Dana Claxton, Sara Diamond, Richard Fung, and Shelley Niro
Film and video
These four outstanding video artists construct complex narratives from personal and collective memory that leave lasting impressions about Canadian society, past and present.
Dana Claxton (Hunkpapa Lakota): The six short videos, Buffalo Bone China (1997); I Want to Know Why (1994); Tree of Consumption (1993); The Hill (2004); Gun Play (2004); and Anwolek Regatta City (2005) investigate colonialism and the relationship this system has with aboriginal cultures in Canada and the USA.
Sara Diamond: Ten Dollars or Nothing (1987); The Lull Before the Storm, The Fifties (1990); Fit to Be Tied (1995). Part of the Women's Labour History Project, 1978-1995. Addressing the experience of working life and community during the first half of the twentieth century, each film explores how the pace of work, the body, family, local and media culture unfold in women's lives.
Richard Fung: My Mother's Place (1990) explores race, class and gender under colonialism, through the stories of the artist's mother, the granddaughter of Chinese indentured labourers brought to Trinidad in the mid-19th century.
Shelly Niro (Mohawk): Suite: Indian (2005) is a series of six short films of history, mystery, and magic expressing the challenges embodied in contemporary Native North American society. Participants include artists, actors, musicians and dancers mostly based on the Six Nations Reserve.
In association with Queen's Car Wash and V Tape.
Photo credit: Shelly Niro
Map location 7
Queen's Car Wash, 1155 Queen Street West
