Spoken word and musical event comes to town
Surprise Inuvik storytellers to appear
Stewart Burnett
Northern News Services
Thursday, October 13, 2016
INUVIK
A spoken word and musical event next week will feature two Inuvik storytellers, but the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre is keeping mum about who they are.
Casey Koyczan, aka The Bushman NT, plays a solo show looping multiple instruments together. - photo courtesy of the Northern Arts and Cultural Centre
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"They are going to be special surprise guests," said Marie Coderre, executive and artistic director at NACC, about the Inuvik representation.
The two special guests will be interviewed by Eugene Boulanger, a spoken word artist and podcaster who will perform in a talk-show fashion.
"It will be really interesting," said Coderre. "It's a way for them to keep up the oral traditions with the podcasts and the local storytellers from Inuvik, so it's going to be like a talk show/podcast at first and then it will be followed by music."
Casey Koyczan, aka The Bushman NT, will be performing the music. He is a Metis multi-instrument live-looping musician who creates compositions inspired by Northern aesthetic and locations and indigenous social issues.
His performances mix all sorts of sounds, from rock to hip hop to electronic, said Coderre.
"They both work on promoting indigenous social issues," she said. "It's a really cool, modern way of communicating these things through their music and podcasts."
The show will be appropriate for all age groups and only $15 for entry, with youth and seniors getting in free.
Coderre is hoping to encourage youth in particular to attend the show as it features two emerging artists who put a light on indigenous issues.
"They play a really good role model for the youth, so I would like a large range in the audience, a big crowd for this," said Coderre.
"It's a show that will be very interesting for all the groups in Inuvik."
The two-act, one-set show will be performed at the curling club in the Midnight Sun Complex on Oct. 19.
