Saturday, September 24, 2016

Yágis--Protector of Our Territories and Coast

I LOVE Yágis!
He eats Tankers.
I feel so much safer now!!
Inside the Museum of Anthropology Summer 2016



 Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2016

Meet Yágis- he eats Tankers!!
http://moa.ubc.ca/school-programs/educational-websites/one-mind-one-heart/introduction/ 
Ian Reid, Heiltsuk Artist, 2012


This sea monster mask is called ’Yágis from the Under Sea Kingdom. I created ’Yágis for – One Mind, One Heart, an installation at the Museum of Anthropology to show my support in opposing the Enbridge Pipeline Project. He hunts down oil tankers and protects our territories and coast.

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/inside-museum-of-anthropology-summer.html
The installation was curated by Pam Brown, MOA curator in collaboration with the Heiltsuk Nation and ’Nusí, Ian Reid, Heiltsuk artist and activist


https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/inside-museum-of-anthropology-summer.html

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/inside-museum-of-anthropology-summer.html

https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/inside-museum-of-anthropology-summer.html
 http://moa.ubc.ca/school-programs/educational-websites/one-mind-one-heart/introduction/ 
http://www.spirit-gallery.com/artistbio.php?artist_id=93
http://www.lattimergallery.com/collections/ian-reid
http://aboriginal.ubc.ca/2013/01/02/one-mind-one-heart-exhibit-at-moa



Ian Reid, Heiltsuk Artist, 2012
https://tinawinterlik.blogspot.ca/2016/07/inside-museum-of-anthropology-summer.html++
 Photography by Tina Winterlik aka Zipolita © 2016

 
Award of Merit
UBC Museum of Anthropology curator Pam Brown and the exhibition team for the “Claiming Space: Voices of Urban Aboriginal Youth” exhibit

Pam Brown, MA

 

Curator, Pacific Northwest
http://moa.ubc.ca/curatorial/