Metis Media Fest 2007, 24 Aboriginal Artists, 50 videos, 25 digital images and 10 audio tracks presented at SAW Video Media Arts Ottawa.
Metis Media Fest 2007 was exhibited at the SAW Video Media Arts Centre in Ottawa Canada on August 30, 2007. The multimedia Installation featured 50 videos, 25 digital images and 10 audio tracks in collaboration with 24 Aboriginal Artists from Australia, The Philippines, Peru, Canada and the USA.
Metis Media Fest 2007 ran from 4-8 PM Thursday on August 30, 2007 in CLUB SAW in the Arts Court Building at 2 Daly Street (corner of Daly and Nicholas in Ottawa’s Market District). The videos, digital images and audio tracks were featured within an immersive installation of computers and video projectors. Excerpts of the works were shown on the main screens with the unedited versions available on the computers within the installation.
Exhibited videos included: “Singing Home the Bones: A Poet Becomes Himself” by Hilary Pryor, “Buried Traces” by Michelle Smith, “Hybred” by Christine Kirouac, “Anwolek- Regatta City” by Dana Claxton, “Sierra’s Song” by John Barnard. VIdeos were digitized and “mashed-up” or “remixed” on 8 large screens. Full length Video, audio and digital images were presented through an interface on 5 available computers.
Videos Exhibited – Artist, Title
- James Diamond Mars – Womb Man
- James Diamond – Private Property
- Terry Haines – Skin for Life
- Terry Haines – Raven Heart
- Terry Haines – Dragonfly
- RoseAnne Archibald – Class Clown
- RoseAnne Archibald – Payuk Sashkeehitowin (One Love) Peuk Nepi,
- James Nicholas – Meeting Waterwoman
- Dana Claxton Anwolek – Regatta City
- Hilary Pryor – Singing Home The Bones: A Poet Becomes Himself.
- Marcel Fayant – The 2nd Dumbest Question of the 20th Century
- Marcel Fayant – The 3rd Dumbest Question of the 20th Century
- Marcel Fayant – The Response to the Dumbest Question of the 20th Century
- Marcel Fayant – Native Dance Movement
The Metis Media Fest asks “What does it mean to be Metis?”
The films, YouTube videos, audio tracks, digital images, and photographs featured the work of Aboriginal artists from Canada, USA, Australia, Peru and the Philippines that examine issues around Aboriginal/European heritage, including why people of mixed heritage may or may not identify themselves as Métis.
This family-friendly event featured 50 videos, 25 digital images and 10 audio tracks, all presented within an immersive installation of computers and video projectors. Excerpts of the works will be shown on the main screen with the unedited versions available on the computers within the installation.
The event will be of interest to audiences of Aboriginal culture as well as those seeking a technological experience. The work ranges from traditional to experimental. In 2007, The Installation included electronic works of Aboriginal artists from Vancouver, Montreal, Saskatoon, Regina, Fargo, Lima, Baguio and Melbourne.
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