R U P T U R E S

JUNOS + ONX + TBSU

RUPTURES will catalyze vital explorations and dialogues, and elevate visual and sound-based perspectives on immersive media and the future of digital storytelling. Our hope is that the artworks reflect the incredible capacity of artists to transform their connections to space and place. This VR immersive exhibition brings together a diverse array of Canadian visual artists like Rah Eleh, Mark Igloliorte, and Yung Yemi. JUNO-award artist Tayna Tagaq and JUNO Nominated musicians like
a l l i e and Quattuu. The Virtual Reality (VR) represents a new avenue to engage and educate Canadian music and culture fans in a thoughtful, contemporary, culturally significant manner. We believe this immersive and inclusive experience will complement our attendees' other experiences at the JUNOS and leave a lasting impression with collaborations with the Onassis ONX in NYC, and The Space Between Us.

ARTISTS

ARTISTS

Tuvak AkKusinialuk Siaggijâk

  • Mark Igloliorte (Inuk, Nunatsiavut) is an artist, essayist and educator. He is an associate professor of Frameworks and Interventions in Indigenous Art Practices, Department of Studio Arts at Concordia University.

    As a scholar and artist his work investigates relating to indigenous futures through a grounding in the embodied practices and language. Igloliorte's artistic work has been exhibited in solo and group shows across Canada as well as internationally. Including including New Zealand and The Netherlands.

Bringing together four Indigenous skateboarders for a session on the Dettah Ice Road over the frozen Great Slave Lake, as part of a larger investigation into language and land. With soundscape by JUNO nominated throat singer Quattuu and Greenlandic composer Uyarak.

Candy Flip

  • Rah is a multimedia artist, specializing in video, digital, and performance art, while simultaneously pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Her work has achieved significant national and international recognition, displayed in prestigious venues like the Venice Biennale and Nuit Blanche. Rah has received numerous awards, including the Chalmers Arts Fellowship and grants from prominent arts organizations. She has also participated in several artist residencies, representing underrepresented communities.

A multidimensional quest in search of community, home and kinship. The world-making project celebrates queer club culture and waacking—a tribute to our younger self and a recognition of the many subcultures that have shaped our experiences and styles.

I Feel It (That's How I Know They Will Feel It)

  • Adeyemi Adegbesan, a Toronto-based multi-disciplinary artist, explores the complexities of Black identity. His work delves into the evolution of Black cultural ideologies across different timelines, emphasizing the richness of Black experiences and challenging the oversimplification of "Blackness." Yemi’s art includes Afro-futuristic portraits with themes of history, fantasy, and spirituality. He's a self-taught artist, skilled in photography, mixed media collage, murals, and assemblage. He has exhibited internationally and collaborated with brands like HBO, Instagram, and the Toronto Raptors.

Influenced by Yoruba cosmology, contemplates the actions of our ancestors and our future. A rhythmic composition from JUNO nominated
a l l i e and The Count which is an invitation for audiences to reflect on their own place in the continuum of existence, celebrating the interconnectedness that binds us across time and space.

Ajagutaq/Parhelion

  • From Ikaluktutiak (Cambridge Bay), Nunavut, internationally celebrated artist Tanya Tagaq is an improvisational singer, avant-garde composer and bestselling author. A member of the Order of Canada, Polaris Music Prize and JUNO Award winner and recipient of multiple honorary doctorates, Tagaq is an original disruptor, a world-changing figure at the forefront of seismic social, political and environmental change.

Inspired by a dream, an excerpt from the artist's novel Split Tooth, attendees are transported to a magnificent landscape in Nunavut, where arctic beings and spirits become one. With musical composition of DEADELUS.