musica intima & Sherryl Sewepagaham | Sydney Frances Pickering - Yôtin (Sherryl Sewepagaham)

Sydney Frances Pickering's visual representation of Sherryl Sewepagaham's 'Yôtin' as performed by Sherryl Sewepagaham and musica intima. Pickering writes:

"This video is a landscape interpretation of Sherryl Sewepagaham’s “Yôtin”. The video footage in this piece was taken of the traditional territory of Lil’wat Nation, BC. I wanted to capture the different transitions of energy the wind can take and how it affects the environment around us, from the pushing of clouds in the sky to the dancing of trees in the forest. The video reflects the increasing intensity of the music, immersing viewers in the calmness of the trees surrounding a stream in the mountains, moving to the surrounding area and upwards beyond human reach, the wind being all-encompassing."

musica intima gratefully performs and operates on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.

Sherryl Sewepagaham, voice and drum
musica intima, voices and rattles

Sydney Frances Pickering is a member of Lil’wat nation. She is currently living and working on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish), and səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.

Her multi-disciplinary practice includes hide tanning, video, sound, beadwork and poetry. She uses her practice to tell her family’s story, speak about identity and what it is like navigating as an Indigenous person within a colonial society. Her work over the past few years is grounded by her continued connection to land-based material practices. www.sydneyp.ca

Video: Sydney Frances Pickering
Audio Engineer: Don Harder
Audio Producer: Joanna Dundas
Associate Producer: Jacob Gramit

We are grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for their generous support of this project.

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