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ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ ᑕᕕTarralik Duffy

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ᐊᐅᓚᑦᓯᔨᐅᔪᑦ / Aulatsijiujut / Co-curators
ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ ᐹᑐᕆᔾ ᐊᒻᒪ ᔭᐃᓴᓐ ᓴᐃᓐᑦ ᓗᐊᕆᓐ / Taqralik Partridge + Jason St-Laurent

ᐱᖁᑎᑦ ᑲᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᒥᐊᓂᖅᓯᔨᑉ ᐃᑲᔪᖅᑎᖓ / Piqutit Katitausimajut Mianiqsijip Ikajuqtinga / Curatorial Assistant
ᐊᐃᑕᓐ ᑯᐊᕆ / Aedan Corey

ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑳᕐᕕᖓ ᐋᕐᕿᒃᓱᐃᔨᖏᑦ / Sanannguaqtiit Ukiuqtaqtumi Ikaarvinga Aaqqiksuijingit / Nordic Lab production team
ᐊᐃᑕᓐ ᑯᐊᕆ, ᒐᐃᐅᓪ ᑲᑉᓗᓈᖅ, ᕌᑦᕇᒍ ᒥᑐᕋᓄ, ᑕᐃᓗ ᓇᐃᑦᑐᒃ, ᐱᐊᕆ ᕇᑦᓱᓴᓐ, ᐊᒻᒪ ᔭᐃᓴᓐ ᕙᐋᓐ
Aedan Corey, Gayle Kabloona, Rodrigo Medrano, Tyler Naitok, Pierre Richardson + Jason Vaughan

ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑕᐅᓂᖓ / Saqqititauninga / Opening party
ᑕᓪᓕᒪᖓᓐᓂ, ᐊᑯᓖᑦ 12, 7 ᐅᓐᓄᑯᑦ-2 ᐅᑉᓛᑯᑦ / Tallimanganni, Akuliit 12, 7 unnukut-2 uplaakut / Friday, August 12, 7PM-2AM

ᓂᑉᔭᐅᓯᔭᖅᑐᑦ / Nipjausijaqtut / Music by
ᐋᓂ ᐊᓐᓂᖕᒥᐅᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑭᓐᑐᕋ ᑕᒍᕐᓈᑦ (ᐋᑐᐋᒥᑦ) / Annie Aningmiuq + Kendra Tagoona (Aatuaamit/Ottawa), ᑏᔭᐃ ᔮᒻᔅ (ᑐᕌᓐᑐᒥᑦ) / DJ Jams (Turaantumit/Toronto), ᑏᔭᐃ ᑐᕆᓂᑖᑎ (ᐋᑐᐋᒥᑦ) / DJ Trinidaddy (Aatuaamit/Ottawa)

ᓂᕆᔭᒃᓴᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᔪᑦ / Nirijaksaqaqtitsijut / Food offered by / Mets offerts par
ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖏᑦ: ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ / ᐱᔭᕆᐅᖅᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ

Inuit Sivunirmi Titiraujaqtit Sivuliqtingit: Pilimmaksarniq / Pijariuqsarniq Piliriaq 

Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq / Pijariuqsarniq Project

Pop, chip, kukuk ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᓇᕘᒻᒥ ᖁᐃᓂᓐᓇᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᓂᕿᓐᓂᒃ. ᐊᑯᓐᓂ ᐱᐅᖃᑦᑖᔪᓂᖓᓐᓄᑦ, ᐃᒥᒐᐃᑦ, ᐳᑏᑐ ᓯᑉᔅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑯᑯᐃᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᖕᒪᑕ ᓇᓂᓗᒃᑖᖅ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂᑦ ᑭᓯᐊᓐᓂ ᓂᕇᓐᓇᒐᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᓂᐊᕐᒪᑕ ᑭᓯᐊᓐᓂ ᑖᒻᓇ ᑎᒥᑉᑎᖕᓄᑦ ᓈᒻᒪᖏᒻᒪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖅᑯᓯᖓᓐᓂᑦ. ᓄᑖᒻᒥᒃ ᑐᓴᕐᓇᖅᑎᑦᓯᓂᖓᓐᓂ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᔪᓐᓂ, ᐊᒥᓱᖑᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑕᖏᓐᓄᑦ, ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ ᑕᕕ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓇᓗᓇᐃᑯᑕᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᖕᒪᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓪᓗᕆᒃᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᐅᑉᓗᒻᒥ ᐃᓄᖕᓄᑦ ᐊᑐᒐᐅᓕᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ. ᑕᑯᑎᑖᕐᓂᖓ Pop Chip Kukuk ᓴᕿᑎᑦᓯᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ SAW ᓂᐅᕕᖅᑕᐅᓂᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᐊᐃᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪ ᐊᒥᓱᓕᐅᒐᐅᓯᒪᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᑐᕐᓗᑎᒃ SAW ᓄᐊᑏᒃ ᓴᓇᕈᓘᔭᕐᕕᖓᓐᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᓕᐅᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᓐᓂᐊᕈᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃᓗ ᐊᑐᐃᓐᓇᐅᑎᑕᐅᔪᑦ ᓂᐅᕕᒐᐅᔫᓪᓗᐊᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑖᕆᓂᖓᓐᓂ.

Pop, chip, kukuk uqausiqaqtuq Nunavuummi quininnaqtunnik niqinnik. Akunni piuqattaajuningannut, imigait, putiitu sips amma kukuit atuinnaungmata naniluktaaq Inuit Nunangannit kisianni niriinnagauninginnut atuinnauniarmata kisianni taamna timiptingnut naammangimmat Inuit Iliqqusingannit. Nutaammik tusarnaqtitsininganni titiraujaqsimajunni, amisunguqtauplutik amma sananguaqtanginnut, Tarralik Duffy Inuit nalunaikutangannik saqititsingmat qaujimajaulluriktunnik uplummi inungnut atugauliqtunnik Takutitaarninga Pop Chip Kukuk saqititsilaurmat SAW niuviqtauninginnut aingittut titiraujaqsimaplutik amma amisuliugausimaplutik aturlutik SAW Nuatiik Sanaruluujarvinganni amisuliuqtauplutik ilinniarutauplutiklu atuinnautitaujut niuvigaujuulluarlutik takutitaarininganni.

Pop, chip, kukuk is the triad of Nunavut junk food. As commodities with a long shelf life, soda pop, potato chips and chocolate bars are available everywhere in Inuit Nunangat, and consuming them together is an unmistakable part of Inuit pop culture. In her new series of graphic drawings, prints and soft sculptures, Tarralik Duffy brings a reverence for Inuit icons and offers a tongue-in-cheek ode to familiar objects that have been adopted into contemporary Inuit culture. Her exhibition Pop Chip Kukuk transforms SAW into a pop-up shop featuring limited-edition art T-shirts, bags and prints produced in SAW Nordic Lab's screenprinting workshop and made available for purchase throughout the exhibition run.

ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ ᑕᕕ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᖅ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑎᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᓴᓪᓕᖅ ᓄᓇᕗᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓵᔅᑲᑑᓐ, ᓴᔅᑳᑦᓱᐋᓐᒥ. ᓴᕕᖕᓂᒃ ᓴᓇᕙᒃᑐᖅ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᐸᒃᓗᓐᓂ ᑕᑯᕋᓐᓂᖅᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᕿᑦᑐᓂᒃᓗ ᓴᖑᐊᖅᐸᒃᓗᓐᓂ. ᑕᑉᑯᐊ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏ ᑕᕕᐅᑉ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᑕᑯᑎᑦᓯᔪᑦ ᐃᓚᖏᓐᓄᑦ ᖁᖓᓐᓇᖅᑑᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᐃᓕᖁᓯᕐᓂᒃᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᕐᓗᑎᒃ. ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᖏᑦ ᐊᑕᐅᓯᐅᖏᑐᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᕿᑎᑕᐅᓯᒪᓕᖅᑐᑦ ᕿᒥᕈᐊᕐᓂ. ᐃᓗᐊᓐᓂ 2019 ᑎᑎᕋᖅᑕᖓ "Uvanga/Self: Picturing Our Identity" ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᐅᓚᐅᖅᐳᖅ 11-ᒋᓕᖅᑕᖓᓐᓂ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᖑᔪᑉ ᑲᓇᑕᒻᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓐᓄᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᐅᔪᓐᓄᑦ. ᑕᕐᕋᓕᒃ ᑕᕕᐅᑉ ᑕᐅᑐᖂᖅᓗᓐᓂ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖑᓪᓗ ᑕᑯᓐᓈᖅᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ ᕚᓐᑰᕙᒻᒥ, ᒍᐊᓪᕝᒥ, ᑐᕌᓐᑐᒻᒥ ᐊᒻᒪ ᓴᔅᑲᑑᓐᒥ. ᑕᕕ ᑐᓂᔭᐅᓚᐅᕐᒪᑦ ᕿᓄᐊᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᐋᓯᕙᒃ ᑐᓂᕈᑎᖓᓐᓂᒃ ᐊᑐᖅᑎᓪᓗᒍ 2021.

Tarralik Duffy titiraujaqtiujuq titiraqtiuplunilu nunaqaqtuq Salliq, Nunavummi amma Saaskatuun, Saskaatsuaanmi. Savingnik sanavaktuq amma titiraujaqpaklunni takuranniqtunnik aqittuniklu sanguaqpaklunni. Tapkua piliriangi Duffy-up piliriangit Inuit iliqusinginnik takutitsijut ilanginnut qungannaqtuuplutik iliqusirniklu uqausiqarlutik. Titiraqtangit atausiungitunnik saqititausimaliqtut qimiruarni. Iluanni 2019 titiraqtanga "Uvanga/Self: Picturing Our Identity" uqalimaagaulauqpuq 11-giliqtanganni uqalimaangujup Kanatammi Titirausimajut amisunnut titiraujaqtiujunnut. Tarralik Duffy-up tautuquuqlunni piliriangullu takunnaaqtauplutik Vaankuuvammi, Gulvmi, Turaantummi amma Saskatuunmi. Duffy tunijaulaurmat Qinuarjuaq Aasivak Tunirutingannik atuqtillugu 2021.

Tarralik Duffy is a multidisciplinary artist and writer who lives and works between Salliq (Coral Harbour), Nunavut, and Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. From jewellery and apparel to graphic works and soft sculpture, Duffy's work shares distinctly Inuit experiences, which are often infused with a dose of humour and pop culture. Her writing has appeared in numerous publications. In 2019, her essay "Uvanga/Self: Picturing Our Identity" was featured in the 11th edition of Best Canadian Essays. Tarralik Duffy’s visual work has been shown in Vancouver, Guelph, Toronto and Saskatoon. Duffy was awarded the Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award in 2021.

ᑕᑯᓐᓈᒐᒃᓴᖅ ᓴᓇᔭᐅᔪᖅ ᓴᕐᕿᑎᑕᐅᑉᓗᓂᓗ ᐅᑯᓇᖓᑦ SAW ᓴᓇᙳᐊᖅᑏᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥ ᐃᑳᕐᕕᖓ

Takunnaagaksaq sanajaujuq saqqititauplunilu ukunangat SAW Sanannguaqtiit Ukiuqtaqtumi Ikaarvinga

Exhibition produced and presented by SAW Nordic Lab

ᐱᓕᕆᖃᑎᒌᒃᑐᑦ / Piliriqatigiiktut / Partners

ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓯᕗᓂᕐᒥ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᑦ ᓯᕗᓕᖅᑎᖏᑦ: ᐱᓕᒻᒪᒃᓴᕐᓂᖅ/ᐱᔭᕆᐅᖅᓴᕐᓂᖅ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖅ / Inuit Sivunirmi Titiraujaqtit Sivuliqtingit: Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Piliriaq / Inuit Futures in Arts Leadership: The Pilimmaksarniq/Pijariuqsarniq Project, Debaser + Digital Arts Resource Centre

ᑮᓇᐅᔭᖃᖅᑎᑦᓯᔪᑦ / Kiinaujaqaqtitsijut / Funders

ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ / Kanataup Katimajingi Titiraujarnirmut / Canada Council for the Arts, ᑲᓇᑕᐅᑉᒐᕙᒪᖏᓐ / Kanataup Gavamangin / Government of Canada, ᐊᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᒻᒥ ᑐᕇᓕᐊᒻ ᕙᐅᓐᑕᐃᓴᓐ / Antiariummi Turiiliam Vauntaisan / Ontario Trillium Foundation, ᐊᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᓪ ᒐᕙᒪᖏᓐ / Antiariul Gavamangin / Government of Ontario, ᐊᓐᑎᐊᕆᐅᓪ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᕐᓂᕐᒧᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ / Antiariul Titiraujarnirmut Katimajingit / Ontario Arts Council, ᐋᑐᐋ  ᓯᑎᖓᓐᓂ/ Aatuaa Sitinganni / City of Ottawa, ᓄᐊᑏᒃ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ ᒥᓂᔅᑕᐅᑉᓗᑎᒃ / Nuatiik Katimajingit Ministauplutik / Nordic Council of Ministers, ᐋᑐᐋ ᓄᓇᓕᐅᑉ ᕙᐅᑕᐃᓴᙵ / Aatuaa Nunaliup Vautaisannga / Ottawa Community Foundation + ᐋᑐᐋ ᑎᑎᕋᐅᔭᖅᑎᑦ ᑲᑎᒪᔨᖏᑦ / Aatuaa Titiraujaqtit Katimajingit / Ottawa Arts Society