Response: Remembering Our Futures

Response: Remembering Our Futures is the culmination of the Response Program, an annual filmmaking initiative that inspires artistic responses to historical and contemporary Indigenous ways of being. Participants engaged in a series of workshops led by Indigenous artists and Knowledge Holders during the summer of 2024 to produce an original video work on view in The Polygon Gallery’s Seaspan Pavilion from March 5 to April 4, 2025.

Past generations, stories, and histories influence the way we look toward our futures, inciting care and intention as we imagine beyond current realities. By breaking down the dichotomy of past and present, we invite an all-encompassing understanding of the relationships that we hold. This year, participants were encouraged to consider experiences and connections that transcend time, and the ways in which formative influences remain vital and present throughout one’s life. Through techniques ranging from performance to animation, the artist’s films in Response: Remembering Our Futures embrace themes of healing, intimacy, belonging, and resistance.

Looking forward can feel uneasy during a time where so much seems uncertain, but Remembering Our Futures reminds us that our relationships exist in all directions, and tending to them allows us to see further than ourselves.

Who is it for?

All ages

Tickets : Free – $15

Admission is by donation

How to get tickets?

Email: m.mann@thepolygon.ca

Date: Sunday March 9, 2025 to Friday April 4, 2025

Response: Remembering Our Futures is on view during opening hours, from 10am – 3pm.

Venue & Address

The Polygon Gallery, 101 Carrie Cates Court, North Vancouver

Wheelchair accessible

Paid Parking

Accessible by Public Transport