Nizhónígo Yííkado
We walk in Beauty
2022 -
Exhibition / Research Collaboration
https://www.nizhoni.be/
Nizhónígo Yííkado - We Walk in Beauty is a collaboration of Native American, American, and artists, performers, scientists, painters, sculptors, and researchers working in Belgium. The project considers our place on Earth in the context of the circular interconnectedness (of humans and non-humans). Photography, sensorial walking tracks, poetry, and talking events give an account of the plenitude of ways in which people engage with their environment in the present and the past, opening doors towards possible futures.
Between November 18 and December 17, 2022 a series of events and public moments in multiple locations in Brussels, Ghent, and Antwerp took place in the framework of the project.
WALKING TRACK
The walking track reveals the praxis of making footwear and walking in cultural and historical contexts, bringing a reflection on one's own walking pattern.
A collaborative ation by Brent Toadlena, Ephraim Anderson, Crystal Littleben, Lieven Standaert, Tobias van Nieuwenhove, Benjamin Bellorado and Catherine Willems
In beauty I walk
With beauty before me I walk
With beauty behind me I walk
With beauty above me I walk
With beauty all around me I walk
In beauty it is finished,
In beauty it is finished,
In beauty it is finished,
In beauty it is finished.
Healing Prayer from the Blessing Way Ceremony
© Bernaded Dexters
With Esther Belin, Sherwin Bitsui, Tomahawk Greyeyes, Crystal Littleben, Laura Tohe, Chip Thomas, Patrick Thompson, Brent Toadlena, Shaandiin Tome, Christine Clinckx, Anthony Webster, Rik Pinxten, Lieven Standaert, Catherine Willems, Bernaded Dexters, Benjamin Bellorado, Jeanne Boden, Camiel van Breedam, Lindah Nyirenda, Marjan De Ridder (Marjanders), Giovanni Baudonck, Zindzi Tillot Owusu, Anissa Boujdaini
