{"id":15550,"date":"2024-02-22T11:02:33","date_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:02:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/?p=15550"},"modified":"2024-02-22T11:09:21","modified_gmt":"2024-02-22T16:09:21","slug":"joseph-tisiga-merray-georges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/","title":{"rendered":"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Tisiga\u2019s work is informed by global histories of colonial violence and witnessing the ongoing dispossession of Indigenous peoples. He begins with fact, then cocoons it with fiction. Doubles dance, surfaces deceive. He cloaks archeological and totemic forms in connotations and allusions, creating a pictorial and psychic plane in which mythologies morph.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The worlds he creates provoke these questions: What is fabulation\u2019s role in the face of colonial violence? Could fabulation become a tool in the production of a new political reality? And could it liberate marginalized artists from the moral imperative to bear witness?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This conversation will be situated within Tisaga\u2019s current solo exhibition \u201cIt was God the whole time,\u201d on view at Bradley Ertaskiran in Montreal. Gerges and Tisiga have been in ongoing dialogue for over a decade, since meeting at Nova Scotia College of Art &amp; Design.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Merray Gerges is an Egyptian essayist, editor, and writing teacher based in New York. Since her MFA in narrative nonfiction at New York University, she has been working on a series of longform essays about family inheritance through self and body. She is Associate Editor at <em>Momus<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joseph Tisiga is a multidisciplinary artist based in Montreal and a member of the Kaska Dena First Nation. He maintains a multidisciplinary practice that is rooted in painting and drawing, but also draws from performance, photography, sculpture, and installation. Solo exhibitions of his work have been held at Mus\u00e9e d\u2019art de Joliette; Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum, Michigan State University; Audain Art Museum (Whistler); and Bradley Ertaskiran (Montreal). Tisiga is the recipient of The Yukon Art Prize (2021), the Sobey Art Award (2020), and the REVEAL Indigenous Art Award (2017).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>*<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSf5boIHtadSUEDOxypBVwqB00bd5hJy1EaPZX3ZT17zmo4Utg\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">To RSVP, please click here (spaces limited). \u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This event is hosted by Bradley Ertaskiran and is part of Momus Talks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When: March 2, 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time: 2 to 3pm&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where: Bradley Ertaskiran, 3550 Rue Saint-Antoine O., Montreal<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Accessibility: The bunker is only accessible by stairs; chairs will be provided, alongside standing room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"artists":[],"class_list":["post-15550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation - Bradley Ertaskiran<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation - Bradley Ertaskiran\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Bradley Ertaskiran\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-02-22T16:02:33+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-02-22T16:09:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2560\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1829\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Bradley Ertaskiran\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Bradley Ertaskiran\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Bradley Ertaskiran\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35697d445518a3068f4287fc47ae32ac\"},\"headline\":\"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-22T16:02:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-22T16:09:21+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":355,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/\",\"name\":\"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation - Bradley Ertaskiran\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-02-22T16:02:33+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-02-22T16:09:21+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35697d445518a3068f4287fc47ae32ac\"},\"description\":\"Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/02\\\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg\",\"width\":2560,\"height\":1829,\"caption\":\"\\\"TO TALK WITH OTHERS\\\" PROJECT ARTIST PORTRAITS Photo by Alistair Maitland Photography\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Accueil\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Bradley Ertaskiran\",\"description\":\"Contemporary art gallery\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/35697d445518a3068f4287fc47ae32ac\",\"name\":\"Bradley Ertaskiran\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cf7082e4989271da15c1877157cfbf3d618392beb1f8af833bcb7f07e9e72356?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cf7082e4989271da15c1877157cfbf3d618392beb1f8af833bcb7f07e9e72356?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cf7082e4989271da15c1877157cfbf3d618392beb1f8af833bcb7f07e9e72356?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Bradley Ertaskiran\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/bradleyertaskiran.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/bradleyertaskiran\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation - Bradley Ertaskiran","description":"Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation - Bradley Ertaskiran","og_description":"Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.","og_url":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/","og_site_name":"Bradley Ertaskiran","article_published_time":"2024-02-22T16:02:33+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-02-22T16:09:21+00:00","og_image":[{"width":2560,"height":1829,"url":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Bradley Ertaskiran","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Bradley Ertaskiran","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/"},"author":{"name":"Bradley Ertaskiran","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35697d445518a3068f4287fc47ae32ac"},"headline":"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation","datePublished":"2024-02-22T16:02:33+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-22T16:09:21+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/"},"wordCount":355,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/","url":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/","name":"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation - Bradley Ertaskiran","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg","datePublished":"2024-02-22T16:02:33+00:00","dateModified":"2024-02-22T16:09:21+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35697d445518a3068f4287fc47ae32ac"},"description":"Momus Talks presents artist Joseph Tisiga and critic Merray Gerges in conversation. This event will be held at the gallery on March 2nd, 2024.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/5X7-JOSEPH-scaled.jpg","width":2560,"height":1829,"caption":"\"TO TALK WITH OTHERS\" PROJECT ARTIST PORTRAITS Photo by Alistair Maitland Photography"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/joseph-tisiga-merray-georges\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Accueil","item":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Between Witness and Fabulation: Joseph Tisiga and Merray Gerges in conversation"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/","name":"Bradley Ertaskiran","description":"Contemporary art gallery","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/#\/schema\/person\/35697d445518a3068f4287fc47ae32ac","name":"Bradley Ertaskiran","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf7082e4989271da15c1877157cfbf3d618392beb1f8af833bcb7f07e9e72356?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf7082e4989271da15c1877157cfbf3d618392beb1f8af833bcb7f07e9e72356?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cf7082e4989271da15c1877157cfbf3d618392beb1f8af833bcb7f07e9e72356?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Bradley Ertaskiran"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com"],"url":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/author\/bradleyertaskiran\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15550","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15550"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15550\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15555,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15550\/revisions\/15555"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15550"},{"taxonomy":"artists","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bradleyertaskiran.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artists?post=15550"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}