Response: Resonance Opening Celebration + Screening

Join us on Saturday, January 28 for an opening celebration + screening for Response: Resonance.

This event is at capacity.

Please note this event is COVID-conscious. Masks are strongly encouraged while not performing, eating, or drinking; when masking is not possible, please practice social distancing.

Doors open at 6:30pm.

Remarks will begin at 7:00pm, followed by a performance by the drum group Moonstone. The screening of the Response: Resonance program will begin at 7:30pm.

Response: Resonance is on view at The Polygon January 25–February 12, played on a continuous loop during gallery hours, Wednesday–Sunday, 12pm–5pm, and late on Thursdays until 8 pm

Note that the screening will be closed on the evening of Thursday, January 26, as The Polygon hosts The Lind Prize 2022 Award Ceremony + Closing Ceremony.

About the exhibition
Response: Resonance is the culmination of the Response program, an annual program that inspires ways of responding artistically to historical and contemporary Indigenous ways of being. Participants engaged in a series of workshops led by Indigenous artists and Knowledge Holders during summer 2022.

Inspired by the qualities of sound that can be heard and felt around and within the listener, participants were invited to think about the capacity of sound and voice to connect us with memory, territory, and community.

Featuring
Marianne Sundown, Lines of Ancestry, 2022, 5:06 min.
Stacey Donovan iskʷíst Sm̓x̌ik̓ən̓, Their Words DO NOT Define Me!, 2022, 7:18 min.
Adele ᒪᐢᑿᓱᐤᐏᐢᑵᐤ Arseneau, The Sound of Healing, 2022, 7:46 min.
Alysha Johnny Hawkins, Salmon Harvesting, 2022, 7:52 min.
Sussan Yáñez, the land teaches us our ceremonies, not the laboratory, 2022, 8:00 min.
Isabella Dagnino, Anything, Always, 2022, 1:45 min.
Rain Cabana-Boucher, S7H, 2022, 2:22 min.
Toni Leah C. Yake, bury me deeper than memory and play my bones to dust, 2022, 2:23 min.
KJ Edwards, istén:'a, 2022, 5:06 min.
Jake Kimble, The Things I Learn From My Grandmother’s Giggle, 2022, 5:36 min.
Total run time: 54 minutes

Banner Image: KJ Edwards, still from istén:'a, 2022

Meet Me At The Gallery: Seniors Program

Meet Me at The Gallery is a daytime art program dedicated to enriching the lives of seniors and friends in our community with monthly get-togethers inspired…

An Evening With Valerie Jerome

In honour of Black History Month, join us for a talk by North Shore resident Valerie Jerome where she’ll be reading excerpts from her book Races: The…

Kids First

Come get creative on the first Saturday and Sunday of the month with a day of art-making and fun at The Polygon Gallery. The projects are geared towards…

Premiere Screening Of Charlotte Zhang’s Tycoon With...

Join us for the North American premiere of Charlotte Zhang’s feature film Tycoon. The screening will be preceded with a talk by artist Carlos Agredano…

Phil Lind Initiative 2026: Dread Scott

As part of the 2026 Phil Lind Initiative, join us for an evening with acclaimed American artist and activist Dread Scott. The conversation will be moderated…

Tania Willard: Photolithics Public Celebration

Join us on Sunday, March 29 for the public celebration of Tania Willard: Photolithics.
Doors: 4:00pm
Remarks: 4:30pm
Event ends: 6:00pm
RSVPs are…

Greg Girard Opening Celebration

Join us on Thursday, July 9 for the opening celebration of Greg Girard’s retrospective.
Doors at 7:00pm
Remarks at 7:30pm
RSVPs are helpful

Greg…