Betsabeé Romero: E-kaadengaadeg Jiibken / Trenzando raíces / Braided Roots

Braided Roots / Trenzando raíces as an exhibition was shaped by the experiences, encounters, and exchanges Betsabeé Romero experienced during her initial research visit to Toronto and New Credit in May 2017 as well as further research into Canada and its mining practices in the Americas. The site-specific work was developed through workshops with the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and experimentation with materials and techniques in the sculpture studio at the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design (AMPD) at York University through the L.L. Odette Sculptor-in-Residency Program.

This publication, designed by Sébastien Aubin, documents the residency and exhibition through two divergent methods: from one direction, it’s a purely image-based scrapbook that evokes the coming together of the project. Flip the book over, and it becomes more of an exhibition catalogue with essays by the two curators, Emelie Chhangur (formerly of the AGYU) and Cathie Jamieson (a member of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation and long-time collaborator with the gallery) and by Romero herself. The texts in the book come in three languages, Ojibwemowin (translations from English by Shirley Ida Williams), Spanish (translations from English by Pilar Villela Mascaró), and English (translations from Spanish by Richard  Moszka).

Artist
Betsabee Romero

Curators
Emelie Chhangur
Cathie Jamieson (Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation)

Publisher
The Goldfarb Gallery (formerly AGYU)

Publication Date
2021

Binding
Softcover, smyth-sewn

Size
7 x 11.5 inches
176 pages

Languages
English
Spanish
Ojibwemowin

ISBN
978-0-921972-82-2