Shuvinai Ashoona - John Noestheden
Cape Dorset, Canada - Pilot Butte, Canada
In February 2008, Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden were invited to Calgary to collaborate at the
Illingworth Kerr Gallery. Shuvinai’s visual interests and strengths are about the land and John’s
are about the sky. They first initiated independent sections of a drawing and then started to work together.
They recognized that they are both dreamers - Shuvinai of earth spaces and John of sky spaces - both
creating fictitious places. They represented their interests, memories, learning and experiences on the
planet.
Shuvinai drew with fine tip pens and John drew with the photocopier. They negotiated where Shuvinai
would stop the earth and John would start the heavens and where some of John’s stars would find
themselves in both realms. Shuvinai developed five horizons and decided that stars could exist between
those multiple horizons. Shuvinai saw the stars as snowflakes and requested that they be placed on her
stone outcroppings. Ambiguity, experimentation, daring and playfulness assume their roles in a very collaborative
effort, melding into a unified whole.
Shuvinai and John are two contemporary artists sharing a common vision where artistic integrity and respectfulness
become partners in their shared world, beautifully presented as a pubic art project.
[ Ashoona cv ]
[ Ashoona contact ]
[ Noestheden cv ]
[ Noestheden website ]
[ Noestheden contact ]
Shuvinai Ashoona and John Noestheden, Earth and Sky, 2008,
Mixed media Iris printed banner
Earth and Sky, 2008
Mixed media Iris print bannern
photography: Sarah Fay
[ selected photographs ]
[ video ]
B1- Pedestrian walkway/Teamway York Street, South of Front Street
In association with Klaus Littmann Projects, Stadthimmel, Alberta College of Art + Design, Feheley Fine
Arts
With the support of The Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade CAD
Thank you to:
Klaus Littmann, Edek Bartz, Pat Feheley, Nancy Campbell, Carmen Wong, Paula Dozois,U of Regina
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