Malik (Anishinaabemowin)

FUNCTION (Tamar Carter, Nikolaos Theberge-Dritsas) Daniel Lastres, Malik Miyake-Mugler, S.t.V.a by Brownie 007, 2023, mazinaatesijigan gaye gaa-izhinaagwak, ozhichigaade gigishkigan

Installation Images

• A corner of a gallery with a flat screen TV on our left wall, and a gold costume and exhibition text on our right wall. The exhibition text is titled, “Malik.” The text is black and repeated in Anishinaabemowin, English, and French with a reader rail underneath the text. To the left of the text is a gold shimmery outfit suspended on the wall. On the left wall the TV has a pair of headphones hanging underneath the right corner and a chair placed in front of it.
• A gold and glittery full body suit. The fabric is a stretchy, skin tight, and shimmery gold with wide embellished panels of embroidered sequins in geometric and flower patterns. The panels cover the front torso in a large V shape and go down the arms and sides of the pants.
• A detailed image of a sequined gold shirt. The chest panel is covered with hundreds of gold iridescent sequins sewn in floral patterns with a mesh background making some of the top see through. The neckline, arms, and sides are made with a gold stretchy fabric.

Guided Tactile Descriptions

Outfit

A gold and glittery outfit with a crown hung on a wall. The crown is sparkly gold and made out of thin foam. Let’s start with a soft touch at the top of the crown and feel along the ridge for the spiky and peaked edge. Move down the gritty surface of crown till you reach the bottom edge. Feel along that edge towards the center where the rim creates a point. This is where the wearer’s forehead would be. Follow that point further down till you reach the neck line of the outfit. The gold fabric is slippery, stretchy, and feels very much like it’s made out of some sort of plastic. Find the shoulder area and the rough texture of the gold shimmery and iridescent sequins. The sleeves are the same on both sides. Follow that thin strip of fabric all the way down the arm to the wrist. Returning to the collar, directly underneath is a wide mesh panel in the shape of a V that’s been embellished with the same sequins and embroidery. Starting at the top edge of the panel in the middle, move down and feel the rough and bumpy texture of the clusters of sequins on the chest. These sequins are in geometric and flower patterns throughout the entire costume, including the front and backs of the legs. Moving down till you reach the stomach area, you’ll find a slightly different rough and bumpy texture made from small gold embroidered circles in an arch shape. Follow this texture down till you reach the cinched waistband of the pants made out of the slippery gold fabric. Move along the band to the right so you can touch the pant leg on your right, which is symmetrical to the pant leg on your left. The front of the leg has a wide strip of sequins. Now you are going to follow this panel all the way down the leg to the ankle. Then feel around the back of the pant leg across the slippery fabric till you find another panel of sequins. If you follow that strip back up, you may notice that it is closer to the outside of the leg and not the same as the front.

Mazinaatesijigan

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Installation Details

Igi gaa-ayaawaad imaa Niimi'idiiwigamigong baapinenjiganiwiwag moozhag. Giiyaabi dash gii-ayaamagak iwe aakoziwin AIDS gaa-izhinikaadeg 1980 gii-izhiseg noomaye dash gaa-ayaamagak iwe COVID-19 gii-inendamoog awiyag gaa-wiijidaandiwaad bizaanigo ji-wiijidaandiwaad ji-onji-mashkawaadiziwaad gaye ji-ozhitoowaad wenizhishing gii-mazinichigewaad. Awedi Malik Miyake-Mugler gaa-izhinikaazod gaa-niimid gaye gaa-ozhitood niimiwin gii-inendam ji-bagosendang gii-wanichiged odoozhitoon iwe Malik gaye gaa-gikenjigaadesinog waabanda'iwe gaye dash ezaaminang gaa-oshkiya'iiwang.

Nitam gii-giba'ongooyin gii-ayaamagak COVID-19 aakoziwin, AABADIZIWIN gii-izhinikaade Tamar Carter gaye Nikolaos Theberge-Dritsas gaa-gii-niigaanishkamowaad. Odoozhitoonaawaa ge-dazhi-maawaji'idiwaad gaa-niimiwaad gaye odoozhitoonaawaa ge-dazhi-zhooniiyaaketoowaad iwe gii-gagwe-gibitinigaadeg iwe aakoziwin AIDS gaa-izhinikaadeggin.

About the Artist

Misiwe ateshinowak iki niishin awiyak kanwaapantiwak kekaapiko (aapitaa) michiminitiwak. Awe na’iink Tamar Carter, apitaawaatisi makate-wiiyach ikwe- apita makatewi-oshaake. Kinwaa nikwe, osaawi-atiteni, makatewaate-shkishikwaapikoon, opisikaan takwe kii makotes, kinoo-nakweyani. O’namachinikak kipinewinitiso. Kaye Nikolas Theberge- Dritsas, waapishkiwe waapishkisi. Tako osaawaanikwe mishhikwe, shkishikokane kaye okikishkan miikaaso aniipiiwi-pisikwaakan, asaapani o’piitawishkikan. Taapishko nishkinaakosiwak wiinke tash nikotaanimetaan.