CV131 - Skawennati – Julie Graff
Ciel variable 131 - Collecting (Winter 2026)
Actualités / Exhibitions (Individual article, digital version)
Skawennati
Welcome to the Dreamhouse
— Julie Graff
A key figure in media arts and cyberspace, Skawennati speculates on fairer futures more conducive to the flourishing of Indigenous people. The retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada presented her renowned machinimas and machinimagraphs (films and images related to virtual environments), as well as installations that, according to Julie Graff, allowed viewers to navigate between different degrees of realism. Organized around a theme with multiple meanings, the exhibition addressed both “the lack of Indigenous representation” and “colonial narratives of stasis and disappearance.”
Details
Language : English & French
Digital Version : PDF, 1.9 Mo
Bibliographical Notice
Julie Graff, “Skawennati, Welcome to the Dreamhouse” in Ciel variable, No. 131, “Collecting”, Montreal, 2026, p. 75-77.