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Reona Brass, Burn, 2001

“I see innocence scorched, hanging from her limbs

I smell desire and think about the pain…

I hear dignity cry out and no one does a thing…

Their ways empty sweet without humility”*

Reona Brass is a contemporary Peepeekisis First Nations performance and installation artist who, in 2001, performed a piece called “Burn” at the Grunt Gallery. 

In this piece she explored the shifting nature of female and First Nations identity through ritual. Looking at the images of her performance one gets a sense of anger, trauma, and pain but also endurance. The methodic nature of the paint laid out on the floor combined with the plastic bag over her head lead to a continuous questioning of her position as either victim or agent.

Reona has participated in many conferences and festivals at Grunt including IndianACTS,  Live at the end of the Century, and Live Biennial 2003.  This work will be featured on the forthcoming Activating the Archive IndianACTS website.

*text taken from Grunt Spring 2001 Catalogue

Posted on Friday the 14th of October 2011 at 9:09 PM by daysofjuice. Tagged with aboriginal, archives, art, first nations, grunt gallery, indigenous, performance art, reona brass, vancouver, more posts written by daysofjuice, .
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