Call to Arms, 2019

Written By Kite .

Description:

Suzanne Kite with Althea Thauberger, Score for soloist James Chilton and the HMCS York Band.  Score, Part of Call to Arms, Althea Thauberger and Suzanne Kite,

2019. Sound/Video Installation. Commissioned for the inaugural 2019 Toronto Biennial.

Thauberger + Kite’s installation Call to Arms features audio and video recordings of their rehearsals with Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) York band in advance of a live performance of four musical scores by Kite during the Biennial’s opening weekend in addition to the band’s own repertoire. Boasting the country’s only conch shell sextet, the band will play in the drill hall housed within the Navy’s “stone ship,” a highly resonant space that is itself played like an instrument.

Commissioned by the Toronto Biennial of Art and presented in partnership with HMCS York. Made possible with the generous support of Partners in Art and Ann and Harry Malcolmson.

Althea Thauberger + Kite were the recipients of an Honourable Mention prize for their work commissioned for the Toronto Biennial of Art. 

Artworks:

Call to Arms: Battle Cry (Gift to the Shell Ensemble), performance, Kite with Althea Thauberger, 2019.


Call to Arms: Battle Cry (Gift to the Shell Ensemble), Music Score, Kite with Althea Thauberger, 2019.

Previous Showings:

Toronto Biennale

Suzanne Kite with Althea Thauberger, Score for soloist James Chilton and the HMCS York Band.  

Score, Part of Call to Arms, Althea Thauberger and Suzanne Kite,

2019. Sound/Video Installation. 

Commissioned for the inaugural 2019 Toronto Biennial.

Press / Reviews:

Taylor, Kate. “How the Toronto Biennale Will Stand Out in a Crowded Landscape.” The Globe and Mail. 22 September 2019. Link

Fung, Amy. “Amy Fung on the First Toronto Biennale of Art.” Artforum. 30 October 2019. Link

“The Best of Toronto’s Art Scene 2019”. Now Toronto. Published: December 10 2019. Link

Best Art Performance- Call to Arms

“Thauberger and kite Q+A”. Partners in Art. Published: November 26 2019. Link

Kite .

Kite (Dr. Suzanne Kite) is an Oglála Lakȟóta performance artist, visual artist, and composer raised in Southern California, with a BFA from CalArts in music composition,and an MFA from Bard College’s Milton Avery Graduate School, and a Ph.D. in Fine Arts from Concordia University, Montreal. Kite’s scholarship and practice investigate contemporary Lakȟóta ontologies through research-creation, computational media, and performance, often working in collaboration with family and community members. Recently, Kite has been developing body interfaces for machine learning driven performance and sculptures generated by dreams, and experimental sound and video work. Kite has published in The Journal of Design and Science (MIT Press), with the award winning article, “Making Kin with Machines,” co-authored with Jason Lewis, Noelani Arista, and Archer Pechawis. Kite is currently a 2023 Creative Capital Award Winner, 2023 USA Fellow, and a 2022-2023 Creative Time Open Call artist with Alisha B. Wormsley. Kite is currently Distinguished Artist in Residence and Assistant Professor of American and Indigenous Studies, Bard College and a Research Associate and Residency Coordinator for the Abundant Intelligences (Indigenous AI) project.

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