| Displacement (How to cope with the weight of history) |
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This selection of work is part of a larger series dealing with notions of cultural loss and displacement. My current studio practice is preoccupied with the idea of what it means to be Native and whether an authentic reconnection to an absent cultural identity is possible. Through performative actions documented by digital video and photography, I am aiming to illustrate the outsider place that I currently assume with my own First Nations Canadian identity and the frustration, futility and absurdity surrounding my attempts to reconnect. In addition, I am interested in questioning the authority that I have or the position that I assume within the ability to address First Nations issues, such as the function of the outdated and politically incorrect books that exist in institutional libraries. - Maggie Groat Maggie Groat is a visual artist that works in performance, intervention, video, film, photography and drawing. In 2008, she received grants from The Canada Council for the Arts and The Ontario Arts Council. She received her BFA from York University in Visual Art Studies in 2007. Maggie now lives and works in Guelph, Ontario, where she is currently completing her first year of the MFA program at The University of Guelph. Maggie is part of the CRAM art collective, based out of her hometown of St. Catharines.
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