The Hands Talk | Aboriginal Student Exhibition

Michael O'Brian Exhibition Commons

Curators: Diane Blunt, Zoe Cire, Shawna Kiesman

The Hands Talk narrates a multifaceted memoir of the individualistic experience made as Indigenous artists. One speaks through their hands in physically creating tangible artworks that thereupon catalyze conversation, emotion and the sharing of knowledge.

The Hands Talk calls upon the diverse and numerous voices of different nations and communities as Indigenous artists, each echoing a distinct acknowledgement of home. Through diversity, there is a universal language shared between artists that enables unity. In physically using our hands to produce art, we are granted expression that consolidates a form of communication, linking us as Indigenous makers.

Through the work of hands the artist has the ability to shape vocabulary and synthesize voices throughout the North American expanse. The Hands Talk allows Indigenous artists to speak a language fusing our hand made stories.

Respectfully, Emily Carr University is located on unceded, traditional and ancestral xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) territories.