{"id":1538,"date":"2016-06-26T15:54:48","date_gmt":"2016-06-26T19:54:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/trickstershift\/?page_id=1538"},"modified":"2017-08-25T10:44:47","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T14:44:47","slug":"11th-annual-new-sun-conference-on-aboriginal-arts-reconfigured-realities","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/trickstershift\/new-sun-conference\/11th-annual-new-sun-conference-on-aboriginal-arts-reconfigured-realities\/","title":{"rendered":"11th Annual  New Sun Conference on Aboriginal Arts: Reconfigured Realities"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">M e d i a<\/h3>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DoJ9B4aFsrw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DqEy_ZlLu9Q?start=163&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"Permanent Link to New Sun Conference shines light on aboriginal artists\" href=\"http:\/\/charlatan.ca\/2012\/03\/new-sun-conference-shines-light-on-aboriginal-artists\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"bookmark noopener\">New Sun Conference shines light on aboriginal artists<\/a><br \/>\nBy Juanita Bawagan,\u00a0<em>The Charlatan<\/em>, March 6, 2012<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/trickstershift\/wp-content\/uploads\/Charlatan-2012.pdf\">PDF version of the article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>It took 30 years for KC Adams to come out of the closet \u2014 the aboriginal closet that is.<\/p>\n<p>Adams is an aboriginal multimedia artist but she said she didn\u2019t describe herself as one until 2001. She had been creating a Cyborg series of all-white installations that highlight the co-existence of humans and technology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realized they were a reflection of my own confusion,\u201d she said describing her conflicting identity with her Scottish-Metis background.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJust because you weren\u2019t raised aboriginal doesn\u2019t make you any less aboriginal than anyone else,\u201d she said to the crowd of 230 at the New Sun Conference March 3 at 杏吧原创.<\/p>\n<p>Adam\u2019s \u201chybrid\u201d identity is one of the ways artists addressed the rigid ideas aboriginal and non-aboriginal people have about their culture and identity. This all plays into the conference\u2019s theme of \u201creconfiguring realities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More than changing who aboriginal people are, New Sun Conference chair and 杏吧原创 Canadian studies professor Allan Ryan said the conference shines a light on the success stories often lost in the \u201cgritty\u201d portrayals of aboriginals.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s the norm,\u201d he said. \u201cThere are a lot of positive stories out there and they\u2019re expressed through art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hip-hop performances, film screenings and speeches from leading aboriginal artists packed the schedule for the sold-out conference.<\/p>\n<p>Symphony conductor John Kim Bell said people need to shift the aboriginal narrative from one of suffering to one of success. To reconfigure the aboriginal reality, he founded theAboriginal Achievement Awards.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had similar experiences to Adams, being boxed as \u201cassimilated\u201d because he was classically trained. Whether it\u2019s new media or classical art, people have to stop confining what is aboriginal art to specific forms, he said.<\/p>\n<p>The conference has changed venues, speakers and themes over the years but Ryan said the spirit of the conference is the same.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a sense it\u2019s the same thing,\u201d he said. \u201dIt\u2019s looking at who is doing things on the edge and pushing boundaries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-118\" src=\"http:\/\/carleton.ca\/trickstershift\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsc-logo-small.jpg\" alt=\"nsc- logo-small\" width=\"190\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/trickstershift\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsc-logo-small.jpg 190w, https:\/\/carleton.ca\/trickstershift\/wp-content\/uploads\/nsc-logo-small-160x65.jpg 160w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 190px) 100vw, 190px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">A presentation of the New Sun Chair in Aboriginal Art and\u00a0Culture<br \/>\nwith the support of the Dean of Arts and Social Sciences and the New Sun Fund<br \/>\nadministered by the Community Foundation of Ottawa, plus the generosity of private\u00a0donors<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>M e d i a New Sun Conference shines light on aboriginal artists By Juanita Bawagan,\u00a0The Charlatan, March 6, 2012 PDF version of the article It took 30 years for KC Adams to come out of the closet \u2014 the aboriginal closet that is. 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