Taylor McArthur (Niná wašte šiyo poǧa hą́ska wíya/hummingbird woman) is a Nakoda digital artist from Pheasant Rump Nakota First Nation. Her Digital Mural, “Where we meet, again,” is on display at RRC Polytech’s Exchange District Campus for the duration of Culture Days.

“This permanent installation combines elements of the unseen, felt and 3D to define a dream-like space where time is not bound by one construct,” says McArthur.

The use of the Elgin Plaza space was intentional, meant as a meeting point and gathering area where viewers are invited to pause, reflect, and slow down.

“I am often inspired by my dreams and elements within them and my engagement with the natural world around me,” continues McArthur.

“Dreams are not fantasy but rather a living realm. I wanted to highlight this as a form of resistance and survival to challenge the colonial ideas of linear time to allow for the expression of fluidity. The warm hazy glow and the absence of a defined setting moves us away from these colonial constructs of hierarchy and ownership over land. By placing these elements in a floating and undefined space this acknowledges that relations with the human world are not bound to a physical geography but rather can exist in memory, stories and dreams.

wâhkôhtowin in Cree relationality highlights the delicate and cyclical balance between life.

These spirals represent life force and energy. The light is scattered and flows between and within. This choice was not metaphorical; it represents the connectedness.”

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This is not the Polytech’s only involvement in Culture Days – RRC Polytech students recently learned video mapping for a Nuit Blanche projection. Click here to learn more.