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Rebellious Flesh

Curated by: Xiaolu Wang, Joie Estrella Horwitz, Min-Wei Ting, Erika DeFreitas

祝你中秋快乐 - I Wish You Happy Moon Festival

Xiaolu Wang
USA
Thursday, July 7, 2022
7:00PM GMT+0

Curated in collaboration with Marifel Catalig
 
Slowness. Gentle breath. Softness. Finding the balance of control. Not pushing, and being honest with its limit. Softening the edges of that limit. Can it go further? 
 
Pause and spread the breath.
 
Letting go of resistance once the limit has been met. This is not a war or battle. Could you be kind, could you do less? 
 
Trust that you can find security in the breath.
 
This rebellious flesh cannot withstand death. 

— This program is part of the suite ok to rest curated by Jaclyn Quaresma and Marifel Catalig.

Images Festival operates on land stolen from the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee, the Huron-Wendat, and the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. Tkáron:to is currently home to diverse Indigenous and Métis peoples as well as people who settle on this land. As part of Treaty 13 and the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Covenant, we acknowledge that we all eat from the same bowl and spoon, and must take only what we need, ensuring resources are available for all. 

As art workers, artists, and curators, we see the process of untangling ourselves from settler complicity as internal, structural, and ongoing. It is not something to be taken lightly. The inclusion of Indigenous artists and curators into our program is just the first step of necessary and deeper change. Extending from our organizational accountability work, we strive to not only undo forms of complicity, but also actively create an environment and infrastructure that can support Indigenous peoples who work with us. 

Images expresses our solidarity with Indigenous people on Turtle Island and globally. We are committed to continuing to learn, critique, and challenge the settler colonial structures we are complicit in.