Save the date for “Earth (Okâwîmâw Askiy – ᐅᑳᐧᒫᐊᐧᐢᑭᕀ)”, a 12-hour event from 12 noon to 12 midnight (CST) on December 12th.
“Earth (Okâwîmâw Askiy – ᐅᑳᐧᒫᐊᐧᐢᑭᕀ)” follows on the heels of 2020’s You, 2021’s And, 2022’s I, 2023’s Are, and 2024’s Water. It is the sixth in a series of twelve annual events taking place on December 12 from 12 noon to 12 midnight. Each year the event moves through each word of the 12-word phrase, ‘You And I Are Water Earth Fire Air Of Life And Death’, to activate the word of the year in myriad ways.
This year’s event is hosted and presented by the University of Saskatchewan Art Galleries and Collection from its ROUNDING space at the Kenderdine Gallery in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
The curators of the event are Christof Migone and jake moore.
The event will feature kihci-okāwīmāw askiy, Christina Battle, Sepideh Behrouzian, Joshua Bonnetta, Andrew Denton, Tanya Doody, Michaela Grill, Ufuk Ali Gueray, Jessica Karuhanga, Masha Kouznetsova, Karl Lemieux, Ella Dawn McGeough, Erica Mendritzki, Tékeniyáhsen Ohkwá:ri (Jackson 2bears), Cassie Packham, Parsons & Charlesworth, Dawit L. Petros, Danielle Petti, Laura St. Pierre, Arielle Walker, Aurora Wolfe, Melanie Zurba, amongst others.
Presenting partners: the Centre for Sustainable Curating, and Otekh.
Streaming partners: Naisa, Radio Bloc Oral, Radius, Resonance Extra, and Wave Farm.
As with past editions the event will be streamed live on YouTube.
