Harvest Moon Showcase
Jeanette Kotowich
Kiyâm ⛰ and or ThunderBeing ⚡️, an offering of speculative digital performance, dance and ritual.
image Jeanette Kotowich
Jeanette Kotowich / I'm a multidisciplinary iskwêw, independent dance artist, creator, choreographer and Auntie Culture enthusiast of Nêhiyaw Métis and mixed settler ancestry. Originally from Treaty 4 territory Saskatchewan, I create work that reflects Nêhiyaw/Métis cosmology within the context of contemporary dance, Indigenous performance and Indigenous futurism. Fusing interdisciplinary collaboration, de-colonial practices and embodied research methodologies; my work references protocol, ritual, relationship to the natural/spirit world and Ancestral knowledge. My practice is intergenerational and vocational; it’s a living and lived experience. I reside as a guest on Ancestral and unceded Sḵwxw̱ú7mesh (Squamish), əli̓lw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) and xwməθkwəyə̓m (Musqueam) territories, colonially known as Vancouver.
Toby Gillies is a multidisciplinary artist, the third generation in his family of art/ thing makers, enjoyers, facilitators and educators living on Treaty 1 territory, in Winnipeg. Toby’s practice is rooted in a playful exploration of materials, and experiments in collaboration. Recent projects have taken the form of filmmaking and animation, drawing, installation, ceramic, sculpture, cardboard, parties, social practice.
Kiyâm ⛰ and or ThunderBeing ⚡️ 17m30s
concept, direction, performance, choreography Jeanette Kotowich
video collaboration Toby Gillies
sound audio weaving Jeanette Kotowich; sourced from original samples by Graham Kotowich (Murky Ness, Feb 16 2020, & Distant Sirens); and Song for Today sung by Jeanette Kotowich produced by Kathleen Nisbet
