Ogoki: Call of the WIld. Part 7.

In this, the final episode of "Ogoki: Call of the Wild", then chief Harry Baxter shares his vision for the future of the isolated Ojibway reservation in North Ontario. Mum and I bid our Ojibway friends farewell, as we fly out.
This feature-length radio documentary was funded by the Broadcasting commission of Ireland, and broadcast on Newstalk in December 2008. Click here to listen, and to watch the audio slideshow on vimeo.
Or copy and paste this url into your browser: http://www.vimeo.com/14465775

& - just to refresh your memory, here is a link to the first episode again:

http://vimeo.com/13121890

Or just click here. & the blurb?:

An isolated Indian reservation in Northern Ontario, Canada is the setting for “Ogoki - Call of the Wild”. It was here in the 1970s and 80’s that the Mulrooney Family, from Limerick lived for seven years. Over two decades later Deirdre and her mother Mary return to the reservation and hear the Ojibway Indians share their shocking and moving history.

Ogoki-Call of the Wild. Part 6

Russell invites us out into his sweatlodge in the bush, and explains the path that brought him to rediscover the riches of his own native culture.
This feature length documentary was funded by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, and broadcast on Newstalk in December 2008.

Ogoki-Call of the Wild. Part Five.mov

Walking through Ogoki village, Mum knows everyone we meet. We reminisce with Yvonne Baxter and her 7 children about the Irish teachers of her youth. We go to the band office and the Ogoki people spot their younger selves in an Irish family album.
This feature-length documentary was funded by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, and broadcast on Newstalk, Ireland in December 2008.

Ogoki: Call of the Wild. Part Four.

Chief Eli Moonias explains the cultural history of Ogoki, and recounts the tumultuous journey to reclaiming his own culture. He tells us what brought him to dancing, the sweatlodge, and then sings, drums, and plays "the water-drum song" for us.
This feature-length documentary was funded by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland. It was broadcast on Newstalk, Ireland, in December 2008.

Ogoki: Call of the Wild. Part Three.

Pearl Achneepineshkum tells us what life was like in Residential Schools before the advent of "Henry Coaster Memorial Day School" in Ogoki Post, North Ontario.
This radio documentary was funded by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, and broadcast on Newstalk, Ireland in December 2008.

Ogoki: Call of the Wild. Part Two.

In this episode, Mum and I arrive back to Ogoki, the isolated Ojibway Reservation in North Ontario where Mum & Dad used to run the local day school in the 70's and 80's. Mum's old friends welcome us. Later, over a cup of tea, Pearl Achneepineshkum shares the tragic story of her brother, Charlie Wenjack. The iconic 1969 Macleans Magazine article which highlighted young Charlie Wenjack's sad death and helped to bring about the closure of the residential schools is read by Pat Laffan. This feature-length documentary was funded by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland, and broadcast on Newstalk in December 2008. (Part One is available on Vimeo). To be continued!

Swedish Performance Artist Anna Berndtson at Mill Street Studios

Here are a few iphone snapshots of Swedish Performance Artist Anna Berndtson's show "Reflections and Representations", at Mill Street Studios last week with and alongside a video installation by German artist, Amanda Elena Conrad. These images were taken in between filming the performance for her, as she 1) breastfed a baby doll; 2) abandoned the doll and got on her exercise bike; 3) added taste and smell to the whole experience by making toast and butter for the audience and handing it out. Anna trained with Marina Abramovic, and has been in the Gradcam Performance Research Seminar with me since March. Watch out for her solo show "Monto" at the Lab on Foley Street from September 2nd. I'm telling you - it's going to all be about Performance Art this Autumn. That's something to look forward to.