Tour
Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge):
Vance Wright Artist Talk + Tour
18 April 2026
2:00pm-3:00pm
Photo: Dani Costelo.
Please join us for a guided exhibition tour of Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge) with artist Vance Wright. The artist talk and tour will give a unique insight into inspirations behind the exhibition with a chance to ask questions and generate discussion. Introduction by Or Gallery Interim Director Autumn Coppaway.
This public program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge), on view at Or Gallery from January 22 to May 2, 2026.
Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge) is an exhibition that explores the plurality of queer Indigenous intimacy and erotics alongside connections to family, community, and territory. The exhibition features four interrelated filmworks and a series of photographs that document multiple activations of place through co-authored performances with the artist’s collaborative partners. The performative activations expand across media—through film, photography, language and sound—to address the ways in which relations to territory and community shape Indigiqueer identity.
Ba’oya Hubuk’esi (I Love Them By the Edge) is presented as part of the Capture Photography Festival 2026 Selected Exhibitions.
Participant Bios
Vance Wright
Vance Wright (they/them) is a reconnecting two-spirit member of the Tl’azt’en Nation, and was raised on the unceded territories of the Sinixt Nation in what is colonially known as Nelson BC. Currently residing in the occupied and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations in Vancouver, they are an emerging artist, curator and writer. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University, with a major in Critical and Cultural Practices and a minor in Curatorial Studies. Their art work has been exhibited in the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), as well as artist-run centres such as Massy Arts Society or Oxygen Art Centre.