Congratulations to TWU faculty Dr. Erica Grimm, Joshua Hale, Alysha Creighton, and Patti Victor, for the opening of a significant exhibition at the Langley Centennial Museum, titled Upstream/Downriver: Walking the stɑl̓əw̓ Watershed, a collaborative research-creation project that addresses climate change at the local scale of the lower Fraser River watershed.
The exhibition is open at the Langley Centennial Museum from October 23, 2021 - February 6, 2022.
In a collaborative, creative and interdisciplinary work that highlights the effects of climate change within our local context, TWU faculty partnered with experts from a wide range of science, humanities, and Indigenous knowledge backgrounds to walk the stɑl̓əw̓ Watershed. Experts included Dr. Heesoon Bai (SFU), Dr. Katharine Bubel, Dr. David Clements, Dr. Tim Cooper (UFV), David Jordan, Dr. Maxwell Ofosuhene, Dr. Sam Pimentel, Dr. Bruce Shelvey, Annelyn Victor (Xwchíyò:m Nation), and Chief Andrew Victor (Xwchíyò:m Nation).
Scott Macklin, TWU Executive Director of Online Learning, recently interviewed Dr. Erica Grimm, Joshua Hale, Alysha Creighton, and Patti Victor, on Learning Matters: a Bridge to Practice podcast, to talk about their research and art exhibition.
Listening to the river leads to a heart change
University Siya:m Patti Victor describes the heart change that can happen when a person takes time to immerse herself into the environment of the stɑl̓əw̓ Watershed. "When it talks about heart (engagement), it talks about all of your being...your thoughts and your mind, your sprit and your body (all) being enveloped in that experience. That's when heart change happens."
In describing the people who participated in this project to walk the stɑl̓əw̓ Watershed, Victor said they were "people who had a heart for the river, a heart for climate change, and a heart for God and for righteousness and justice."
About Upstream/Downriver Walking the stɑl̓əw̓ Watershed
Upstream/Downriver Walking the stɑl̓əw̓ Watershed is a collaborative research-creation project that addresses climate change at the local, granular scale of the lower Fraser River watershed. Artists walked with experts from a wide range of backgrounds–Indigenous knowledge holders, scientists, philosophers, and poets–inviting their observations on climate impacts along the watershed. Reflecting on the knowledge shared during these walks, the artists have created an immersive installation experience in the Centennial Museum. Combining video, sound, installation and drawing to connect viewers to the code red realities of climate impacts in our region, the work also gives voice to the river, pointing the way to how we may reimagine our relationship with the land and learn to walk in a good way on this territory we call home.
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