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Tsu Héidei Shugaxtutaan (We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom That Has Been Left in Our Care), Part II Installation Image

Nicholas Galanin

Biennale of Sydney

Biennale of Sydney
Sydney, Australia

"Culture is rooted in connection to land; like land, culture cannot be contained. I am inspired by generations of Tlingit and Unangax̂ creative production and knowledge connected to the land I belong to.

From this perspective, I engage across cultures with contemporary conditions. My process of creation is a constant pursuit of freedom and vision for the present and future. Using Indigenous and non-Indigenous technologies and materials I resist romanticisation, categorisation and limitation.”

The performative visual languages of Ts u Héidei Shugaxtutaan Part I and Part II call out to one another, together challenging reductive perceptions of Indigeneity and what is contemporary. In Part I, hip-hop dancer David Elsewhere’s movements emanate impressions of timelessness against traditional Tlingit song, while inPart II, two dynamic forces meet, with the steps of traditional dance set to a pulsating electro-dub soundscape. Occupying their own plane within the Grand Courts, the works introduce sound, movement, and dance into the relative stillness.

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  • Title: Tsu Héidei Shugaxtutaan (We Will Again Open This Container of Wisdom That Has Been Left in Our Care), Part II Installation Image
  • Creator: Nicholas Galanin
  • Date Created: 2006
  • Location Created: Art Gallery of New South Wales
  • Physical Dimensions: duration; 4:06 mins
  • Provenance: Presented at the 22nd Biennale of Sydney with assistance from the United States Government. Courtesy the artist.
  • Type: video
  • Rights: Biennale of Sydney
  • Medium: single-channel digital video, black and white, sound
  • Edition: 22nd Biennale of Sydney (2020): NIRIN
Biennale of Sydney

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