Ekpahak: Where the Tide Ends/Où La Marée Aboutit [French]

By Alan Syliboy and Terry Graff

Photography, sculpture, woven work, folk art, painting, found art, and more.

When Terry Graff and Alan Syliboy decided to investigate contemporary First Nations art in New Brunswick, they set out on a road trip. They visited the Mi'kmaq Nation communities at Ugpi'ganjig (Eel River Bar), Elsipogtog (Big Cove), and Metepenagiag (Red Bank) and Wolastoqey Nation communities at Negootkook (Tobique) and St. Mary's. The result was an exhibition and a book, a journal that captured the essence of the road trip through Graff's words and Syliboy's magnificent photographs.

The book captures their high-octane meeting with heavy metal musician Eric Miller; Robert Pictou's model boats and surprising works of art; their poignant visit with John Seca Labillois, who conjured a drum from the trunk of a 600-year-old tree; Peter Augustine's collection of antlers; the sacred site of the Sundance ceremony at Big Cove; and the story of the Brooks family's efforts to repatriate the 200-year-old Grandfather Akwiten canoe. Featuring the stories about and photographs of the work of 16 contemporary Wolastoqey and Mi'kmaq artists, Ekpahak brings together a synthesis of cultural traditions and artistic practise that today serves as expressions of self-determination.

Photographie, sculpture, travail tiss?, art populaire, peinture, art trouv?, et d'autant plus.

Lorsque Terry Graff et Alan Syliboy ont d?cid? d'enqu?ter sur l'art contemporain des Premi?res nations au Nouveau-Brunswick, ils ont entrepris un voyage sur la route. Ils ont visit? les communaut's de la nation Mi'kmaq ? Ugpi'ganjig (Eel River Bar), Elsipogtog (Big Cove) et Metepenagiag (Red Bank) et les communaut's de la nation Wolastoqey ? Negootkook (Tobique) et St. Mary's. Le r?sultat a ?t? une exposition et un livre, un journal qui a captur? l'essence du voyage sur la route ? travers les mots de Graff et les magnifiques photographies de Syliboy.

Le livre capture leur rencontre ? haut indice d'octane avec le musicien de heavy metal Eric Miller; les maquettes de bateaux et les oeuvres d'art surprenantes de Robert Pictou; leur visite poignante avec John Seca Labillois, qui a ?voqu? un tambour du tronc d'un arbre vieux de 600 ans; la collection de bois de Peter Augustine; le site sacr? de la c?r?monie de Sundance ? Big Cove; et l'histoire des efforts de la famille Brooks pour rapatrier le cano? Akwiten, vieux de 200 ans. En rassemblant les histoires et les photographies des oeuvres de 16 artistes contemporains Wolastoqey et Mi'kmaq, Ekpahak offre une synth?se des traditions culturelles et des pratiques artistiques qui servent aujourd'hui d'expressions d'autod?termination.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: French
• ISBN: 0920674615
• ISBN13: 9780920674611
• Release Date: June 2011
• Publisher: Beaverbrook Art Gallery
• Length: 138 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.6" x 9.0"