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<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cI kind of wanted the sound to help create that rhythm, and then to pair it with the poetry is this, like, multi-force of suggesting a way of reading the exhibition that is kind of offering a rhythm that people can either hold onto or totally ignore,\u201d says Georgeson-Usher. \u201cLike [if] they don\u2019t read the poetry, then they can still hear the sound or engage in that form of rhythm in a different way. So that\u2019s kind of how I think about sound and different installations and uses of writing, the placement of art as this kind of gesture of trying to figure out a rhythm of space. So that\u2019s one of the things that I was trying to work through with that one.\u201d<\/p>\n
Georgeson-Usher also believes that As Waters Merge<\/i>\u2019s focus on oceanic and water motifs adds great existential and personal weight to the gallery.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat I love about the ocean is that it\u2019s always in this kind of state of becoming its next form. It never is the same thing in any second, and there\u2019s just something really beautiful and freeing about that, and that if we kind of translate it to humanity and what we learn from that is that we\u2019re always kind of adapting and becoming our next form,\u201d says Georgeson-Usher. \u201cSo, I really love… learning from the ocean in that there\u2019s no stagnancy. Like, we can always adapt, and we can always become that next water body, metaphorically speaking. In that, there\u2019s something quite freeing and that we can always be adapting as humans; freeing and hopeful, I want to say. So that\u2019s kind of how I think about the ocean, this non-stagnant way of understanding self and understanding growth and community.\u201d<\/p>\n
Georgeson-Usher also feels that As Waters Merge<\/i> is a positive countercultural break from trauma-dominated narratives.<\/p>\n
\u201cI just saw so much content that highlighted that trauma, but it felt like there was no other way to talk about us,\u201d she says. \u201cAnd it just made me sad. And so, what I was seeing from my own communities is my generation of Native folks kind of coming together and how we build communities. And so much of the gatherings that we have when we actually come together are supremely joyful, and we share food, we go adventure together and we have built this culture of building one another up versus being so focused on staying in the trauma.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Georgeson-Usher, it comes down to working on the future she wants to see.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo, every time I tell people that my work right now is just focusing on our joy, our pleasure, and our happiness,\u201d she says, \u201cthat relief is something that people go, \u2018That is so needed. It is what we want to see. It\u2019s what we want to hear. It\u2019s how we want to be able to envision the future for minority folks that have to face this.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
As Waters Merge – swaying waves beckoning us closer The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria (AGGV)\u2019s new exhibition, As Waters Merge \u2013 swaying waves beckoning us closer, showcases various Indigenous artworks that portray the ocean and the life that emerges from its depths. The underlying philosophical themes of the exhibit revolve around togetherness, joy, and love. For exhibit guest curator Camille Georgeson-Usher, As Waters […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28351,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[357,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-august-5-2026","category-arts"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t
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