[Bcma-l] New Exhibit Opening at MOA

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June 25, 2007    

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

UBC Museum of Anthropology Announces 

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas - 

Meddling in the Museum

July 10, 2007 - December 31, 2007

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Opening Reception Tuesday, July 10, 2007, 7:00 pm (free; everyone welcome)

Haida artist Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas mixes it up at MOA with three
site-specific installations inspired by the Museum's current Renewal
Project.  Michael's new works incorporate media as diverse as a
stolen-but-recovered car hoods and copper leaf (Coppers from the Hood),
argillite dust and an entire canoe-bearing Pontiac Firefly (Pedal to the
Meddle), and an interactive Haida manga mural using abandoned archaeology
storage trays (Bone Box). In the process, he brings his own brand of humour,
narrative, and social commentary to jumpstart new debates in the Museum's
changing spaces. 

The July 10 opening will take place "tailgate style" on the Museum grounds,
with a picnic and music by THREE fantastic local bands - The Byrd Sisters,
Jamie Thomson and the Culturally Modified, and Sister Says.

The Byrd Sisters are three Haida women who, like their bird-relatives, share
a love of singing and drumming. The Byrd Sisters are Itlqujatqut'aas, Lori
Davis (Dadens Ravens, yahgu janaas), Guulangwas, Jacqueline Hans (Skidegate
Eagles, Gidins, Naa-Ewans Xyadaga), and Gid7ahl-gudsllay, Terri-Lynn
Williams-Davidson (Skedans Ravens, gak'yaals kiigawaay). 

Thomson's band, composed of Jamie Thomson (guitar, vocals), Brent Shindell
(guitar), Robert Thomson (bass), and Trevor Ainsworth (drums, percussion)
plays original electric and acoustic music that reflects upon life and world
issues (www.intellifunk.com). Sister Says brings together Gillian Thomson
(vocals), Robert Thomson (bass), Trevor Ainsworth (drums/percussion), and
Jeff Younger (guitar) for sets that range from experimental rock-jazz and
alternative soul to classical (www.myspace.com/sistersays).

Installations curated by Karen Duffek, Curator, Contemporary Visual Arts.
Thanks to Canada Council for the Arts for their support of this project.

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Artist Profile

Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas was raised in Delkatla on Haida Gwaii. He is a
political "Arrrtist," and has worked professionally seeking solutions to
jurisdictional disputes between colonial and indigenous governments both
here in Canada and abroad. His artworks have been shown in Japan, Korea,
England and, most recently, as part of the Vancouver Art Gallery's
exhibition Raven Travelling. As well, he is author of A Tale of Two Shamans
and The Last Voyage of the Black Ship ( <http://www.mny.ca/> www.mny.ca).
His illustrated book, Hachidori, now in its third printing, sold 100,000
copies in Japan.

Contact

For images or to arrange interviews, please contact Jennifer Webb,
Communications Manager

UBC Museum of Anthropology, 6393 NW Marine Drive, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 

604.822.5950   jenwebb@interchange.ubc.ca   <http://www.moa.ubc.ca/>
www.moa.ubc.ca

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