emily Rothwell, Taryn Sirove, Andrea Terry, and Michelle Veitch, worked under the guidance of Dr Lynda Jessup. cache was accompanied by a program catalogue featuring an essay by the curators and an interview with Marie-Hélène Cousineau. This project was made possible by the generous financial support of the Departments of Art, Women's Studies, and Film Studies; the School of Graduate Studies; the Society of Graduate and Professional Students; and the Faculty of Arts and Science at Queen's University.
Jan Allen