ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓚᖓᑕ ᑕᖅᓴᖏᑦ | Arctic Prisms: Contemporary Arts From Across Inuit Nunaat and Sápmi

December 2023

General Editor: Michèle Thériault
Editors: Heather Igloliorte, Amy Prouty, Charissa Von Harringa

Publisher: Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery, Concordia University

Texts: Stina Aletta Aiki, Siku Allooloo, Marja Helander, Heather Igloliorte, Jessie Kleemann, Lisa Qiluqqi Koperkualuk, Kunaq (Marjorie Tahbone), Jenni Laiti, Amy Prouty, Michèle Thériault, Anne Lajla Utsi, Jar Valkonen, Sanna Valkonen, Ailu Valle et Charissa von Harringa

Design: OTAMI – ᐅᑕᒥ
285 p. ill. French, English, Inuktitut, North Sámi, Kalaallisut, Iñupiat
ISBN 978-2-924316-53-5
Price: $45.00

Launch event: March 27, 2024.

ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᖅ ᓯᓚᖓᑕ ᑕᖅᓴᖏᑦ ᐱᒻᒪᕆᐅᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᕈᓐᓇᖅᓯᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐃᓕᑦᑎᓇᓱᒡᖢᑕ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᐃᓱᒪᒋᔭᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᖏᔪᒥᒃ ᐃᓂᖃᖅᑐᑦ ᑖᒃᑯᐊ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᖕᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᐱᓕᕆᕙᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᐃᖅᑕᐅᓂᑰᓂᕐᒥᖕᓄᑦ ᐅᑎᑦᑎᑎᓇᓱᒃᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᖅᑲᖅᑳᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓯᓚᕐᔪᐊᖅ ᑲᔾᔨᐊᓂ. ᐊᐅᓪᓗᑎᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓈᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᑉᒥ ᐅᓇ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᖅ ᑲᑎᖓᑎᑦᑎᕗᖅ ᐱᒋᐊᕈᑎᖓᒍᑦ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᕼᐃᑦᑐ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖅᑎ, ᐊᐃᒥ ᐳᓗᑎ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑲᓕᓴ ᕙᓐ ᕼᐊᐅᓕᖓ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑕᓪᓕᒪᑦ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ, ᒪᕐᕉᒃ ᑕᕐᕆᔭᒐᒃᓴᐅᓪᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᓐᓚᖃᑎᒌᒡᓗᑎᒃ ᐊᕙᑖᓂᑦ ᐃᒡᓗᓕᐅᖅᑎ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᓴᓇᖑᐊᖅᑎᑦ ᓯᑯ ᐋᓗᓘ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᑯᓐᓇ (ᒪᔪᓕ ᑕᐳᓂ). ᐅᖃᓕᖕᒪᒐᓕᐅᖅᓯᒪᔪᖅ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᕐᓂᒃ ᐊᔾᔨᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᐊᑐᖅᖢᑎᒃ ᐃᑲᔫᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓄᑦ, ᐊᑎᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ, ᐃᓄᑉᐱᐊᖅ, ᑲᓛᑦᖡᑦ (ᐊᑯᑭᑦᑐᖅ), ᐅᐊᖕᓇᖓᓂ ᓵᒥ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᓪᓗᓈᑎᑐᑦ, ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᐃᕖᖅᑎᑐᑦ, ᑐᕌᖅᑐᖅ ᓄᑖᓂᒃ ᑲᑎᑦᑎᓂᐊᕐᒪᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᔭᐅᓕᕐᓗᑎᒃ ᑕᒪᐃᓐᓂ ᓇᒥᑐᐃᓐᓇᖅ ᓄᓇᓕᖕᓂ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᖃᐅᓯᖃᑎᒌᓐᖏᑦᑐᓂᑦ.

Arctic Prisms is an important book in the nascent field of study that considers the significant role that art and artists play in the decolonization of the Indigenous territories of the circumpolar world. Focusing on the regions of Inuit Nunaat and Sápmi this publication brings together an introduction by editors Heather Igloliorte, Amy Prouty and Charissa von Harringa as well as five in-depth essays, two visual essays and a conversation between Igloliorte and artists Siku Alloolooo and Kunaq (Marjorie Tahbone). Published in the languages of the various contributing communities, namely Inuktitut, Iñupiat, Kalaallisut (Groenland), North Sámi, as well as English, and French, it aims to generate new connections and knowledges across geographic and linguistic divides.