White Shame

September 15, 1992
Performance Art

About the Program

White Shame was Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw's performance for the First Nations Performance Series.

Don't use the white sheet.
The black bag.
metal cooler tray

far away from the punishing ones
The echo of babies

in their little ones' playing
warm sounds
breathe
from their gentleness

and their need
aching hearts in the tiny young

and some lie quiet
old old old
far away from the punishing ones

White shame

Curator

Glenn Alteen, Aiyyana Maracle

Artist

Âhasiw Maskêgon-Iskwêw

Credits

Technical Director: Archer Pechawis
Photography: Merle Addison
Videography: Mike MacDonald

Identifier

1992.0915 WHI

Part of the series

First Nations Performance Series

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive

Related program

Ghostkeeper (Related)

Location

grunt gallery (first location)
209 E. 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 1J8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca