By Biennale of Sydney
22nd Biennale of Sydney: NIRIN
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About the artist
Taqralik Partridge
Born 1975 in Montreal, Canada
Lives and works in Kautokeino, Sápmi / Norway and Ottawa, Canada
'I make simple things with whatever materials are at hand – words, cloth, beads, unwanted items – because this is what gives me hope.'
- Taqralik Partridge
Untitled Installation ImageBiennale of Sydney
Untitled
The work of textile artist, writer and spoken-word poet Taqralik Partridge subtly navigates personal experiences of passing through the world. Partridge’s installation at Artspace speaks to the continuation of cultural knowledge and language – inscribing Indigenous stories and modes within urgent global issues.
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"My written work is concerned with posing questions about what is happening in the world around me. I write about Inuit experiences and what may be considered Indigenous issues – but to me, these are questions that are important to all humanity."
- Taqralik Partridge
Untitled Untitled (2020) by Taqralik PartridgeBiennale of Sydney
Her text work, inspired by a performance by the artist Denilson Baniwa and adapted into Inuktitut by Ida Saunders and Dharug Dalang by Corina Marino, forms it’s own network of responses to environmental devastation and futures framed within Indigenous ontologies and language.
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'apirsait is a series of glass bead-work panels depicting creatures found in Inuit Nunangat (Inuit homeland). These represent spiritual helpers that are called on in times of need. Each piece is made with a dishcloth, scraps from my sewing of Inuit garments, dental floss and discarded plastic.' - Taqralik Partridge
The animals depicted include a lion, a deer, a wolf, a bear and an eagle.
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Taqralik Partridge’s installation, reads from left to right with the following translations: Dharug Dlang, the Indigenous language of the Yuin-Kuric group traditionally spoken in the region of Sydney, New South Wales; English; Inuktitut Latin script; Inuktitut syllabics, one of the principle Inuit languages of Canada.
Tap to explore
Navigate through the gallery and explore Taqralik Partridge's artwork then for more insight, take the NIRIN Social Tour at Artspace.
Untitled, 2020
mixed-media installation
acrylic, audio translations provided by Corina Wayali Norman and Ida Saunders recordings of Taqralik Partridge and Corina Wayali Norman
Commissioned by the Biennale of Sydney with generous assistance from the Office for Contemporary Art Norway and assistance from the Canada Council for the Arts and Consulate General of Canada in Sydney
Courtesy the artist
