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Red dress exhibit honours missing and murdered aboriginal women – CBC

by ahnationtalk on February 9, 2016442 Views

Feb 08, 2016

‘The trajectory of this project is towards hope and reconciliation,’ says creator Lori Calkins

In a stand of barren trees in Edmonton’s Alberta Avenue neighbourhood, 40 red dresses have been suspended from shorn branches and left to sway silently in the street.

The dresses — which encircle a bare, uncovered teepee — are meant to represent Canada’s missing and murdered aboriginal women, says Lori Calkins, the artist behind the new outdoor art installation on the corner of 92nd Street and 118th Avenue.

“Each of the dresses represents about 30 missing and murdered aboriginal women and girls, and their families,” said Calkins during a Monday morning interview on Edmonton AM.

Read More: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/red-dress-exhibit-honours-missing-and-murdered-aboriginal-women-1.3438402

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