Intersections of Indigenous Languages and Art

Milo Puge

Undergraduate student, Anthropology, Concordia University
 

In collaboration with the IFRC, the Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art recently invited artist and IFRC member Milo Puge to create a conceptual display of images within the Institute’s space. Completed over the summer, Milo’s arrangement features modern and contemporary Indigenous artworks that showcase the many ways that language and art can interplay. Contextualizing this interaction across multiple public and private spaces highlights the importance of Indigenous languages within the everyday as a form of resistance.

Milo Puge (he/him) is a Michif from BC whose family has roots in St-Laurent, Manitoba. 

Moderated by Hanss Lujan Torres, Research Coordinator at the IFRC and also a curator, writer, and arts facilitator from Cusco, Peru.