As an extension of the exhibition "Environmental Injustice - Indigenous People's Alternatives" this performance invites you to reflect on the issue of Indigenous Peoples' Rights. Throughout the exhibition you can read different legal texts taken from the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples among others. This text, which is fundamental at an international level, feeds the reflection of the Anishinaabe (Odawa) artist Barry Ace.

During this talk, he will discuss his work Spirit Vessel shown in the temporary exhibition "Environmental Injustice - Indigenous People's Alternatives" and what it says about contemporary Indigenous perspectives. He will also talk about his collaborative residency work wāwīndamaw . promise which combines the art of beadwork with the 46 articles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

Speaker : Barry Ace is a practicing visual Anishinaabe artist and currently lives in Ottawa. He is a debendaagzijig (citizen) of M’Chigeeng First Nation, Odawa Mnis (Manitoulin Island), Ontario, Canada. Barry Ace’s work embraces the impact of the digital age and how it exponentially transforms and infuses Anishinaabeg culture (and other global cultures) with new technologies and new ways of communicating. His work attempts to harness and bridge the precipice between historical and contemporary knowledge, art, and power, while maintaining a distinct Anishinaabeg aesthetic connecting generations. Barry Ace has exhibited extensively, both nationally and internationally. His work can be found in numerous collections, most notably; National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, Ontario); Art Gallery of Ontario (Toronto, Ontario); Canadian Museum of History (Gatineau, Québec); Global Affairs Canada (Ottawa, Ontario); North American Native Museum (Zurich, Switzerland); and Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (M’Chigeeng, Ontario). https://www.barryacearts.com/