The prow of the library ship, settled on the land just in front of the railroad yards, next to Calgary City Hall and within viewing distance of Fort Calgary.
Adrian Stimson’s Art as Language. This is the third of three statues and a wall mounted winter-count of Calgary’s history through symbol. I’m working on a full essay about this piece.
Alien Insatiable Birds, having disembarked the ship: Public Art Installation outside the New Central Library.
The guardian bird at the Library’s east side. The wood swoosh is an echo of this land’s weather: a chinook arch. From these steps you can view Fort Calgary at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers. This is where the Blackfoot name for Calgary comes from: Mohkinstiss. It is also the site, a nearby plaque reads, of Blackfoot stories of beginnings. This land was occupied for 10,000 or more years prior to the colonists/settlers arrival.
The Library ship, designed by Norweigan Design firm Snohetta and in collaboration with local firm, DIALOG.
For 210 Chaguzagha-tsi Tina (Weaselhead Road) Tina Gyani- Deer Road (Tsuut;ina) are a two-person artist collective comprised of Glenna Cardinal and seth cardinal dodginghorse. 2020 Indigenous Artists in Residence at Calgary Library. This new work connects their family to the histories of Calgary pressuring Tsuut’ina Nation to sell land and the current construction of the SouthWest Calgary Ring Road.