Economy, Connection & Stories -- with Artist Nico Williams at the Sobey Art Awards Opening Ceremony
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NICO WILLIAMS
Based in Tiohtia:ke (Montreal), Nico Williams is an Anishinaabe (Aamjiwnaang First Nation) multidisciplinary artist whose often sculptural works expand on collaborative intergenerational beadwork practices. The sculptures here all depict everyday items and draw on nostalgia, memories, stories and colonial realities. Williams intertwines these ordinary objects with historical and political narratives, observations on culture and materiality, and connections to kinship and place. Bang on Man!!! - a sculpture of a J Cloth - alludes to a reserve garage where vehicle repairs and deer processing happened simultaneously. Scratch tickets are significant tactile experiences, while store flyers reference access to affordable food. Barrier and Caution Tape question access to space and draw attention to the transformation of Indigenous lands through construction and urbanization. Uncle, a plaid jacket associated with settler Canadian culture, also ties into Indigenous hunting and fishing rights.
Nico Williams would like to thank the studio team: Molly Chamagne, loana Dragomir, Virginie Fillion-Fecteau, Samuel Guertin, Alex Havenne, Elena Imari, Christy Kunitzky, Selina Latour, (Tata) Yuxin Liu, Emlyne Marchand, Hannah Materne, Caroline Moiny, Sonja Ratkay, Laurel H. Rennie, Lydia Risi, Kuh del Rosario and Aiden Thorne.
My voice sounds weird in this video because I was sick and wearing an n95 mask :D
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