This seed titled, “What will Come From the Ashes?” functions best with an awareness of the content of the first seed I uploaded titled “May I Keep Her Floating?”, but does not fully rely upon the first seed. The two of them can be considered independently from one another. In this seed, I use wat

Making a necklace in honour of Sarvia Villagante aka my Aunty Neneng

If we only ever collaborate in english, what meanings will be unavailable to us?

What does sacrifice mean? What is our relationship to sacrifice? What did our Ancestors sacrifice in honour and devotion? Under coercion?

A collaborative Seed made by Jiv Parasram, Asitha Tennekoon, and Anju Singh.

Braided and Spiraled wire structure suspended on the land on a cold winters night. My sister June is receiving these still images and video images, that I am directing her to take for the first time. This collaboration reminds me about our connections in these wild webs we weave together/apart.

In December 2024, eight artists from across Canada gathered to exchange and create seeds that speak to the process of decolonizing creative collaborations. This exchange tells the story.

Arrivals Legacy Project SeedPool Artist – FIND MUTYA – Seed 1 Original WIRE-SOUND-VIDEO – Mutya Macatumpag *My lola (grandmother) passed away when my father was young. We never had the chance to meet. This is a gift from me to, Felicia Gabuya Macatumpag in my thoughts and heart, connected.

This is an impromptu collaboration with Peter Olalekan Adekokan from the Caribbean sea to the Atlantic Ocean.

Travelling between two worlds. The Sea, it’s history and my ability to stay the course.

Our capacity and ability to effectively support others rests on the foundation of how we care for ourselves

my ancestral home of kemet/nubia/egypt the nile & its banks & the vegetation that grow around her resound with an abundance that resonates with the birth right of vitality

AGOGO AYO (gongs of joy or bells of joy) The 2 indigenous musical instruments used in this music are significant and philosophical among the Yorubas. Whenever Agogo or sekere is played, it signifies joy, it produces sound of joy.

“To hear it, you had to be there,” quote from Lydie’s Seed.

The spiral is an image that is seen in nature, in Indigenous symbolism, and in the fascia of the human body. It can represent both stability and spinning out of control, and I wanted to explore the intricacy of the spiral as a movement within the collaborative creative process.

This is an excerpt of an experimental video piece showcasing work I’ve done to make a series of masks as well as a set of wings. The wings are made with fish skins I have collected and tanned from two sides of the Pacific.

The body as land.

Whether it’s a missing Indigenous woman, a 2-Spirit, a trans person, a Palestinian baby buried alive, or a loved one, this song is to help you grieve and heal.