Indigenous victims of violence and injustice honoured in unique Edmonton art exhibit
CBC
The Missing and Murdered Indigenous People Art Installation and Awareness Session is striking to the eye, and that's the intention.
The exhibit, which opened at the Parkdale Cromdale Community League rink on Tuesday, is bathed in red light, and features sounds, symbols and a ceremonial fire.
The idea was sparked by community league president Kevin Wong.
"My partner and I were listening to the news, they're talking about how many Indigenous people are missing and being murdered in Canada, and we felt like we needed to do something on the local level," he said.
"We were trying to figure out what we can do to raise awareness and this is what we came up with."
Wong teamed up with the Bent Arrow Traditional Healing Society to create the installation. Executive Director Cheryl Whiskeyjack was floored when Wong approached her with the idea.
"When I first met with him I had no idea what it was about," she said. "He's an engineer, he was able to do a really awesome computer rendering of this display which really evoked so much feeling for me, just to see what he was envisioning."
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