Armand Garnet Ruffo discusses Joi T Arcand’s piece ‘Never Surrender’ from her exhibition ᑿᔭᐢᐠ ᐅᑌᐦᑕᒼ at Central Art Garage for Queen’s University.

Camille Turner - Awakening at Nuit Blanche. Turner works in all different kinds of media and performance art. Her latest venture is a narrative short about a time traveller going back to stop the Transatlantic slave trade. Turner is exploring Canadian and diasporic identity and contextualizing the Canadian involvement in the slave trade.

Joi T. Arcand’s most recognizable works are her neon signs of declarative statements in Plains Cree syllabics. Never Surrender, exhibited at Central Art Garage, is her latest work in this vein, translating lyrics from Corey Hart’s 1980s pop song. Through this process, Hart’s lyrics become an anthem of Indigenous sovereignty.

Camille Turner, creator of The Resistance of Peggy Pompadour—a sonic walking tour tells the story of an enslaved woman from the town of York.