Portage
October 24, 2007
Performance Art
About the Program
Terrance Houle and Trevor Freeman's Portage involved the portage of an upside-down sixteen-foot canoe through the crowded tourist and consumerist locales of downtown Vancouver, from one water body to another—English Bay to Coal Harbour. Dressed up in stereotypically "traditional" Indigenous and Métis garb, Houle and Freeman's intervention of public space recreated a historical action about exploration in Canadian history and landscape. Portage was presented as part of the 2007 LIVE Performance Art Biennale.Curator
Daina WarrenIdentifier
2007.1024 PORCollection
grunt gallery Programming ArchiveRelated program
Live in Public: The Art of Engagement (Related)Location
Downtown VancouverUnceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations
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