HABITUATE, ACCLIMATE, NAHANNI MCKAY & LIAM KAVANAGH-BRADETTE 

cSPACE King Edward, February 1 – February 24
Hours: see cspacekingedward.com 

Habituate, Acclimate features the work of two emerging Alberta photographers, Nahanni McKay and Liam Kavanagh-Bradette. Both artists have created a series that explore emerging survival dependencies necessitated by the effects that humans have had upon the environment. 

In the summer of 2016, McKay was working as a campground attendant at Two Jack Lake in Banff National Park when a wolf was euthanized after becoming habituated to human food.

The incident had a lasting impression on the artist. She began to question the role of national parks as tourist destinations and the location of the campground within an active wildlife corridor. The title of her series, Loop 14, is a reference to the location where the wolf was shot. Her photographs pay homage to the spirit of that wolf and the five additional wolves that died of unnatural causes in Banff that summer. 

Kavanagh-Bradette’s work is also related to a food supply dependency but concerns the people of Nunavut who rely on freight shipments from southern Canada to deliver essential cargo (food, goods and fuel). Since the beginning of the twentieth century, climate change has opened up the seaways and drastically changed Inuit economy and culture. Kavanagh-Bradette brings attention to this new reality through his photographs of the people working at the forefront of the change.

Habituate, Acclimate is presented by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program in partnership with Exposure Photography Festival. 

**Please note that all of the artworks in this exhibition are safe for children. The depiction of the wolf pelt in Nahanni's series, Loop 14, are taken with respect and are meant to honour the wolves lost to unnatural causes. The photographs are serene and peaceful. 

Access: Location is wheelchair accessible with access to the building by the NE double glass doors from the parking lot. Travel up to the 4th floor by elevator. 
Child Friendly

* This gallery will be open “by appointment”. You can view in person by calling the cSPACE office (403-476-2025), emailing ahead of time (info@cspaceprojects.com) or buzzing the NE doors (from parking lot) during regular office hours.

Cspace King Edward, 1721 29 Ave SW Calgary AB T2T 6T7