March 5, 1819

March 5, 2019
Screening, Exhibition

About the Program

In 2008, Rebecca Belmore produced the video installation March 5, 1819, recreating the abduction of the Beothuk woman Demasaduit and the murder of her husband Nonosabasut by colonialist settlers in Newfoundland. This video installation is not a historical reenactment, rather the actors are in modern dress and Belmore questions what has changed over the past 200 years. March 5, 1819 was commissioned by The Rooms in St. John’s and has also been exhibited in Ottawa and Toronto. Set at Red Indian Lake in central Newfoundland, March 5, 1819 was filmed in Vancouver at Mount Seymour.

March 5, 2019 marks the 200th anniversary of these events. It was announced earlier this year that their skulls will be returned to the Canadian Museum of History from the University of Scotland. As we grapple with reconciliation it is fitting to remember the history that brought us to this place.

grunt will celebrate the re-launch rebeccabelmore.com, a website documenting Rebecca Belmore’s career over the past 32 years. The new site features content that spans Belmore’s career in all media, taking the user deep into the heart of her practice.

Artist

Rebecca Belmore

Curator

Glenn Alteen

Credits

Accounting: Linda Gorrie
Administration: Meagan Kus
Archives: Dan Pon and Jessica Fletcher
Communications: Kate Barry
Grantwriting Support: Mary Ann Anderson
Installation/Preparator: Charlie Stableford
Photography: Dennis Ha
Tech: Sebnem Ozpeta

Identifier

2019.0305 MAR

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive

Location

grunt gallery (second location)
116-350 E. 2nd Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 4R8
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