Close Encounters: The Next 500 Years 
 
Edited by Sherry Farrell Racette
 
Plug In Editions
224 pp 100 col. ill. 10.5 x 10 in hardcover (with dustjacket)
978-0-921381-36-5
$75.00 Can. $79.00 U.S. (60 €)
January 2012
 
closeencounter.gifspacerClose Encounters: The Next 500 Years documents a ground-breaking exhibition of contemporary Indigenous art with artists from Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Europe and South America. Through a myriad of histories, trajectories, tensions, collisions, and self-images, 34 artists imagine the future within the context of present experiences and past histories. By radically reconsidering encounter narratives between native and non-native people, Indigenous prophecies, possible utopias and apocalypses, these artists propose intriguing possibilities for the next 500 years. More than an exhibition catalogue, the writings gathered here provide a thorough, expansive and diversified exploration of indigenous culture. Fourteen contributors present essays that map distinct sub-themes related to the imagined future for Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples. Profusely illustrated with dozens of colour plates, fold-outs and visual surprises, the volume also includes an extensive bibliography and complete artist biographies.

Contributors :  Anthony Kiendl, Candice Hopkins, Steve Loft, Lee-Ann Martin, Jenny Western, Richard William Hill, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair,Victor Masayesva Jr, Joane Cardinal-Schubert, Megan Tamati-Quenelle, David Garneau, Edward Poitras, Jaimie Isaac and Loretta Todd
 
Artists :  KC Adams, Maria Thereza Alves, Shuvinai Ashoona, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Michael Belmore, Rebecca Belmore, Colleen Cutschall, Wally Dion, Jimmie Durham, Rosalie Favell, Jeffrey Gibson, Brett Graham, Faye HeavyShield, Marja Helander, Jonathan Jones, Brian Jungen, James Luna, Kavavaow Mannomee, Tracey Moffatt, Kent Monkman, Reuben Paterson, Archer Pechawis, Edward Poitras, Postcommodity, Pudlo Pudlat, Lisa Reihana, Paul-Anders Simma, Doug Smarch Jr., Skawennati, Christian Thompson, Marie Watt, Linus Woods, and Lawrence Paul Yuxweluptun.




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