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SUMMARY:Amanda Strong:Animations
DESCRIPTION:“Biidaaban”\nIn Amanda Strong’s astonishing short film\, Biidaaban sets out to harvest sap from sugar maples in urban Ontario neighbourhoods. The practice of harvesting sap to create syrup goes back to time immemorial for the Anishinaabe\, people but the lands have since been covered over by urban development and occupation. Biidaabaan can see the traces of the people\, creatures\, land and time as they work to continue in their ancestors’ movements. Biidaaban is a young Anishinaabe gender non-binary person that can see through multiple dimensions while existing and moving in their present time and space. They are sometimes accompanied by their friend Sabe (a 10\,000-year-old shape shifter who some have called a Sasquatch)\, Ghost Caribou\, and Ghost Wolf — but only Biidaaban can see them. They act as reminders of what exists in this space and provide lessons about honesty\, humility and working for the people.\n19 minutes 14 secs\n\n“Four Faces of the Moon”\nThis animated documentary follows the journey of an Indigenous photographer as she travels through time. She witnesses moments in her family’s history and strengthens her connection to her Metis\, Cree and Anishnaabe ancestors. This is a personal story told through the eyes of director and writer Amanda Strong. The oral and written history of her family reveals the story — we witness the impact and legacy of the railways\, the slaughter of the buffalo and colonial land policies.\n12 minutes 54 secs\n\nAbout Amanda Strong\nAmanda Strong is an Michif interdisciplinary artist with a focus on filmmaking\, stop motion animations and media art. Currently based on unceded Coast Salish territories also known as Vancouver\, BC\, Canada. Strong received a BAA in Interpretative Illustration and a Diploma in Applied Photography from the Sheridan Institute. With a cross-discipline focus\, common themes of her work are reclamation of Indigenous histories\, lineage\, language and culture. Strong is the Owner/Director/Producer of Spotted Fawn Productions Inc. (SFP). Under her direction\, SFP utilizes a multi-layered approach and unconventional methods that are centered in collaboration on all aspects of their work.\nStrong’s work is fiercely process-driven and takes form in various mediums such as: virtual reality\, stop-motion\, 2D/3D animation\, gallery/museum installations\, published books and community-activated projects. Strong and her team at Spotted Fawn Productions are currently working on the research and development of bringing these works into more interactive spaces.\nMost recently she was selected by renowned filmmaker Alanis Obamsawin to receive $50\,000 in post-services through the Clyde Gilmour Technicolour Award. In 2016 she received the Vancouver Mayor’s Arts Awards for Emerging Film and Media Artist. In 2013\, Amanda was the recipient of K.M. Hunter Artist Award for Film and Video. Her films have screened across the globe\, most notably at Cannes\, TIFF\, VIFF\, and Ottawa International Animation Festival. She has received grants from the Canada Council for the Arts\, Ontario Arts Council\, BC Arts Council and the NFB. Spotted Fawn Productions is currently developing new short animations Wheetago War and Spirit Bear. SFP’s latest short animations Biidaaban (The dawn comes) Four Faces of the Moon and Flood are available online through CBC Short Docs and CBC Arts.\n\nMasks are required. Made possible by the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/amanda-stronganimations/
LOCATION:Contemporary Art Museum of Indianapolis (CAMi)\, 1125 Cruft St.\, Indianapolis\, IN\, 46203\, United States
CATEGORIES:Garfield Park,Shelby St. Corridor,Visual Art
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SUMMARY:New Harmony Community Conversation-Social Alchemy
DESCRIPTION:New Harmony residents are invited to our help plan for our reboot of Social Alchemy\, a series of events connecting New Harmony and Indianapolis! These meet ups in New Harmony invite residents to meet those involved in proposing in the project and become part of it.\nThis meeting we will discuss the symposium which is scheduled for April 10-13\, 2022.\n\nE-mail email hidden; JavaScript is required for the Zoom link. This meeting is at 6pm in New Harmony\, IN.\n\nWhy is this called Social Alchemy? In our research about New Harmony\, we discovered that Father George Rapp — founder of the Harmonists\, the first utopian experiment in New Harmony — studied alchemy and was trying to make gold and other precious commodities to fund his vision of utopia. Today\, with New Harmony already a successful town with much to offer (including events and public programs)\, this project and symposium combines all the assets of New Harmony: the people who live there\, the architecture\, art\, and food to celebrate and expand the town’s magic to Indianapolis and hopefully even further. We’re calling this mixture of everything Social Alchemy.\n\nNew Harmony\, Indiana brims with art\, history\, architecture\, and a strong sense of place. The impact of past and current efforts within this community have created a town that continues to represent the universal human condition.\n\nWhat can we in urban Indianapolis learn from rural New Harmony’s social alchemy? Tons. With support of Indiana Humanities and the Efroymson Family fund and our partners — University of Southern Indiana\, Indiana State Museum\, Historic New Harmony\, New Harmony Workingmen’s Institute Central Library\, and lots of individuals –– we will explore\, learn and share how the pursuit of utopia forms places and pursuits.\n\nWHY IS BIG CAR INVOLVED?\nWe’re fascinated by people who strive for utopia and by intentional communities: Past\, present\, and future. Our overarching goal for the Cruft Street Commons project in Garfield Park is to develop an arts-focused\, socially cohesive block. And a key inspiration is the southwestern Indiana town\, New Harmony — location of multiple and varied utopian experiments.\n\nTHE PROGRAM\nThis idea started with visits by Big Car Collaborative/Tube Factory artspace curator\, Shauta Marsh\, and artist and writer Jim Walker\, to New Harmony over the past several years and conversations with artist\, writer\, and philanthropist Jeremy Efroymson — who lives\, part-time\, in New Harmony — and former New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art director Garry Holstein. It is made possible by Indiana Humanities and The Efroymson Family Fund.\n\nWHAT WE’RE DOING:\n• An interdisciplinary exhibition at the New Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art focused on New Harmony’s visionary civic leader and preservationist Jane Owen (1915–2010).\n• An exhibition at the Tube Factory about the history and art of New Harmony (designed to travel)\, with emphasis on Angel in the Forest and visual interpretations of this lyrical text.\n• A series of radio shows.\n• A symposium in April 2022 in New Harmony to include philosophers\, writers\, historians\, designers\, architects\, placemakers\, urban and rural city planners\, politicians\, and community organizers.\n• Two Tube Factory exhibitions by Native American artists Elisa Harkins and Wendy Red Star: both creative responses to their peoples’ forced dystopias\, with ideas for cultural renewal.\n\nTHE IMPACT\nThis project explores historical and contemporary examples of utopian experiments\, fictional utopias and dystopias\, and social design projects. It offers a deeper understanding of the relationship between the built environment and social good.\n\nPROJECT PARTNERS\nUniversity of Southern Indiana: As the administrator of both Historic New Harmony and the New Harmony Gallery\, USI is encouraging staff\, professors\, and students to participate in the project.\n\nHistoric New Harmony: HNH will host programs\, help to develop the exhibitions\, and help travel the New Harmony exhibition about after its Indianapolis debut.\nNew Harmony Gallery of Contemporary Art: The gallery will host the Jane Owen exhibition.\nIndiana State Museum: The museum will be assisting with research\, and help with didactics.\nPattern will be a promotional partner alongside Big Car’s low-power radio station 99.1 WQRT FM.
URL:https://www.bigcar.org/event/new-harmony-community-conversation-social-alchemy/
LOCATION:IN
CATEGORIES:Outdoor Activities,SPARK,Visual Art
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