Across Lands and Waters -
CERC SPRING Gathering 2025
April 29-May 1, 2025
Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) territory
Running April 29-May 1 2025, Across Lands and Waters was the first major gathering of Igloliorte’s CERC network of mostly Indigenous artists, scholars, museum/gallery directors, curators, students and community members. Over three days, participants gathered for lively discussions, gallery visits, land-based activities and performances, sharing current research and projects while making plans for future collaborations. They also engaged with the public via Igloliorte’s new Taqsiqtuut Research-Creation Lab.
Attendees came from nearly every time zone in the world, thus Across Lands and Waters offered an unprecedented opportunity to connect in-person. Representing a wide variety of nations and cultures — including Inuit, Kanaka ‘Ōiwi (Native Hawaiian), Kwakwa̱ka̱’wakw, Sami, Sāmoan/Persian/Cantonese, Sugpiaq, Ts'msyen and Zuni Pueblo — participants traveled from as far afield as Norway, Greenland, Rankin Inlet, New Mexico and Honolulu.
Across Lands and Waters culminated in a day of programming open to the public, including panel discussions, art installations, interactive projects and a reception held in UVic’s Visual Arts building.
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Pecha Kucha-style research presentations
“On The Land” session focusing on the removal of invasive species & replanting of native plants by invited participants
Site visit to Carey Newman's studio
Visit to Island Timber salvage operation, which provides timber to Indigenous artists
Tour of new Legacy Gallery exhibit, GEORGE CLUTESI: ḥašaḥʔap / ʔaapḥii / ʕc̓ik / ḥaaʔaksuqƛ / ʔiiḥmisʔap
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Engage with Carey Newman’s new Witness Blanket VR project
Explore Qiaqsutuq, a multimedia sculptural installation which offers an Inuit perspective on climate change, as told Greek-chorus style from the perspectives of five gigantic Arctic animals or beings
Watch 3D Sami films via VR headsets
View a student art exhibition in UVic’s Audain Gallery
Participate in a group stop-motion short film project
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Ts'msyen curator, dancer & choreographer Mique'l Dangeli (Art History & Visual Studies)
Kanienke’haka performance artist Lindsay Katsitsakatste Delaronde, current Audain Professor in Contemporary Art Practice of the Pacific Northwest (Visual Arts)
Navajo futurist Danielle Geller (Writing)
Kwagiulth/Salish Witness Blanket creator & UVic Impact Chair Carey Newman (Visual Arts)
Kwagiulth/Stó:lō Soprano and CBC Radio Saturday Afternoon at the Opera host Marion Newman (School of Music)
Métis poet Gregory Scofield (Writing)
