Ji zoongde'eyaang by Lara Kramer + Ida Baptiste

Access

About

In this collaborative mother-daughter exhibition, Anishinaabe Oji-Cree artists Lara Kramer and Ida Baptiste bring forward their relational practices through generations to express and represent embodied experiences like memory, loss, and reclamation. The title of the exhibition, “Ji zoongde’eyaang”, means “to have a strong heart” in Anishinaabemowin.

“This is our practice together. Of labour. Of love. Of love labour. It is a story of

resistance, of survivance and of our ongoing presence here on Turtle Island. It is the place where we, with our soft hard loving hands, materialize imagination and dreams to pave a healthier path forward. A practice intended for sharing with future generations.”

About the artist:

Lara Kramer is a performer, choreographer, and multidisciplinary artist of mixed Oji-Cree and settler heritage, raised in London, Ontario. She lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang/Montreal. Her choreographic work, research and fieldwork over the last fifteen years have been grounded in intergenerational relations, intergenerational knowledge, and the impacts of the Indian Residential Schools of Canada. She is the first generation in her family to not attend Indian Residential schools. Kramer’s relationship to experiential practice and the creative process of performance, sonic development and visual design is anchored in the embodiment of experiences such as dreams, memories, knowledge, and reclamation. Her creations in the form of dance, performance and installation have been presented across Canada and Australia, New Zealand, Martinique, Vienna, Belgium, Norway, the US and the UK.

Links

• Check the Bus Stop Theatre's event calendar before visiting! busstoptheatre.coop
• Learn more about Lara and her work on Prismatic's website! prismaticfestival.com
• Discover the rest of Prismatic 2025's dazzling lineup! prismaticfestival.com

Organizer

Prismatic Arts Festival

The Prismatic Arts Festival is a national, multidisciplinary arts festival that showcases and celebrates innovative work by Indigenous artists and artists of colour from across Canada. Based in Kjipuktuk (Halifax, Nova Scotia), Prismatic has been bringing audiences vibrant, boundary-pushing new works in theatre, dance, music, film, visual arts, media arts, and spoken word since 2008.

Prismatic 2025 is on from September 26th to October 5th!