Since attending the performance Little Big Man Remix by The Contrary Collective's Terrance Houle, Ulysses Castellanos and Cathy Gordon at the Toronto Free Gallery on June 28th, I keep thinking about how the performance ended up being an endurance piece for both the artists and the audience. The deafening gunshots and repetitive re-enactments of violence, betrayal and redemption melded with the nauseating heat, the flying dirt, the water, and the sweat, all culminating in a drone cacophony of guitars and Cathy Gordon strung up on the ceiling. Riffing off the film Little Big Man, the performance Little Big Man Remix is a powerful critique of colonization that examines the role of the traitor while complicating the portrayal of indigenous peoples.
My little drawing can't cover the whole two hours, and I really think you had to be there, but here are a few moments from the evening.
The Contrary Collective will perform Little Big Man Remix on August 24th at the Central Library Gallery in Regina.
Leiflet
Leiflet, thanks for your impressions of the performance! I was there too, it was difficult to endure but I couldn't stop thinking about it either.
thank you so much for the drawing!! can I post this on my facebook the drawing and the link to this Blog?
for more information on the idea of Contrary google the Contrary in Relationship to Native American or First nations People. Meegwich
Terrance
Hi Terrance,
Thanks, so glad you like it. Sure, go for posting and links, that's great.
thanks for the information on the Contrary, I'll look into it further.
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Since attending the performance Little Big Man Remix by The Contrary Collective's Terrance Houle, Ulysses Castellanos and Cathy Gordon at the Toronto Free Gallery on June 28th, I keep thinking about how the performance ended up being an endurance piece for both the artists and the audience. The deafening gunshots and repetitive re-enactments of violence, betrayal and redemption melded with the nauseating heat, the flying dirt, the water, and the sweat, all culminating in a drone cacophony of guitars and Cathy Gordon strung up on the ceiling. Riffing off the film Little Big Man, the performance Little Big Man Remix is a powerful critique of colonization that examines the role of the traitor while complicating the portrayal of indigenous peoples.
My little drawing can't cover the whole two hours, and I really think you had to be there, but here are a few moments from the evening.
The Contrary Collective will perform Little Big Man Remix on August 24th at the Central Library Gallery in Regina.
Leiflet
- L.M. 7-20-2012 4:30 pm
Leiflet, thanks for your impressions of the performance! I was there too, it was difficult to endure but I couldn't stop thinking about it either.
- anonymous (guest) 7-23-2012 3:39 pm
thank you so much for the drawing!! can I post this on my facebook the drawing and the link to this Blog?
for more information on the idea of Contrary google the Contrary in Relationship to Native American or First nations People. Meegwich
Terrance
- Terrance Houle (guest) 7-28-2012 12:04 am
Hi Terrance,
Thanks, so glad you like it. Sure, go for posting and links, that's great.
thanks for the information on the Contrary, I'll look into it further.
- Leiflet (guest) 7-28-2012 1:12 pm