BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260727T205435EDT-8289eTreFV@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260728T005435Z DESCRIPTION:“In the Belly of the Whale: Reflections on Precarious Future(s) and Aging Settler/ Colonial Institutions”\n \n Andrew Hunter\n Independent a rtist\, curator\, educator and writer\n\n\n Abstract: Through a combination of personal stories\, historical narratives\, contemporary art\, museum c ase studies\, and his own artist/curator projects\, Andrew Hunter will con sider the problematic pasts and precarious futures of museums\, galleries and arts organizations\, with an emphasis on Canadian institutions and the ir relationships with dominant global models. Emphasizing the colonial roo ts of these spaces\, Hunter will reflect on the growing demands from many communities for significant\, foundational change in these so-called “publ ic” institutions. Through the lenses of parallel disciplines (particularly natural history\, life sciences and geology)\, Hunter considers the chall enge\, and potential barriers to\, adaptation and confronting the underlyi ng commitment of most institutions to retain their foundational cultures a nd structures. In the Belly of the Whale offers a deeply personal and self -critical perspective\, shaped by a wide range of experiences in the arts\ , from high profile positions\, to the periphery and self-imposed exile.\n \n“He lived with us in the belly of the whale\, and the whale spit him out on the farther shore.” - from Opening Invocation by Jean-Paul de Dadelsen (1950)\n\n\n Bio: Andrew Hunter is an artist\, curator\, educator and writ er. Born and currently based in Hamilton\, Ontario\, he is a graduate of t he Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Over three decades\, he has work ed nationally and internationally\, holding curatorial positions across Ca nada (including at the Art Gallery of Hamilton\, Vancouver Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Ontario) and\, as both an artist and curator\, has produce d exhibitions and publications for such institutions as the National Galle ry of Canada\, Winnipeg Art Gallery\, the Banff Centre for the Arts\, Conc ordia University\, University of Toronto\, Museum of Modern Art Dubrovnik (Croatia)\, Hammer Museum at UCLA and Museum of Fine Arts Boston\, among m any others. Hunter ran the experimental interdisciplinary arts-based progr am RENDER (University of Waterloo)\, co-founded the creative research proj ect DodoLab (with Lisa Hirmer) and has been a collaborator with the commun ity focused arts research initiative proboscis UK (London\, England). He h as taught graduate and undergraduate courses at University of Waterloo/Wat erloo Architecture and OCAD University and worked closely with organizatio ns supporting at-risk and marginalized youth. A former house painter\, ste eplejack\, caretaker and marina and factory labourer\, Hunter’s grandparen ts came to Hamilton in the 1920s from Birmingham\, England\, and Glasgow\, Scotland\, as working people and his parents were Hamilton born and worke d in industry and health care.\n\nHunter regularly writes and speaks about institutions of culture and history\, the erasure of histories\, the marg inalization of cultures by colonial institutions and the responsibilities and accountabilities of settler communities. Since resigning his senior po sition as Curator of Canadian Art at the Art Gallery of Ontario in 2017\, he has continued to be an outspoken critic of the entrenched systems of ex clusion (defined by wealth\, privilege and whiteness) that remain the foun dations of so-called “public” institutions. Recent talks include presentat ions at Harvard University\, University of Glasgow\, University of Toronto \, and keynote talks at the 2018 Archives Association of Ontario Conferenc e (Laurier University) and the 2018 Saskatchewan Artists Association Confe rence (University of Saskatchewan). Widely published\, his most recent tex t\, written as his alter-ego Professor William Starling\, appears in the f all 2018 issue of Blackflash magazine.\n\nAt heart\, Hunter’s work is mult i-disciplinary and exploratory\, incorporating visual art\, writing\, perf ormance and media\, as well as academic and archival research and story-te lling. Acknowledging his status as a settler and invasive species\, he is committed to collaboratively developing and sharing new approaches that br eak from colonial models and embracing the Calls to Action of the Truth an d Reconciliation Commission. In addition\, the mental health of individual s\, communities and cultures is (for personal and professional reasons) of fundamental importance to his life and work. Hunter considers it essentia l that work in the arts be socially and critically engaged and accepts the categorization of much of his work as “social work” (a term usually appli ed as a criticism).\n\n\n Sponsors:\n Prof. Heather Igloliorte\, Concordia U niversity Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagemen t\n Prof. Charmaine A. Nelson\, Art History and Communication Studies\, McG ill University\n\n \n DTSTART:20190221T210000Z DTEND:20190221T230000Z LOCATION:W-215\, Arts Building\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 0G5\, 853 rue She rbrooke Ouest SUMMARY:Speaker Series | Andrew Hunter “In the Belly of the Whale: Reflecti ons on Precarious Future(s) and Aging Settler/ Colonial Institutions” URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/ahcs/channels/event/speaker-series-andrew-hunter- belly-whale-reflections-precarious-futures-and-aging-settler-colonial-2923 49 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR