Metis Media Fest 2008 reviewed in Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine piece “Old Cultures, New Tech”. Tony Martins features the 2008 Metis Media Fest in the September Issue #17 of Ottawa’s Guerilla Magazine in a piece entitled “Old Cultures, New Tech”. The article ran as follows: Besides taking him around the world, Graham Thompson’s inter-cultural video and…
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Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal
Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal, Retrospective of net.art features North-South-East-West, 2008. The Centre international d’art contemporain de Montréal’s Electronic Magazine, issue No 32 a Retrospective of net.art, features North-South-East-West Web Site in December 2008. The North-South-East-West web site was reviewed as follows: COSMOGONY ALGONKINE CACHÉE/MONTRÉE? About the well-known work of Graham Thomson, North-South-East-West, we…
National Gallery of Canada, Global Voices 2012
Global Voices 2012 at National Gallery of Canada, 37 paintings, 23 videos and 18 artists of Central Asia, Africa, the Americas, Cree and Mohawk Nations. The Global Voices 2012 event at the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa Canada featured 37 paintings, 23 videos and 18 artists of Central Asia, Africa, the Americas, Cree and…
13th International TV Festival Bar Montenegro
Metis Media Installation videos presented at 13th International TV Festival Bar Montenegro 2008. Graham Thompson presented videos from the Metis Media Installation at the 13th International TV Festival Bar Montenegro in October 2008. Videos from the Métis Media Installation were presented with an artist’s talk at the International TV Festival Bar Montenegro in October 2008….
Canadian Museum of Civilization, Metis Day
Canadian Museum of Civilization features videos Pauline’s Neighbourhood, The Jingle Dress Dance and Water is Associated with the North 2009. Metis Day at the Canadian Museum of Civilization, now known as the Canadian Museum of History, featured the following videos “Pauline’s Neighbourhood,” “The Jingle Dress Dance” and “Water is Associated with the North” by Graham…
Ottawa Carleton District School Board Metis Murals
Ottawa Carleton District School Board invites Metis Murals Project into their classrooms for Metis story telling, computer graphics and painted hardboards. In 2008 the Ottawa Carleton District School Board invited the Metis Murals Project into their classrooms. The multimedia project included Metis story telling and the creating of murals using archival images, drawings, collage, computer…
National Gallery Ottawa, Human Rights Seminar
Aboriginal Human Rights Art Seminar 2006, in collaboration with Amnesty International, was conducted at the National Gallery of Canada. During March 2006, Graham Thompson in collaboration with Amnesty International, conducted an Aboriginal Human Rights Art Seminar at the National Gallery of Canada. By illustrating the spiritual connection Aboriginal People have to the Earth, Thompson in…
Noirlac Abbey France, Medicine Wheel
North-South-East-West exhibited at 2006 Les Futurs de l’écrit Art Biennial at Abbey of Noirlac in Orléans France. The North-South-East-West DVD was exhibited at the 2006 Les Futurs de l’écrit Art Biennial at the Abbey of Noirlac in Orléans France. The Future of Writing ( Les Futurs de l’écrit) is a biennial event that exhibits literature,…
Darayonan Centre of Coron Philippines
Medicine Wheel Video Installation exhibited in Coron Philippines, February 2005. North South East West, the New Media Installation, inspired by the traditional knowledge of the Anishinaabe Peoples was shown February 17th 2005 in Coron Philippines at the Darayonan Centre. The show was part of a 10 city tour of the Philippines and Taiwan, February 12…
Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Culture Park
North-South-East-West at Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Culture Park, Ping Dong 2005. The North-South-East-West Video Installation with Metis storyteller Graham Thompson was exhibited at the Taiwan Indigenous Peoples Culture Park in Ping Dong Taiwan in March 2005. The Indigenous Peoples in Taiwan The indigenous peoples in Taiwan refer to the inhabitants who had been living on the…