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May 13 – July 22, 2023

Let me take you there

Works by Clovis-Alexandre Desvarieux, Miruna Drăgan, Emily Jan, Sara Khan, Hea R. Kim, Kosisochukwu Nnebe, Marigold Santos, Eve Tagny & Katherine Takpannie
Curated by Mona Filip

The stories we tell about the world – how it was made, what forces influence its course, and what our place is in its ecosystem – articulate who we are as much as who we could be. Passed on through many generations, these beliefs, legends, or parables never belong to the past; their teachings continue their work in the present as they keep showing us how we can forge boundless paths forward, constantly rebuilding the world. Even if sometimes forgotten and lost, they may linger in our inherited subconscious and be recalled intuitively through our receptive bodies.

Let me take you there is a multimedia exhibition that brings together a group of Canadian artists whose practices mine ancestral histories and knowledge accessed through oral traditions, folklore, spiritual practices, and embodied awareness to envision possible futures. Inspired by cultural stories of creation, transformation, and rebirth as well as instinctively conceived rituals of empathy and repair, these artists propose new ways of being in community and a rethinking of social and natural systems, interpersonal relations, and beyond-human connections. As the title suggests, the project is an invitation to collectively reimagine and dream the world anew.

Katherine Takpannie, Sedna | ᓴᓐᓇ #10, 2021. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery.
Katherine Takpannie, Sedna | ᓴᓐᓇ #10, 2021. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery.
Katherine Takpannie, Sedna | ᓴᓐᓇ #10, 2021. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery.
Katherine Takpannie, Sedna | ᓴᓐᓇ #10, 2021. Archival pigment print. Courtesy of the artist and Olga Korper Gallery.
Sara Khan, Those who came before us, 2020. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Sara Khan, Those who came before us, 2020. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Sara Khan, Those who came before us, 2020. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Sara Khan, Those who came before us, 2020. Watercolour and pencil on paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas, 2022. Wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna. Courtesy of the artist.
Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas, 2022. Wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna. Courtesy of the artist.
Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas, 2022. Wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna. Courtesy of the artist.
Emily Jan, Kali Yuga I: Footsteps / Traces des pas, 2022. Wool, reed, cloth, silicone, resin, found flora and fauna. Courtesy of the artist.
Marigold Santos, shroud in threadbare light (1), 2020. Acrylic, pigment, and gesso on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Matthew Kingston and Michelle Bilodeau.
Marigold Santos, shroud in threadbare light (1), 2020. Acrylic, pigment, and gesso on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Matthew Kingston and Michelle Bilodeau.
Marigold Santos, shroud in threadbare light (1), 2020. Acrylic, pigment, and gesso on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Matthew Kingston and Michelle Bilodeau.
Marigold Santos, shroud in threadbare light (1), 2020. Acrylic, pigment, and gesso on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Matthew Kingston and Michelle Bilodeau.
Hea R. Kim, detail, Sugary Islands, 2023. Mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.) Courtesy of the artist.
Hea R. Kim, detail, Sugary Islands, 2023. Mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.) Courtesy of the artist.
Hea R. Kim, detail, Sugary Islands, 2023. Mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.) Courtesy of the artist.
Hea R. Kim, detail, Sugary Islands, 2023. Mixed media (ceramics, fibres, papier-mâché, food items, etc.) Courtesy of the artist.
Clovis-Alexander Desvarieux, Tanbouryè, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Kaitlin Trilwood and Simon Beaulieu.
Clovis-Alexander Desvarieux, Tanbouryè, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Kaitlin Trilwood and Simon Beaulieu.
Clovis-Alexander Desvarieux, Tanbouryè, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Kaitlin Trilwood and Simon Beaulieu.
Clovis-Alexander Desvarieux, Tanbouryè, 2022. Acrylic on canvas. Courtesy of the artist, and Kaitlin Trilwood and Simon Beaulieu.
Eve Tagny, video still, Shelters for ancient grains, 2022. Single-channel video, 16:30 min. Courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole Gallery.
Eve Tagny, video still, Shelters for ancient grains, 2022. Single-channel video, 16:30 min. Courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole Gallery.
Eve Tagny, video still, Shelters for ancient grains, 2022. Single-channel video, 16:30 min. Courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole Gallery.
Eve Tagny, video still, Shelters for ancient grains, 2022. Single-channel video, 16:30 min. Courtesy of the artist and Cooper Cole Gallery.
Miruna Drăgan Visitation, VII & VIII, 2023. Infinitely expandable rugs, Fibonacci tree of life, wool and over-dyed cotton on indigo-dyed warp. Courtesy of the artist.
Miruna Drăgan Visitation, VII & VIII, 2023. Infinitely expandable rugs, Fibonacci tree of life, wool and over-dyed cotton on indigo-dyed warp. Courtesy of the artist.
Miruna Drăgan Visitation, VII & VIII, 2023. Infinitely expandable rugs, Fibonacci tree of life, wool and over-dyed cotton on indigo-dyed warp. Courtesy of the artist.
Miruna Drăgan Visitation, VII & VIII, 2023. Infinitely expandable rugs, Fibonacci tree of life, wool and over-dyed cotton on indigo-dyed warp. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, since what I might be is uncontainable, 2019. Digital prints on Plexiglass cutouts, light, sound. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, since what I might be is uncontainable, 2019. Digital prints on Plexiglass cutouts, light, sound. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, since what I might be is uncontainable, 2019. Digital prints on Plexiglass cutouts, light, sound. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, since what I might be is uncontainable, 2019. Digital prints on Plexiglass cutouts, light, sound. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, video still, “Ndi nna nnanyi na ezuko maka na anyi zukoro / Imaaqai, suvulivut katittut katisimagannuk / The ancestors are meeting because we have met”, 2022. Single channel video, 22:01. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, video still, “Ndi nna nnanyi na ezuko maka na anyi zukoro / Imaaqai, suvulivut katittut katisimagannuk / The ancestors are meeting because we have met”, 2022. Single channel video, 22:01. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, video still, “Ndi nna nnanyi na ezuko maka na anyi zukoro / Imaaqai, suvulivut katittut katisimagannuk / The ancestors are meeting because we have met”, 2022. Single channel video, 22:01. Courtesy of the artist.
Kosisochukwu Nnebe, video still, “Ndi nna nnanyi na ezuko maka na anyi zukoro / Imaaqai, suvulivut katittut katisimagannuk / The ancestors are meeting because we have met”, 2022. Single channel video, 22:01. Courtesy of the artist.