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Towards May 5 Liberation / 5 mei bevrijdingsdag Artist talk & media arts installation by Irwin Oostindie
Artist talk & media arts installation by Irwin Oostindie
Follow a Dutch youth’s 200km journey into hiding from Amsterdam’s Hongerwinter, eventually his life saved by Canadian soldiers on his sixteenth birthday on April 13, 1945.
71 years later, his sixteen year-old granddaughter revisits her Opa’s wartime route with the help of stories, archival images, social media, and live video streaming.
Join a public presentation exploring this media arts project (currently in development) which brings to life memory and archives for a new generation considering WWII, refugee and conflict issues. Today’s conversation will give voice to Elder’s carrying these memories, and consider digital strategies to bring archives and hidden stories to life for a new generation.
Irwin Oostindie is a Vancouver-based Dutch media artist researching occupation, settler and migration issues.
Sponsored by DUDOC and Consul General of the Netherlands.
Cover photos: (L) Leidschegracht, Amsterdam. January 21, 1945. 89924, NIOD; (R) Kijkduinstraat, Amsterdam, June 2015, Google Street View.
Nathaniel Postma sings Creep by Radiohead and Trails of Faith
Towards May 5 Liberation / 5 mei bevrijdingsdag
Artist talk & media arts installation by Irwin Oostindie
Where: Dutch Urban Design Centre (DUDOC), (former Buschlen Mowatt Gallery) at 1445 West Georgia Street, Vancouver/Coast Salish Territory. Donations welcome.
When: May 5, 6-8pm. Presentation at 6:15 followed by reception with complimentary warm Dutch foods and beverages.
Follow a Dutch youth’s 200km journey into hiding from Amsterdam’s Hongerwinter, eventually his life saved by Canadian soldiers on his sixteenth birthday on April 13, 1945.
71 years later, his sixteen year-old granddaughter revisits her Opa’s wartime route with the help of stories, archival images, social media, and live video streaming.
Join a public presentation exploring this media arts project (currently in development) which brings to life memory and archives for a new generation considering WWII, refugee and conflict issues. Today’s conversation will give voice to Elder’s carrying these memories, and consider digital strategies to bring archives and hidden stories to life for a new generation.
Irwin Oostindie is a Vancouver-based Dutch media artist researching occupation, settler and migration issues.
Sponsored by DUDOC and Consul General of the Netherlands.
Cover photos: (L) Leidschegracht, Amsterdam. January 21, 1945. 89924, NIOD; (R) Kijkduinstraat, Amsterdam, June 2015, Google Street View.
SANSU – Surrey Area Network of Substance Users do Harm Reduction in Langley on Mar 26 2016
On Easter weekend, SANSU – Surrey Area Network of Substance Users go out to Langley and do Harm Reduction.
Voices of Elders
Join the ongoing movement for reconciliation and redress for our planet and communities. Kwi Awt Stelmexw and the Tsleil-Waututh Nation (with support from the City of Vancouver), invite you to an intergenerational dialogue on reconciliation and redress.
TONIGHT’S SCHEDULE
Hosts: Lisa Charleyboy & Ryan McMahon
ACT I
All Our Father’s Relations
Musqueam Welcome with Larry Grant
Squamish Welcome with Audrey Rivers
Tsleil-Waututh Welcome with Gabriel George & Children of Takaya
MCs welcoming
Grand Chief Stewart & Joan Phillip
Lee Maracle
George Leach
Intermission (silent auction, 50:50s, information)
ACT II
Children of Takaya – Chief Dan George Prayer Song (Coast Salish Anthem)
Ryan McMahon
Chief Robert Joseph
George Leach
THE RECONCILIATION MOVEMENT connects with younger generations to explore what reconciliation means for youth, our city and the planet, on this 46th Annual Earth Day.
Catch the brilliant words of Lee Maracle, one of the first Indigenous women published in Canada, hear the wisdom of Chief Bobby Joseph, laugh at the comedy of Ryan McMahon, love the intelligence gained from decades of struggle with Grand Chief Stewart Phillip and Joan Phillip, witness multimedia dance from Children Of Takaya, immerse yourself in the blues of Juno-winner George Leach, and hear the cutting-edge sounds of Indigenous DJs. [Read BIOS below]
Come on a journey exploring the true history of Vancouver and living cultural heritage of the Coast Salish Peoples.
A night to remember! artisans; displays + sponsoring organisations: contact@kwiawtstelmexw.com
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