undoing settler legacies on the Land to imagine new creative ecologies
An ad-hoc group of artists, educators, and activists that have come together to attend to our responsibilities and relationships with the Coves: an environmentally significant area in the middle of London, Ontario.
This bull, on loan from the Manitoba Museum, is all that remains of one of the bison Wilson records in Forced Migration. Reoriented on the floor, Outlaw # 5 subverts the traditional reading of a taxidermic specimen. Wilson has written and recorded her history with this bison, returning him to his kin and relations to bringing the past directly into a shared present.
A memorial to land and water defenders killed protecting the more-than-human.
An embroidery and new media work that was created as part of a partnership with neuroscientist Mahdieh Varvani Farahani.
Forced Migration: Bison stories and what they can tell settlers about a past, present, and future on stolen land
An experimental printmaking work created with a 'bone-white' ink, representing the moment after near extirpation. Paired with the audio piece bone rick: An Epitaph, this work is an affective monument to the bones and bodies that nourished a significant portion of Turtle Island since time immemorial.
In this interactive textile map, Michelle Wilson stitches together organic and technological material to memorialize specific bison killed, captured, or bred in an effort to save the species from extinction.
An embroidered map and audio work created in partnership with Dr. Christina Prokopenko.
A primarily wool work intentionally colonized with clothing moths, representing climate change's disruptive and destructive agency in all possible futures.
Media documenting the 2021 McIntosh Gallery exhibition, including a narrated walkthrough, interviews, and symposium recording
A creative exploration of listening practices. Created in collaboration with the bison, Pat Rousseau, Ken Kingdom, and Celes Davar.
