Water Into Fire
September 10, 1993
Performance Art
About the Program
In this performative piece, the artist continues his search for identity and placement in Canada's Multi-Cultural and First Nations arena. Longboy outs himself as a First Nations FAG, who is living with HIV and abruptly severs attached preconceptions of two-spirited peoples, forcing the First Nation's community to address him rather than the disease.In a contemplative and meditative search, Longboy recollects how HIV / AIDS has affected him and the community around him, revealing a strength through loss.
"standing on a bed of pebbles/ water rushes over my feet/ the stream is covered in a canopy of leaves/ sunlight dances through the foliage/ the aroma of wild flowers and pine/ alive/ blood rushes through my veins/ seek a new freedom."
Vtape, 2023
Artist
Zachery LongboyCurator
Archer PechawisCredits
Coordination and Publicity: Dana Claxton and Glenn AlteenPhotography: Merle Addison
Videography: Mike MacDonald
Technical Director: Archer Pechawis
Technician: Kenna Fair
Identifier
1993.0910 WATPart of the series
Queer City: The Queer Series and The Two Spirit SeriesCollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLanguage
EnglishLocation
Pitt Gallery317 W. Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6B 1H6
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations
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