Asinnajaq (cancelled)

Function: Visual artist, filmmaker, writer and curator Country: Canada Visiting period: 13 - 13 April Visiting year: 2020

[The visit was organised in collaboration with the Rijksakademie and De Appel in Amsterdam. This visit has been cancelled.]

Asinnajaq’s (based in Montreal) practice is grounded in research and collaboration, which includes working with other artists, friends and family. In 2016 she worked with the National Film Board of Canada’s archive to source historical and contemporary Inuit films and colonial representations of Inuit in film. The footage she pulled is included in her short film Three Thousand. The film was nominated for Best Short Documentary at the 2018 Canadian Screen Awards by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Asinnajaq is part of the curatorial team for the Canadian Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale. Read more about her work practice here.