Exhibitions
TEIONHENKWEN Supporters of Life
T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss
With the help of Silverbear (Kanien’kehá:ka) and Joce TwoCrows Mashkikii Bimosewin Tremblay (Great Lakes métis, onon:wat/nizh manidook)
TEIONHENKWEN Supporters of Life is a land-based urban ecology, a gathering place that follows pathways of generative reciprocity. It includes local native plant varieties with medicinal properties and utilitarian and ceremonial values. The shapes in which these plants are bedded in are inspired by local Indigenous cultural symbols. All of these elements combine to create visibility for Indigenous plants, peoples, and animals that are present but have few safe places to gather and coexist in urban spaces.

T'uy’t'tanat-Cease Wyss, TEIONHENKWEN Supporters of Life, 2021, installation view on the north site of the Grande Bibliothèque / BAnQ as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

T'uy’t'tanat-Cease Wyss, TEIONHENKWEN Supporters of Life, 2021, installation view on the north site of the Grande Bibliothèque / BAnQ as part of MOMENTA 2021. Photo: Jean-Michael Seminaro

T’uy’t’tanat-Cease Wyss in collaboration with Joce TwoCrows Mashkikii Bimosewin Tremblay and Silverbear, Digital Dish with One Spoon Wampum, 2021, digital media