Maps and Dreams Reading Group, led by Kate Hennessy

Image courtesy Audain Gallery, 2017.

Kate led a reading group at the Audain Gallery last week as a part of the public programming for the exhibition Maps and Dreams, curated by Brian Jungen and Melanie O’Brian. The group read aloud and discussed some selections from Hugh Brody’s book Maps and Dreams that Kate had chosen, and listened to narratives in Dane-zaa Záágéʔ from the Doig River First Nation’s virtual exhibit Dane Wajich: Dane-zaa Stories and Songs. 

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Saturday, July 15, 2017, 2pm
Audain Gallery

This event will approach the subject of Dane-zaa dream maps through oral and written texts. Lead by Kate Hennessy, participants will read aloud from sections of Hugh Brody’s Maps and Dreams that relate specifically to dream maps. The group will listen to recordings of Dane-zaa elders speaking in Dane-zaa Záágéʔ and English about the significance of these maps. No preparation required.

Hennessy is an Assistant Professor at SFU’s School of Interactive Arts and Technology. She is the director of Making Culture Lab and member of the Ethnographic Terminalia Curatorial Collective. Her research examines the role of digital technology in the documentation, mediation and safeguarding of cultural heritage.