Talks
The Seventh: Artist Talk
In Partnership with the Aboriginal Gathering Place at Emily Carr University
February 1, 2024
12:30PM
Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun, 2023. Photo: Kimberly Ronning
Director/Curator: Jenn Jackson
Participants: Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry
Location
Aboriginal Gathering Place
Emily Carr Univesrity
Room C2290(Main Floor)
520 E 1st Ave
Vancouver, BC
V5T 0H2
Artist Talk | Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry
Thursday, February 1, 2024
12:30-1:30pm
Thursday, February 1, 12:30pm at the Aboriginal Gathering Place, located in Room C2290 on the main floor of Emily Carr University.
Join artists Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry for an artist talk and conversation on intersectional collaboration as it relates to Indigenous representation and land-based gestures in contemporary art. Introduction and moderation by Or Gallery Director, Jenn Jackson.
The artist conversation is presented in conjunction with Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry’s inaugural collaborative exhibition, The Seventh, on view at Or Gallery from October 13, 2023, to February 10, 2024.
This program is free and open to all, and is co-sponsored by Or Gallery, the Aboriginal Gathering Place at Emily Carr University, and the Audain Foundation. Registration is recommended but not required.
Participant Bios
Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry
Artists Lauren Brevner and James Nexw’Kalus-Xwalacktun Harry have been collaborators since 2014. Brevner’s practice is deeply inspired by her Japanese and Trinidadian heritage as well as matriarchal influences, while Harry’s practice combines traditional Sḵwx̱wú7mesh histories, forms and designs. Under the name KWÍKWI, they create meditative compositions that invite cross-cultural dialogue and embrace multiple expressions of personal, political, social, and spiritual practices. Their work ranges from large-scale public artworks to intimate portraits, incorporates a wide breadth of materials and engages in bridging community through generous relationality.