ᐊᖏᕐᕋᒧᑦ / Ruovttu Guvlui / Towards Home, an Indigenous-led exhibition and publication project, explores how Inuit, Sámi, and other communities across the Arctic are creating self-determined spaces. It is informed by the perspectives of a group of Inuit, Sámi, and settler co-curators who share the ambition to support northern Indigenous forms of sovereignty shaped by an understanding of the land as home. The project examines and celebrates practices of designing and building on the land that empower Indigenous communities.
Please note that we are taking extra precautions at events, beyond what is required by the government, so we can welcome as many people as possible inside the CCA safely. Vaccine passports and masks are required, except in Parc Baile.
The day unfolds in three parts around the central questions of the exhibition. What does it mean for Indigenous peoples to design with and be at home on the land? What could home become—across Inuit Nunangat, Sápmi, and the North—when home is defined by Indigenous architects and designers? And where do homelands begin?
Each part includes an introduction to the exhibition by co-curators and contributors, moments in the galleries where artists, co-curators, and designers explain their work, and a conversation in the Shaughnessy House where your questions are very welcome.
There’s no need to reserve, but perhaps a particular theme will interest you.
→ Where is Home?
11am–1:30pm: Intro by Rafico Ruiz (co-curator) and Taqralik Partridge (co-curator) + Presentations by Tiffany Shaw-Collinge (exhibition designer), Jocelyn Piirainen (co-curator) asinnajaq (artist) and Geronimo Inutiq (artist) + Conversation between Tiffany Shaw-Collinge, asinnajaq, and Geronimo Inutiq.
→ Where do we go from here?
2pm–4pm: Intro by Rafico Ruiz (co-curator) and Taqralik Partridge (co-curator) + Presentations by Nicole Luke (Inuit Futures Ilinniaqtuk) and Ella den Elzen (curatorial assistant) + Conversation between Ella den Elzen (curatorial assistant), Carola Grahn (artist), Nicole Luke, and the Futurecasting workshop participants (over video): Robyn Adams, Berit Kristine Andersen Guvsám, Jenni Hakovirta, Johanna Minde, Laila Susanna Kuhmunen, Andrea McIntosh, Reanna Merastry, Naomi Ratte, and Magnus Antaris Tuolja.
→ Where does land begin?
4:30pm–7pm: Intro by Rafico Ruiz (co-curator) and Taqralik Partridge (co-curator) + Presentations by Joar Nango (co-curator), Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (artist) and Taqralik Partridge + Conversation between Rafico Ruiz, Joar Nango, Taqralik Partridge, Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, and Jocelyn Piirainen (co-curator).
At the end of the day we welcome everyone in Parc Baile for a bar and DJ set by Geronimo Inutiq. If it’s raining we’ll dance in Shaughnessy House instead.
