A new art exhibit at The Confluence is giving a digital twist to a showcase of the work of Indigenous artists.
Digital Voices, which is part of the city’s Indigenous Public Art program, features the work of eight Indigenous artists who have been working in digital art, or else have had their work produced using technology such as digital manipulation of photography.
The artists selected for the show were chosen by a curatorial panel led by Indigenous Public Art curator Jessica McMann, from Cowessess First Nation, who spent two years visiting artist studios in order to develop the program.
“Digital technology continues to open up a whole new perspective for artistic experimentation,” McCann said, in a media release.
“The new world of digital art is radically evolving the ways artists can use their voice,” she added. “It is readily available and often a way into (making) art that requires less space …