In the Land of the Head Hunters - A Short Film
Category: General
Prince George Premier Screening
(HD Video 24:52 min 2008)
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11:30 am
UNBC Room 7-150
In the Land of the Head Hunters (2008) documents a screening of Edward Curtis’s eponymous film for the descendants of the cast on the Kwakiutl reserve in the north of Vancouver Island.
Conceptual artist Taras Polataiko has consistently addressed political history and memory. Polataiko has exhibited world-wide, including Sao Paulo Biennale (Brazil), Korean Biennale (South Korea), Antoni Tapies Foundation (Spain), Volta 5 (Switzerland) and Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal. He taught art at the University of Saskatchewan and lectured at the U of T, UBC, ECUAD, OCAD, U of Vic, U of Calgary, U of S, Trent University, U of Manitoba, and U of Newcastle (Australia). He is represented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art (New York), Galerie U7 (Frankfurt), and Barbara Edwards Contemporary (Toronto).
(HD Video 24:52 min 2008)
Thursday, March 11, 2010
11:30 am
UNBC Room 7-150
In the Land of the Head Hunters (2008) documents a screening of Edward Curtis’s eponymous film for the descendants of the cast on the Kwakiutl reserve in the north of Vancouver Island.
Conceptual artist Taras Polataiko has consistently addressed political history and memory. Polataiko has exhibited world-wide, including Sao Paulo Biennale (Brazil), Korean Biennale (South Korea), Antoni Tapies Foundation (Spain), Volta 5 (Switzerland) and Musee d'Art Contemporain de Montreal. He taught art at the University of Saskatchewan and lectured at the U of T, UBC, ECUAD, OCAD, U of Vic, U of Calgary, U of S, Trent University, U of Manitoba, and U of Newcastle (Australia). He is represented by Priska C. Juschka Fine Art (New York), Galerie U7 (Frankfurt), and Barbara Edwards Contemporary (Toronto).
