Critical Discourse and Indigenous Curatorial Practices: A Conversation on the Indigenous Curatorial Collective and Video Screening
By Liz Barron, Director of the ICCA, and Cecilia Araneda, Artistic Director of the WNDX Festival of Moving Image
Thursday, March 26, 2026, 6:30 PM
Triangle-Astérides Workshop-Assembly: Friche la Belle de Mai, Red Staircase, 2nd Floor, Manufactures 2
Free admission
Triangle-Astérides concludes four years of residencies in partnership with the Embassy of Canada in Paris and the Canadian Cultural Centre with a conference and a screening focused on the Indigenous art scene, its perspectives, and its modes of practice; serving as a counterpoint to postcolonial issues as they unfold within the very different frameworks of the French context.
The screening, titled Phenomena (51 min), presents short films by Rhayne Vermette, Caroline Monnet, Kristin Snowbird, Robyn Adams, and Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre — five Indigenous women artists reflecting on their beginnings as filmmakers in the central Canadian Prairies. All works were shot on film and explore sensory memories tied to land, space, and time, highlighting the concept of individual identity as an extension of ongoing cultural temporal continuity.
Rhayne Vermette, Les Châssis de Lourdes, 19’, 2016
Caroline Monnet, Pidikwe, 10’, 2025
Kristin Snowbird, Take Care, 4’, 2026
Robyn Adams, Michif Land-Based Knowledge, 3’, 2024
Lindsay Aksarniq McIntyre, Tuktuit : Caribou, 15’, 2025
Liz Barron’s work focuses on the protection of Indigenous intellectual property, the sovereignty of knowledge, and issues related to emerging technologies. She is a Métis cultural worker and curator committed to the development of Indigenous contemporary art and the transformation of cultural institutions in Canada. For over thirty years, she has worked at the intersection of curatorial practice, artistic leadership, and cultural policy. She is the Director of the Indigenous Curatorial Collective (ICCA), through which she supports Indigenous curators and artists across the country.
Chilean-Canadian curator Cecilia Araneda is a recipient of the national Joan Lowndes Prize for Curatorial Practice in Visual and Media Arts from the Canada Council for the Arts. In 2005, she co-founded the WNDX Festival of Moving Image as a critical intervention against established hegemonies in experimental film. She has also curated programs for the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, the Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival, the Winnipeg Cinematheque, the FICWallmapu International Indigenous Film Festival, Mujer Artista, Harbour Collective, and the imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival, among others.