okāwīsimāk nawac kwayask itōtamwak = Aunties do it betterTools Morgan, Jas M.. okāwīsimāk nawac kwayask itōtamwak = Aunties do it better. Montréal, QC: Centre d'art daphne, 2022.
Abstract (English)" Cree artist Michelle Sound knows aunties are so damn deadly. In Sound’s NDN Aunties, I see Cree aunties, standing tall and proud. I see Cree aunties dressed in fringe and studded leather, faux fur, and denim. I see aunties throwing their heads back and creating sonic sovereignties with their laughs that fill up spaces and the crevices of their nieces, nephews, and niblets hearts. I see aunties driving trucks down dirt roads, aunties in shades, aunties who love metal, and aunties who carry the weight of their communities wherever they are in the world. Standing in front of the drums of various sizes that make up NDN Aunties, each drum appears to represent a single, solitary auntie and her deadly style icon status, like material portraits that completely blow apart the colonial aesthetics and qualities that supposedly define portraiture. " -- Publisher's website.
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