Harvest Moon Showcase
Raven John
For this work I was compelled to focus on joy, and my relationship to my land.
Raven John
Our community lost a great talent among many others within the past two years. One of his last lessons was, that we are one with the earth. That we need to be kind to it, and ourselves. It has been hard. Not just because of Covid, or the many other mechanisms of colonization that afflict us now, but because we often feel alone in these struggles. But we are one with Mother Earth, and we carry her many blessings with us everyday.
Raven John, artist, involuntary comedian and two-spirit activist, is of Coast Salish and Stolo Nation decent. This Two-spirit Trickster is a BFA graduate from Emily Carr University of Art and Design, with a major in visual art and minor in social practice and community engagement, as well as a graduate of the North West Coast Jewelry Arts program at the Native Education College. Raven is a visual artist, cultural consultant, mediator, storyteller, photographer and sculptor. A jack-of-all-trades (and master of a few), their practice covers a wide array of mediums from provocation and humor, puppet making, ceramics, dressmaking, interactive electronics and indigenous technologies. Should you wish to participate in direct action regarding Truth and Reconciliation and/or the ongoing colonization/genocide of the indigenous peoples of Canada, feel free to visit their following website to directly wire them money for coffee, comic books and/or art supplies.
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choreographer, producer, director, dramaturg Raven John
performers Raven John, Andre Bessette
cinematographer, composer, lighting designer Esteban Manuel
set + production designer Raven John
sound mixer Travis Stump
