June 10 – September 6, 2021
Louie Palu: Distant Early Warning
ᓗᐃ ᐸᓗ
ᓈᓚᕝᕕᖃᖅᕕᒃ
Louie Palu’s documentary project provides a window into the evolving militarization of the North American Arctic, documenting the vestigial legacies of the Cold War and the increased military presence in the North today. The changes in the region are exacerbated by the many unknowns the Arctic faces, among them the warming of the planet and the increasing global traffic in the region. Over several years—from 2015 to 2018—what began for Palu as a John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship evolved into an assignment for National Geographic magazine, as he deepened his engagement with his subject. Taken as a whole, the series examines the growing geopolitical tensions and changing life around Inuit communities in one of the planet’s most extreme and challenging places.
ᐸᓗ ᐱᓕᕆᐊᖓᓂᒃ ᑎᑎᕋᖅᓯᒪᔪᖃᖅᑐᖅ ᐱᑕᖃᐅᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᓴᕿᔮᕐᓂᖏᓐᓂᒃ ᐳᐃᒍᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᑦ ᕿᒪᒃᑲᑯᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᕕᒃᔪᐊᕐᓂᑯᓂᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐅᓄᖅᓯᕙᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᐅᓇᑕᖅᑐᒃᓴᐃᑦ ᑕᒫᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᑲᓇᑕᒥ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᐊᓂ ᐅᓪᓗᒥ. ᐊᓯᑦᔨᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᕕᒃᑐᖅᓯᒪᔪᓂ ᓄᓇᖓᓐᓂ ᐃᓗᐊᓐᖏᔾᔪᑕᐅᕗᑦ ᐊᒥᓱᓄᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᒪᓇᓐᖏᑦᑐᓄᑦ ᐅᑭᐅᖅᑕᖅᑐᒥᐅᓂᑦ, ᑕᒪᑐᒧᖓᓗ ᐅᖂᓯᓕᕐᓂᖓ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᖅ. ᑕᐃᒪᖓᓂ ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᕐᕌᒍᑦ ᐊᓂᒍᖅᑐᑦ – ᑕᐃᑲᖓᑦ 2015 ᑎᑭᓪᓗᒍ 2018 – ᐱᒋᐊᓚᐅᖅᑐᖅ ᐅᔭᕋᖕᓂᐊᖅᑐᑦ ᑎᑭᐅᑎᓯᒪᓪᓗᓂᓗ ᑐᑭᓯᔭᐅᓇᓱᒡᖢᓂ ᓇᓴᓄ ᔨᐅᑯᓛᕕᒃ ᐅᖃᓕᒫᒐᕐᓂᑦ. ᐱᓪᓗᒍ ᑕᒪᕐᒥᒃ, ᐊᒥᓱᑦ ᐊᔾᔨᖑᐊᑦ ᖃᐅᔨᓇᓱᑦᑎᐊᖅᓯᒪᔭᖏᑦ ᐱᕈᖅᐸᓪᓕᐊᕗᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᓂᕈᐊᖅᑕᐅᓯᒪᔪᓂᑦ ᐊᒃᓱᕉᑕᐅᕙᓪᓕᐊᔾᔪᑎᒋᓪᓗᒋᑦ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐊᓯᑦᔨᖅᓯᒪᓕᕐᒪᑕ ᐃᓅᓯᖏᑦ ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᓄᓇᖏᓐᓂ ᑕᐅᕙᓃᑦᑐᑦ ᓄᓇᕐᔪᐊᒥ ᐅᖓᓯᖕᓂᖅᐹᖑᔪᓂᒃ ᐊᒻᒪᓗ ᐱᔭᕐᓂᓐᖏᓂᖅᐸᐅᔪᓂᒃ ᓄᓇᖃᖅᑐᑦ.
Louie Palu
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‘Canadian Rangers from Resolute Bay and Arctic Bay train soldiers in Arctic survival at temperatures as low as minus 60 degrees celsius at the Crystal City training site in Resolute Bay, Nunavut.’ 2015–18, pigment print image courtesy of the artist and Stephen Bulger Gallery, © Louie Palu, Louie Palu’s work was supported by funding from the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, National Geographic Magazine and Pulitzer Center.
Exhibition Organizer:
This exhibition was organized and circulated by the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.