256:. The piece uses beadwork to recreate all 56 pages of the statute. With red beads representing the negative space of the page, and white beads representing the typed words, the piece creates a visual which Canadian Art called "immensely successful." The final work "reappropriated and denounced this artifact of colonialism." The work also has a strong collaborative element, as Myre enlisted the help of over 200 people to aid in the completion of the beadwork. Beadwork was more traditionally regarded as a women's art form, but Myre invited men, non-Aboriginal, and others to contribute. The piece was part of the 2002 exhibition "Contact." It was also featured in the book "SakahĂ n: International Indigenous Art."
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277:(2002, mini DV transferred to DVD), Myre can be seen paddling a canoe on a lake. The video has been described as âelusive, metaphorical union of past, present, nature, culture and soulâ and "appropriates the stereotype of the Indian living in harmony with nature and lets a woman emerge from the mist, in total control of her boat, of her life".
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