Exhibitions
Of the Land
The group exhibition Of the Land considers human connections to land. The artists address destructive human relationships with our surroundings and the way that colonial seizing of territory has disrupted relations with the land. They attend to the history and effervescent presence of smell of a tiny plant on the verge of disappearance. And they problematize notions of the garden as a universal secular retreat. Considering ecology beyond the natural, Of the Land proposes fond and caring ways of relating. It emphasizes that we—a “we” encompassing both a human and a fox—are not in the world, but are of the world.

Miriam Simun, A Wet Chemical Trace, 2017, installation view at the Galerie de l’UQAM as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

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Ts̱ēmā Igharas and Erin Siddall, Great Bear Lake is the Boss, 2019, installation view at the Galerie de l’UQAM as part of MOMENTA 2021. Commissioned by MOMENTA Biennale d'art contemporain and the Toronto Biennial of Art. Photo Jean-Michael Seminaro

Carolina Caycedo, Wanaawna, 2019, installation view at Galerie de l’UQAM as part of MOMENTA 2021. Commissioned by the Orange County Museum of Art (California), Museum purchase with funds raised from the grant LOVE x OCMA Fund for Artists. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro
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Eve Tagny, Of Roses [how to embody the layers of time] (detail), 2021, installation view at the Galerie de l’UQAM as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Kama La Mackerel, Breaking the Promise of Tropical Emptiness: Trans Subjectivity in the Postcard, 2019, installation view at the Galerie de l’UQAM as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

Taloi Havini, Habitat 2017, 2017, installation view at the Galerie de l’UQAM as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro