Kānawapātāhmōwin: A Symposium on Indigenous Visual Knowledge in partnership with the Power Institute and the 2024 Biennale of Sydney.
Wapatah Centre is thrilled to announce the upcoming Kānawapātāhmōwin: A Symposium on Indigenous Visual Knowledge, happening 10:00am-5:00pm(AEDT) on March 4, 2024 at the Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney. Convened by Dr. Gerald McMaster, the symposium will feature a keynote by Dr. McMaster on Indigenous way of seeing.
This event is hosted in partnership with the Power Institute, the Chau Chak Wing Museum, and the 2024 Biennale of Sydney.
Kānawapātāhmōwin symposium will draw attention to the themes of Indigenous visual knowledge and ways of seeing, and the role of perception in different Indigenous languages and systems of knowledge around the world. Kānawapātāhmōwin, a Plains Cree word that denotes a condition of seeing and perceiving, offers one set of answers to these questions. This symposium will present others, bringing together artists and knowledge keepers to discuss the language, history and politics of Indigenous visual knowledge.
LOCATION
Monday, 4 March 2024, 10:00am – 5:00pm(AEDT)
Chau Chak Wing Museum, University of Sydney
SYMPOSIUM SCHEDULE
Morning
10:00 – 10:30am Welcome and Introduction
Cosmin Costinas and Inti Guerrero (Artistic Directors, Biennale of Sydney), Gerald McMaster (Visiting Professor, Power Institute, University of Sydney).
10:30 – 12:00pm Pacific Visual Knowledge
Nikau Hindin (artist, Biennale of Sydney), Udeido Collective (artist, Biennale of Sydney), Katerina Teaiwa (Professor, Australian National University).
12:00 – 1:00pm Seeing with the Carrolup Collection
Kathleen Toomath (Carrolup Manager, John Curtin Gallery) and Chris Malcolm (Former Director, John Curtin Gallery), Lynette Riley (Associate Professor, University of Sydney) and Gerald McMaster.
Afternoon
2:00 – 3:30pm The Mark / The Body
Mangala Bai (artist, Biennale of Sydney), Robert Fielding (artist, Mimila Maku arts) and Erin Vink (Assistant Curator, AGNSW).
3:45 – 5:00pm A Lecture on Indigenous Visual Knowledge
Gerald McMaster.
GERALD MCMASTER is the Director of Wapatah Centre for Indigenous Visual Knowledge at OCAD University in Toronto, and a leading voice nationally and internationally, with over 30 years of experience in contemporary art, critical theory, museology, and Indigenous aesthetics. He is Plains Cree from the Red Pheasant Cree Nation and a member of the Siksika Nation. He has served as the Canadian Commissioner for the 1995 Venice Biennale, Artistic Director of the 2012 Biennale of Sydney, and Curator for the 2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture. He is the recipient of Governor General’s Awards for Visual and Media Arts from the Canada Council for his prolific curatorial legacy. McMaster has served as Adjunct Curator for Remai Modern since 2018.
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