The land dreams in ceremonies: reparation
March 20, 2024 - April 25, 2024
- 809
March 20, 2024 - April 25, 2024
1386 Cartwright Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6H3R8
A relational land-based ceremonial-craft exhibition by Nikki Manzie.
Through Ukrainian folk-knowledge and crafts, along with ceremonies timed by the old calendar (moon cycles – misyats’), Manzie explores the intersection of “tradition” with “direct relationship” with the land, and what it means to root ancestral knowledge in a “good way” in territories where she is an uninvited guest. Her methodology includes: deep listening; reading the symbols and signs; dreams; research; relationship-building; mentorship and apprenticeship.
This exhibit documents her experiences, the resulting crafts, and the progression of personal land reparation ceremonies. And it asks audiences to engage in the questions and material for themselves.