IN-PERSON Barcelona. Section B

Abstract

In this presentation we would like to reflect on our collaboration which began with artist and professor Mark Igloliorte, whose practice explores colour, language, old and new technologies, painting, and skateboarding. His work as part of Nuit Blanche Toronto 2022 where Nagam was the Artistic Director. His work was inspired by Inuit stone arrangements around arctic fish spawning sites— Saputiit – Fish Weir Skate Plaza. It channeled the flow of skaters and created a skateboarding welcome space where BIPOC bodies were seen and present. Audiences were invited to interact with the site via Augmented Reality, engaging with virtual arctic char and urban skaters. Dr. Nagam’s theoretical and artistic work grapples with space and place. Her creative interventions deconstruct historical narratives, extending our notion of time by engaging the memories and the stories that the land keeps. Much of her past artwork deconstructs the cartographic process based on layering archival materials, current images, projections, paintings, drawings, and installations. Our work together developed into a project that explores the physicality of skateboarding with practices of everyday life (de Certeau) in the city. Each of our practices allows for ongoing investigations of cities. We want to discuss our artwork and scholarship that thinks about how the past, present, and future are connected: one cannot be dissected without considering the others. If we continue to look toward future generations, we can see the potential to create space that is that is more reflective of diverse bodies, revealing and exposing relationships to people, language, and place.