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Subject: 	FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Understanding Place in Culture: 
Serigraphs and the Transmission of Cultural Knowledge
Date: 	Fri, 5 Oct 2012 13:22:52 -0700



Understanding Place in Culture: Serigraphs and the Transmission of
Cultural Knowledge at the University of Victoria's Maltwood Prints and
Drawings Gallery


Understanding Place in Culture: Serigraphs and the Transmission of
Cultural Knowledge focuses on how Indigenous perspectives of place shape
expressions of important cultural knowledge. All of the serigraphs
selected from this collection represent or convey a sense of place in some
way, either through a direct representation of a physical location; an
image that translates a story about a place; or images that connect
(through memory, dreams, etc.) to a specific place.

Museums and other educational institutions are often seen as sites of
privileged knowledge production, spaces that have often excluded minority
perspectives and realities. These artists challenge the hegemonic
practices of institutions, by positioning the artist as the ethnographic
authority on their cultural expressions and knowledge.

This exhibition showcases serigraphs by Indigenous artists from the
coastal areas of British Columbia, and are part of the Smyth and Rickard
Collections of Northwest Coast serigraphs. Seven artists from different
Indigenous communities are represented in the exhibition: Francis Dick,
Maynard Johnny Jr., Edward Joe, Stan Greene, Floyd Joseph, Tim Paul, and
Joe David. Selections of audio 'soundscapes,' from interviews with Francis
Dick and Maynard Johnny Jr., are accessible to visitors via smart phone;
the interviews frame the works within the experience of a specific place.



This free exhibit runs October 18, 2012 to January 28, 2013
at the Maltwood Prints and Drawings Gallery in the McPherson Library at
the University of Victoria. The gallery is open during library hours.

For more information, please visit the exhibition website
uvac.uvic.ca/gallery/placeinculture/ or uvac.uvic.ca

Watch the 50th anniversary events website for further event information:
www.uvic.ca/anniversary/home/calendar/index.php
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