Where: Club SAW
When: March 7th, 17:30pm-19:00pm
Bear Witness is an award-winning multidisciplinary artist based in Ottawa and a member of Six Nations of the Grand River. He is best known as a DJ, producer, and VJ for the Halluci Nation and was a founding of A Tribe Called Red and the Electric Pow Wow party in Ottawa. Bear’s professional art practice began in the early 2000’s making videos for his father’s (photographer Jeff Thomas) exhibitions. This grew into Bear showing his own experimental video work in galleries and film festivals across Canada and around the world. Participating in the performance practice started by generations of his maternal line (Monique Mojica and Spiderwoman Theatre), Bear has toured across North America, Europe, Mexico, Australia, New Zealand with the Halluci Nation and performed at festivals like Coachella, Bonnaroo and Osheaga.