Summary:

In this episode, I welcome Michaëlle Sergile, an artist and independent curator completing an artist residency with McCord StewartMuseum. Michaëlle joins us to speak about her artistic practice of capturing and rewriting historical memory through textiles.

Episode Resources:

Artworks. Michaëlle Sergile. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://en.michaellesergile.com/oeuvres 

Michaëlle Sergile. [@michaellesergile]. Instagram profile. Retrieved from, https://www.instagram.com/michaellesergile/ 

Archival Alchemy. Joyce LeeAnn Joseph. Retrieved May 10, 2024, from https://archivalalchemy.com/ 

Cheryl Thompson (2019). Black Canada and Why The Archival Logic of Memory Needs Reform. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/ateliers/2019-v14-n2-ateliers05462/1071133ar.pdf 

Saidiya Hartman (2008). Venus in two acts. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/241115 

Fantz Fanon (1952). Black Skin, White Masks. https://groveatlantic.com/book/black-skin-white-masks/  

McCord Steward Museum (2019). The Notman Photographic Archives on Unesco’s Canada Memory of The World Register. https://www.musee-mccord-stewart.ca/en/blog/notman-archives-unesco/ 

Black Memory Collective [@black.memory.co]. Instagram post. What is a memory worker? Retrieved from, https://www.instagram.com/p/C5QiZnJg4qm/?img_index=1

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