INQUIRY: An Artist Response to the Wild Salmon Examination

Photo credit: Don Staniford

Sept 2-3, Gallery Gachet, 88 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, BC gachet.org

Curatorial Statement

INQUIRY, explores themes of the impact of industrialization on West Coast Wild Salmon. This exhibit coincides with the $25 Million Dollar Federal Investigation (Cohen Commission) that is presently looking at the collapse of the 2009 Fraser River Sockeye. This artist response explores themes related to the decline of the West Coast Wild Salmon Fishery and Fraser River Sockeye, from the ecological effects of Industrial Fish Farming, to the Hijacking of the Department of Fisheries by Norwegian Corporate Interests, the suppression of Science, the social side effects of a collapse of the West Coast fishery and the resulting peoples moment intended to highlight these issues. The viewer is invited challenge the themes presented, through their own INQUIRY.

Programming Schedule

All events at Gallery Gachet

Friday September 2 – 6pm: Exhibition Opens,

Saturday September 3 – Noon – 10pm: All Day Art Making facilitated by Melanie Schambach and J Peachy

Saturday September 3 – 1pm: Screening “Rise of the Salmon People” by Jeremy Williams

Saturday September 3 – 2pm: Ripple Relay Presentation by Michele Nickerson

Saturday September 3 – 3pm – 5pm: Arts Action Forum led by Don Staniford, Anissa Reid, Damien Gillis and Ivan Doumenc

Saturday September 3 – 6pm – 10 pm: Wild Salmon Warrior Performance Night featuring 10yr old Singer, Songwriter and Artist Ta’Kaiya Blaney.

Curated by: Gachet Collective Members: Pierre Leichner and J Peachy.  Supported by EVO TV, Wilderness Committee, Gallery Gachet and salmonaresacred.org

For more information go to salmoninquiry.wordpress.com