Davies Foundation Gallery, Agnes Etherington Art Centre
36 University Avenue
Kingston ON K7L 3N6
Canada
Arnait Video Productions, Production shots from Before Tomorrow, 2008, © Arnait Video Productions. Courtesy of Arnait Video Productions.
January 11 - April 12, 2020
SEASON LAUNCH
Thursday, January 16 2020
Members’ Preview: 5–6 pm
Public Reception: 6–7:30 pm
This exhibition features video works, ephemera and production material created by Arnait Video Productions, the world’s leading women-centered Inuit filmmaking collective. Arnait represents the voices of Inuit women across generations, addressing traditional knowledge and contemporary life. It is part of Arnait’s March 2020 artist residency at Queen’s Vulnerable Media Lab, which includes intergenerational dialogues, workshops, and screenings. Presented in collaboration with Archive/Counter-Archive and the Vulnerable Media Lab.
Members of Arnait Video Productions include Madeline Ivalu, Susan Avingaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, and Marie-Hélène Cousineau. As of 2019, Arnait has produced over twenty works, including three fiction features, a documentary feature, two television series, twelve short and mid- length documentaries, one short and one mid-length fiction film, and two animated films.
Curated by Nakasuk Alariaq, Linda Grussani and Tamara de Szegheo Lang.