Jude Norris aka Tatakwan
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Makekway Masinakatew/Untitled
Synopsis: A narration of an old Okanagan Nation story about the Earth's beginnings accompanies images of the artist's body, revealed while she is weight training. In this very figurative self-portrait, the female body is expanded to encompass broader cultural territory. The abstracted yet narrative images and the ancient creation story combine to invoke a contemporary exploration of Indigenous perception and even of identity, strength and connection.
Filmmaker: Jude Norris
Contact: www.JudeNorris.com
Producer: Jude Norris/Images Festival
Year of Production: 2003
Distributor Information: www.vtape.org
Country: Canada
Media on this Channel
Makekway Masinakatew/Untitled
Synopsis: A narration of an old Okanagan Nation story about the Earth's beginnings accompanies images of the artist's body, revealed while she is weight training. In this very figurative self-portrait, the female body is expanded to encompass broader cultural territory.
self-portrait in revolutions
Synopsis: Created for exhibition as a video installation artwork, the video plays continuously on a monitor embedded
in a large white wall or sheet of white fabric, creating a small moving-image 'painting' within an expanse of white space.
self-portrait in alterNation between descension & ascension
Synopsis: An installation/time-loop format self-portrait of the artist
on the Brooklyn library escalator. In this playful, serious & surreal altered-time
self-portrait, the escalator and the simple act of taking steps are abstracted
to become symbolic of spiritual movement, imposed/colonial notions, and
relationship to technology.