<p><b>Photography, sculpture, woven work, folk art, painting, found art, and more.<\/b><\/p><p>When Terry Graff and Alan Syliboy decided to investigate contemporary First Nations art in New Brunswick, they set out on a road trip. They visited the Mi\u2019kmaq Nation communities and Wolastoqey Nation communities. The result was an exhibition and a book, a journal that captured the essence of the road trip through Graff\u2019s words and Syliboy\u2019s magnificent photographs.<\/p><p>The book captures their high-octane meeting with heavy metal musician Eric Miller; Robert Pictou\u2019s model boats and surprising works of art; their poignant visit with John Seca Labillois, who conjured a drum from the trunk of a 600-year-old tree; Peter Augustine\u2019s collection of antlers; the sacred site of the Sundance ceremony at Big Cove; and the story of the Brooks family\u2019s efforts to repatriate the 200-year-old Grandfather Akwiten canoe. <i>Ekpahak<\/i> brings together a synthesis of cultural traditions and artistic practise that today serves as expressions of self-determination.<\/p><p><b>Photographie, sculpture, travail tiss\u00e9, art populaire, peinture, art trouv\u00e9, et d\u2019autant plus.<\/b><\/p><p>Lorsque Terry Graff et Alan Syliboy ont d\u00e9cid\u00e9 d’enqu\u00eater sur l’art contemporain des Premi\u00e8res nations au Nouveau-Brunswick, ils ont entrepris un voyage sur la route. Ils ont visit\u00e9 les communaut\u00e9s de la nation Mi\u2019kmaq et les communaut\u00e9s de la nation Wolastoqey. Le r\u00e9sultat a \u00e9t\u00e9 une exposition et un livre, un journal qui a captur\u00e9 l’essence du voyage sur la route \u00e0 travers les mots de Graff et les magnifiques photographies de Syliboy.<\/p><p>Le livre capture leur rencontre \u00e0 haut indice d’octane avec le musicien de heavy metal Eric Miller ; les maquettes de bateaux et les \u0153uvres d’art surprenantes de Robert Pictou ; leur visite poignante avec John Seca Labillois, qui a \u00e9voqu\u00e9 un tambour du tronc d’un arbre vieux de 600 ans ; la collection de bois de Peter Augustine ; le site sacr\u00e9 de la c\u00e9r\u00e9monie de Sundance \u00e0 Big Cove ; et l’histoire des efforts de la famille Brooks pour rapatrier le cano\u00eb Akwiten, vieux de 200 ans. <i>Ekpahak<\/i> offre une synth\u00e8se des traditions culturelles et des pratiques artistiques qui servent aujourd’hui d\u2019expressions d\u2019autod\u00e9termination.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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