PRESS RELEASE
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For Immediate Release: April 5, 2011
An historical re-imagining
through the eyes of an artist
Horse is presented as part of Close Encounters
Photo courtesy Archer Pechawis
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April 5, 2011 – Winnipeg – As part of Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years , International Exhibition of Contemporary Indigenous Art, performance artist Archer Pechawis will be presenting his performance piece Horse.
WHAT: Horse (re-performance), followed by Q & A with the artist, Free to attend
WHEN: Thursday, April 14, 7:00pm
WHERE: Winnipeg Art Gallery
WHO: Multi-media artist Archer Pechawis
A historical re-imagining of the West told with voice, drum, video and cello, Horse begins with one of the most devastating moments in North American history – the Sand Creek Massacre – only to turn it on its head. Horse attempts to conjure a reversal of hierarchies and power relationships and revels in the potential of one small action to change the course of the world.
Pechawis is a performance artist, new media artist, filmmaker, writer, curator and educator, whose work has been exhibited across Canada and featured in publications such as Fuse Magazine and Canadian Theatre Review. Of Cree and European ancestry, he is a member of Mistawasis First Nation, Saskatchewan, and currently resides in Vancouver, BC.
Close Encounters is being presented by the Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada ARTS FOR ALL Program. It has been organized by Plug In ICA, the Winnipeg Art Gallery, URBAN SHAMAN: Contemporary Aboriginal Art and other partnering organizations.
