Winter Arts Fest Dialogue: Lighting the way

FEB. 22 // Doors: 6:00 PM // 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Herschel Supply Co. (Gastown) // 347 Water Street, Vancouver

• Reservation Required
• FREE
• All-Ages

All are welcome to attend a dialogue about cutting-edge Indigenous-led design, technology and augmented reality (AR) hosted at Herschel Supply store in Gastown. Each panelist will share their work in this fast growing convergence of art, futurism and placemaking.

Charlene Johnny is a Quw’utsun artist residing in Vancouver BC. She enjoys filtering traditional Coast Salish design elements through a modern lens. For the Winter Arts Festival, Charlene created the AR artwork Violets are Blue (Kwikwutth’ Sp’e’luq’lum) with tum’xuytl’ (winter) and the Hul’q’umi’num’ Language in mind.

"Mim’ne’ means February celebrating the “baby moon” or short month, with the root of the word meaning my child. Mim’ne’ is the month thenu ten (my mother) and thenu shuyulh (my older sister) were born, so I had them in mind when I created these violet floral designs Kwikwutth’ Sp’e’luq’lum (Blue Flowers). When the AR filter is activated you’ll notice nuts’nuts’a’shun (snowflakes slowly falling)." - Charlene Johnny

We are also celebrating the launch of Blanketing The City: Lighting The Way, and the Musqueam Runner (formerly known as Thread Runner). The murals, facade lighting and projection installations in seven iconic Vancouver locations will feature an interactive AR artwork, Musqueam Runner. This AR artwork component is woven into the Blanketing The City series in collaboration with Joshua Conrad of Slow Studies.

“Dedicated to the spirit of our ancestors, the original runners ran from village to village throughout what is now the city of Vancouver, carrying out messages and reminding us of who we are … where we come from." - Debra Sparrow

Festival attendees can activate the AR through their phones to see the Musqueam Runner at Canada Place, BC Place, TELUS Garden, Science World and the murals at Cathedral Square, the Biltmore, and Granville Island.

FEATURING

Facilitator: Adrian Sinclair

Speakers: 
Debra Sparrow (Artist, Designer)
Joshua Conrad (Slow Studies / Spark Indigenous)
Charlene Johnny (Artist, Muralist, Silversmith)

SponsorS

Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association
Evo Car Share

Venue Partner

Herschel Supply Co. 

Partners 

EOS Lightmedia, Slow Studies, Science World, TELUS Garden, BC Place, Canada Place, and Granville Island.

  • • Terrain: Pavement sidewalk and cobblestone streets

    • Mobility: Upon entry, all areas of our store are wheelchair accessible and there is plenty of room for strollers as well

    • Restroom Facilities: Gender-free washroom

    • Seating: Chairs

    • Public Transportation: A short walk eastbound from Waterfront Station

    • Parking: Parking nearby will be limited street parking. Easy Park lot located a block away. It’s advised to get dropped off, Evo, Uber, Cab or take public transit.

    • Furry Friends: Animals are welcome on our site.

  • We acknowledge that this event takes place on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.

    We ask that you take a moment to consider the history of the land that we gather on, your relations with local Indigenous people, and what each of us can do to foster meaningful reconciliation now and into the future.