{"id":730,"date":"2024-11-08T14:56:28","date_gmt":"2024-11-08T20:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cherylbuckmaster.ca\/?page_id=730"},"modified":"2025-03-08T15:45:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T21:45:53","slug":"see-i-am-one","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.cherylbuckmaster.ca\/?page_id=730","title":{"rendered":"See. I Am One."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Masters of Environment and Sustainability Thesis Exhibit, University of Saskatchewan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Water, one entity whose health encapsulates ecological and social balance for generations to come….continue…<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Water In-tension ~ Acrylic paint \/ porch column circa 1890-1910 \/ optic fibre \/ paper mache \/ large nail \/ recycled rubber tire \/ 7′ x 2′ x 2′ \/ 2023<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Water In-tension \/ detail<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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A repurposed colonial porch column, smudged with prayer smoke. Elder Irene Frazer<\/a>, Artists Fred Macdonald<\/a>, and Cheryl Buckmaster set the intention of safely cleaning oilsands tailings pond water. The intention to switch traditional Western capitalistic\/mechanistic methodologies with regenerative approaches that work within the needs of the natural and social environments, now and for generations. A 12-inch nail driven through the back acknowledges the trauma to the water, and all related to it, during the extraction process. Fiber optic threads used as a medium for telecommunication and computer networking pour down to establish communication and dissemination as a goal with and without the G.R.O.W. project\u2013 G<\/strong>enomics R<\/strong>esearch for O<\/strong>ptimization of constructed treatment W<\/strong>etlands to clean tailings ponds water in the Athabasca Oilsands region of Northern Alberta. G.R.O.W. project<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Water In-tension \/ smudging ceremony<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Trace Young with Elder Roland Duquette Commentary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n

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Trace Young <\/strong>~ wood door \/ wall paint \/ ball point pen \/ acrylic paint \/ barbed wire \/ 72 x 24 \/ 2022<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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Extractive industry and mass systemic injustice are functions of oppressive settler-colonial social relations, and pose fundamental questions: What is the difference between the way the Oil industry uses Mackenzie River water and the way Indigenous youth are used… continue…<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Elder Roland J Duquette Parallel Experience<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
WARNING:<\/strong> the video below conveys traumatic experiences of youth incarceration and residential school. It may be emotionally triggering. Please consider having a support person with you. Saskatoon Crisis Helpline: 306-933-6200; Residential School Survivor Helpline: Toll Free: 1-866-925-4419<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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