Cheryl L'Hirondelle
Cheryl L’Hirondelle (self-described "Cree/Halfbreed; German/Polish") is an interdisciplinary artist and singer/songwriter with family roots from Treaty 6 - Papaschase FN/amiskwaciy wāskahikan and Kikino Metis Settlement, AB. Her art practice investigates and articulates dynamism inherent in nēhiyaw itapisinowin (Cree worldview) in contemporary time-place, and creates immersive environments and participatory engagement towards radical inclusion and decolonization. Her songwriting focuses on nēhiyawēwin and Indigenous soundshapes, contemporary songforms and personal narrative songwriting as methodologies toward survivance. Cheryl has performed, presented and exhibited nationally and internationally and she was a recipient of the 2021 Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Art.
“Medicine Kitchen Table”
Medicine Kitchen Table VR ponders impossible liminal spaces. The installation acts as an experimental music video immersing the viewer playfully within “simulacra or hyper-reality” where art imitates life, imitating life… The song featured is The Beauty Within, from the Why the Caged Bird Sings project – songs co-written with incarcerated populations. The viewer must venture underneath the heavy curtain-like tablecloth and oversized kitchen table to experience the VR they are at once part of.
LOcation: 5 Corners Cafe, Broadway Avenue
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