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(no, I didn't make this, but I wish I had)
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