2018
Beacon Project

Concrete Gesture

Concrete Gesture is a performance/gesture that speaks to the labour of Indigenous peoples, and their allies, who are on the front lines across this continent protecting the land from exploitation and devastation.

This NOMADIC project will follow the route below:

Leaving The Museum of Natural History every second hour, on the hour, and heading towards Bell Rd. (6pm, 8pm, 10pm)

Turning up Ahern Ave and West on Rainnie Drive.
Down Duke Street towards Halifax waterfront.
Walking North along Lower Water Street to Salter St. North on Barrington, South on Spring Garden.
South on South Park Street, and down Sackville Street to Brunswick Street.
Down Duke Street to Hollis, up George Street through Grand Parade to Brunswick Street, North on Brunswick, down Prince Street and back up Sackville Street heading back to the Museum of Natural History via Bell Road.

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Concrete Gesture, une performance tout en mouvement parle du travail des peuples autochtones
et de leurs alliés qui se trouvent en première ligne à travers ce continent pour
protéger la terre de l’exploitation et de la dévastation.



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A small gesture in a concrete city, but rooted in care and concern for Mother Earth. A public acknowledgment of the labour of Indigenous peoples, and their allies, who are on the front lines across this continent protecting the land from exploitation and devastation. This repeated gesture embodies stewardship and centers human and land relationships.