Take Care To Tell It Just As It Was

Vance Wright
Vancouver, British Columbia

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Size

74" x 24" x 1"

Medium

Sculpture, wood, felt, sinew, tanned hide, jingles, beadwork

Beadwork is a trace of its maker, a physical tie to this world after someone has left it. This flag embodies this as it stands at 6 feet 2 inches, the same height as me. I made it brightly coloured to feel more like a celebration of life rather than commemoration of death. Its installation is a simple lean against the gallery wall, alluding to the body at rest. The presence of jingles gives the sense that this object has been performed before being put down, much like how life is a flurry of activity before rest.

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Take Care To Tell It Just As It Was

Vance Wright
Vancouver, British Columbia

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Vance Wright
Vancouver, British Columbia

Vance Wright (they/them) is a reconnecting two-spirit member of the Tl’azt’en Nation and was raised on the unceded territories of the Sinixt Nation in what is colonially known as Nelson, BC. Currently residing in the occupied and unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations in Vancouver, they are an emerging artist, curator, and writer. They hold a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Emily Carr University, with a major in Critical and Cultural Practices and a minor in Curatorial Studies. Their artwork has been exhibited in the Contemporary Native Art Biennial (BACA), as well as artist run centres such as Massy Arts Society or Oxygen Art Center.

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