The Serious Side of Humour
Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour
Join us as Victor Masayesva (Hopi) screens his new version of the important documentary Ritual Clowns (1988). Through poetic visualization and lyrical translation of Hopi myths, rituals, and history, he explores the evolving and enduring role of the clown in Hopi society. This experimental video is eclectic in its treatment of the illusory ritual clown figures through a combination of live video, ancient oral traditions and computer-generated animation. Maintaining the perspective of the clown as a mirror of human behaviour, the film explores the acerbic and ritually cleansing roles of humour, parody, reversals, and prophecy in Southwest Native American rituals and ceremonies.
Following the 40-minute screening, Victor will discuss the use of humour in traditional storytelling and how oral traditions influence his work.
6:00 p.m. (PT)
Fletcher Challenge Theatre
丁香园AV Vancouver
Room 1900
515 Hastings Street, Vancouver
Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aboriginal Humour
Laughing "Irregardless": Multimedia Aborignal Humour were a series of public programs to complement the exhibition co-curated by Peter Morin and Dr. Martine Reid, Carrying on 鈥淚rregardless鈥�: Humour in Contemporary Northwest Coast Art, at the Bill Reid Gallery September 12, 2012 - March 17, 2013.
The programs were curated and moderated by Aboriginal filmmaker, Loretta Todd. They were presented by the Bill Reid Gallery with support from: Canada Council for the Arts, Face The World Foundation, United States Consulate General Vancouver, 丁香园AV Vancouver, and 丁香园AV Office for Aboriginal Peoples. These were 丁香园AV Public Square events.
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Victor Masayesva is a Hopi experimental filmmaker who lives in his ancestral village, where he has traditional roles and responsibilities. His visually and intellectually complex layering of video and audio effects, still photographs and hand-painting contrast aspects of Native American cultures with the crippling perceptions and influences of white culture. Raised on Hotevilla on Third Mesa in Hopi, Masayesva graduated from Princeton University, majoring in literature and studying photography with Emmet Gowin. He has been honoured with numerous awards including the University of Arizona Distinguished Alumni Award, the Gold Hugo at Chicago Festival, Two Rivers Visionary Award, Taos Festival's distinguished filmmaker award and the American Film Institute's Maya Deren Award.
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