Maskisin ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ and Rinse
September 21, 2022
Performance Art, Dance
About the Program
grunt gallery and Western Front presented Maskisin ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ and Rinse: two performances by Nehiyaw Isko artist Cheyenne Rain LeGrande ᑭᒥᐊᐧᐣ and Narrm/ Melbourne-based artist and choreographer Amrita Hepi.
Maskisin ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ and Rinse: a chance to witness two remarkable practices that diverge across continents and worldviews, and converge in a shared reckoning with the idea of linear time and the singular self. LeGrande and Hepi variously inhabit performance as a means to explore unrecognized spaces that are cracked and teased open through language, adornment, embodiment, and the image refracted.
LeGrande presented her performance work titled Maskisin ᒪᐢᑭᓯᐣ, in conjunction with her concurrent exhibition Mullyanne Nîmito at grunt gallery. Hepi presented an excerpt of Rinse, a work then in development and the 2020 recipient of the People’s Choice Award for the Keir Choreographic Award.
Curator
Vanessa KwanPartner
Western FrontCredits
Coordination: Vanessa Kwan, Whess Harman, and Susan GibbAccounting: Linda Gorrie
Administration: Meagan Kus
Archives: Anna Tidlund, Abigail Sebaly, Dan Pon, and Jessica Fletcher
Communications: Katrina Orlowski
Grantwriting Support: Mary Ann Anderson
Tech: Ben Wilson
Photography: Rachel Topham
Videography: Qiuli Wu and Dan Pon
Hosting: Nathaniel Marchand
Performance Media: Eli Hirtle, Connie LeGrande, Kokum, Chandra Melting Tallow
Direction: Mish Grigor
Costuming: Aleisa Jelbart
Sound: Daniel Jenatsch
Identifier
2022.0921 MASCollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveLanguage
English, CreeRelated program
Mullyanne Nîmito (Related)Location
Western Front303 E. 8th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 1S1
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations