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Review Indeed, the potential lasting impact of this collection can�t be underestimated; this is socially engaged art at its best.https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/kc-adams/this-place-150-years-retold/, Kirkus Reviews Published On: 2019-03-20Perception is an interesting collection of photography and essay-like writings. I'll definitely recommend this one to our library patrons. -- Adam Di Filippe, NetGalley Published On: 2019-02-11KC Adams'�Perception series�challenges us to bridge thought and reality; emerging on the other side better having challenged ourselves to see Indigenous peoples for what they really are. We are grandparents, parents, children - and everything in between.�As Adams shows through this incredible exhibition of faces and feelings,�we�are beautiful, whole, and complex peoples irreducible to stereotypes and slander. -- Romeo Saganash (Cree, father, activist, and dreamer)KC Adams's Perception series absolutely captured the most devastating perceptions from the colonial mind, and the accompanying lack of knowledge about the truth of Canada's historical relationship to Indigenous Peoples.� Succinctly and beautifully, KC transformed that narrative in this series.� It is a prolific piece which will always be a source of inspiration for truth and reconciliation.� It is unforgettable.� Kichi miigwetch KC Adams! -- Tina Keeper Published On: 2019-03-27This is a fantastic book and a real conversation starter. K.C. Adams explores stereotypes of First Nations, Inuit and M�tis people through portrait photography. What started off as a social media and poster project at bus stops has now been turned into a book as she photographs people with assumptions that have been made about them written next to the photo before showing the real person and who they really are. It�s a very simple but overwhelming creative and effective idea. It�s made me reflect what assumptions I might hold about certain groups of people and how accurate they are. I really appreciated that this is also not just a book of photographs but also informs the reader how the project got created and why it is so important and what art can do. One person who sat for photos also talked about the experience which is something photography books often don�t include but really adds to the photos. I hadn�t heard of Adams before but shall definitely be looking up more of work. Thank you very much to Net Galley and HighWater Press for providing me with an ARC in return for a honest review. -- Fern Adams, NetGalley Published On: 2019-02-12We hear the saying, �A picture can say a thousand words� quite often, but sometimes we don�t take the time to actually look at what we are seeing and what it is saying. Sometimes photographs are taken for fun, with no real meaning behind them. But there are times when a photograph is taken for a purpose, taken to deliver a message. KC Adams, with Perception, is doing just that. She is not only delivering a message, she is also making a statement in order to break down the racial prejudices and stereotypes towards the indigenous community in Canada. ... From looking at the first picture that shows their reaction to what people think of them to looking at their second picture that shows their look of pure happiness coupled with their name, their tribes, and the words they would use to describe themselves is what is causing people to think twice, think differently, and spark conversation. � -- Leslie Trotter, NetGalley Published On: 2019-03-22I admire what KC Adams did when she kept hearing disparaging remarks and slurs against the Native peoples of Canada. As an indigenous person herself, she too, had been subjected to mistreatment and prejudice just be being someone who looks different. She was determined to find a way to get people's perceptions to change. The Native/indigenous people and their cultures were here to stay and non-Native people had to come to terms with and accept that. Adams choose to use her skill as a photographer as a catalyst to address the racism and prejudice head on. She took a series of two photographs of the same person; one as she said a racist remark, the other as she said something positive about the person. She then put up these pictures as posters around municipal areas. The first picture was headlined with the slur said while filming it, the bottom said 'Think again'. The second picture (taken when she invoked a positive response in them) told who they were and some things about them. This photography series (now captured in her book Perceptions) helped people recognize their own reactions to Native peoples and realize that they were unfair and untrue. I love when art is not only creative, but an agent for social change! Kudos, Ms. Adams! Well done! Many thanks to NetGalley and High Water Press for allowing me to read an ARC of this book in exchange for an honest review. All opinions expressed here are strictly my own. � -- Kathy Fuchs, NetGalley Published On: 2019-02-07Perception is an impressive collection...an inside look into a living legend�s photography practice (I say this in no uncertain terms) and, more importantly, as Adams intended, a reminder to look past the hurt in search of a love that can bring us all home. -- Lindsay Nixon, Editor-at-Large Canadian Art, author n�tis�nak, Metonymy Press Published On: 2019-03-27This is an amazing portrayal of the indigenous community. The emotions displayed by each individual are clearly defined. I highly recommend this resource be placed in all libraries and used to dispel racism and discriminatory ideas. #Kcadams #netgalley -- Shelley Stefanowich, NetGalley Published On: 2019-04-15 Read more Review #1 Bestseller at McNally Booksellers, McNally Robinson Read more Book Description Perception: A Photo Series, a social-action art book, invites the viewer to look again and again. Read more Book Description Social action art in book form, Perception: A Photo Series encourages readers to look, and then look again.Tired of reading negative and disparaging remarks directed at Indigenous people of Winnipeg in the press and social media, artist KC Adams created a photo series that presented another perspective. Called �Perception Photo Series,� it confronted common stereotypes of First Nation, Inuit and M�tis people to illustrate a more contemporary truthful story. First appearing on billboards, in storefronts, in bus shelters, and projected onto Winnipeg�s downtown buildings, Adam�s stunning photographs now appear in the book, Perception: A Photo Series.� Meant to challenge the culture of apathy and willful ignorance about Indigenous issues, Adams hopes to unite readers in the fight against prejudice of all kinds. Read more About the Author KC Adams (she/her/hers) is a Cree/Ojibway/British Winnipeg-based artist who graduated from Concordia University with a B.F.A in studio arts.� Adams has had several solo exhibitions, group exhibitions and was included in the PHOTOQUAI: Biennale des images du monde in Paris, France. KC has participated in residencies at the Banff Centre, the Confederation Art Centre in Charlottetown, the National Museum of the American Indian and the Parramatta Arts Gallery in Australia. Adams has received several grants and awards from Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts. KC�s work is in many permanent collections Nationally and Internationally.� Twenty pieces from the Cyborg Hybrid series are in the permanent collection of the National Art Gallery in Ottawa and from the installation Birch Bark Ltd, four trees are in the collection of the Canadian Consulate of Australia, NSW. Adams was the set designer for the Royal Winnipeg Ballet�s Going Home Star: Truth and Reconciliation. Adams has designed public art sculptures for the Winnipeg Forks South Point Project and the United Way of Winnipeg called Community. Adams have been teaching about Indigenous pottery and learning from elders at the annual nibi (water) gathering at Whiteshell Provincial Park. KC recently won the Winnipeg Arts Council�s Making A Mark Award and the Aboriginal Circle of Educator�s Trailblazing Award.� She is an instructor in Visual and Aboriginal Art at Brandon University.Katherena Vermette is a Metis writer of poetry, fiction, and children's literature. Her first book, North End Love Songs, won the 2013 Governor General Literary Award for Poetry. Her poetry and fiction have appeared in several literary magazines and anthologies. She holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of British Columbia, and lives in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Read more Excerpt. � Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Cathy Mattes The Perception Series: KC Adams, and the Value of Socially Engaged Art Art is a catalyst for social change, and Winnipeg-based artist KC Adams (Oji-Cree) is a social-change agent. Her work addresses racism toward Indigenous peoples, engagement with the land and ceremony, the association between nature and technology, and the benefits of community and kin. With ceramics, photography, beadwork, collaborative performance, and installation, she holds up a mirror to society, and provides opportunities for viewers to participate, reflect, and strategize to make personal and collective change. Adam�s photo-based series Perception challenges racist stereotypes and remedies the aftershocks of historical colonization and its continuous and present hold on contemporary Canadian society. The series relies on willing participants and an invested audience, and is best described as socially engaged art. Although all art invites social interaction, socially engaged art depends on the involvement of others. Historically, it occurred in art galleries, where artists made artworks which were participatory and appealing, like convening visitors to share food or personal narratives in exhibition spaces. This blurred the lines between artist and audience, and broadened understandings of what constitutes art. Physical art objects or video recordings became the residuals or documentation of the process-based artwork instead of the main component. Socially engaged art now often happens outside of gallery spaces, and artists are driven to not only challenge understandings of art, but also to make social change. They address concerns like gender inequality, poverty, or the effects of colonial oppression. They collaborate with the public to paint murals on buildings, make posters for distribution, organize pop-up exhibitions in storefronts, and create performance works at community gatherings. They activate conversations that promote self-reflection or cross-cultural education and respond to the current issues of their time. For Indigenous artists, socially engaged art is more than a yearning to make right in society; it is also about their own relationships to the land, and a way to personally and collectively heal from the negative impact of colonization. It requires making art in a good way, grounded in culture, community, and kinship ties. Read more
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