CANS 315 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Emily Carr, Gitanyow, Robert Houle
21 Nov 2015
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Crosby, construction of the imaginary indian (1991( Based on more immediate/recent experiences as uni student. Requires accountability from profs, curatorial community for their furthering of trope. Demand for preservation comes from outside indg society. Emily carr kitwancool 1928, big raven 1931. On a mission to record/ preserve indg cultures. But interest is v based in salvage paradigm. Construction of indian founded on ideas of saving/preserving. She decides how she represents a culture not her own. Fixes auth per as what exists in paintings. Abt to disappear, needs to be captured asap. Sonny assu it was, like, a super long time age that ppl were here, right? 2014. Interventions=bright, colorful, digital tags that interrupt carr"s pictures. Like a street tag, reclaiming public space, shows you were here, a taking back. Uses nw coast formline design, transforms them into 3 dimensions, using western perspective. One of best known contemp indg artists.
