#Bow river

[piizunn]

let's meet at the confluence (2024)

The New Gallery's Billboard 208

January 27th - June 30th, 2024

let’s meet at the confluence is a suggestion to all Calgarians to consider the site where the Elbow flows into the Bow river and question how settler-colonial history is privileged in public and site specific art. The piece references the different histories of gathering at the confluence of the waters, histories that long predate Calgary, Alberta. Despite histories of Indigenous uses of the land, queer cruising, sex work, trade, the arrival of the railway, and the North West Mounted Police, the site of the confluence is often overlooked and rarely used as the great meeting place that it once was. The simple map and text invites an audience of all backgrounds, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, to make their way from the The New Gallery along the Bow river to the confluence viewpoint and to consider their proximity to one another. The text is in English and the word confluence is repeated in multiple languages including Blackfoot, Cantonese, and Cree to honour the artist’s Michif roots and the specific location of the billboard on Treaty 7 and in Chinatown, pointing to the history of many different people living along the rivers.

[jonnyworld]

"Every month since June 2023 has now ranked as the planet's hottest since records began" - The Weather Network

[rabbitcruiser]

Banff National Park was established on 25 November 1885 as Banff Hot Springs Reserve, in response to conflicting claims over who discovered hot springs there, and who had the right to develop the hot springs for commercial interests.

[thedonofgray]

– Some pics from the other day –

[thefantasticone21]

The Downtown Calgary skyline and the fall colours as seen from the hill above Max Bell Centre.

[thorsenmark]

The Bow River and Mountain Peaks of the Sawback Range (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: It was definitely a beautiful day in May looking down the Bow River with the blue skies above and hillsides a tree stretching on the horizon...

[sitting-on-me-bum]

Fall Mountain Reflections

Fall colours and the "Three Sisters" reflected in the Bow River, Kananaskis, Alberta.

Taken By: Lauren Hughes

[wallpapers4screen]

[lo-serpulalacrymans]

Bow River..

In September 1875, at the confluence of the Bow and Elbow Rivers, Fort Calgary was founded, which eventually turned into a fine large city in the province..

[partiallypearl]

And I will die in the house that I grew up in I'm homesick

[piizunn]

let's meet at the confluence (2024)

A little sneak peak of my work for The New Gallery and Billboard 208 that will be up from January 27th - June 28th, 2024. Images of it installed to come! <3

let’s meet at the confluence is a suggestion to all Calgarians to consider the site where the Elbow flows into the Bow river and question how settler-colonial history is privileged in public and site specific art. The piece references the different histories of gathering at the confluence of the waters, histories that long predate Calgary, Alberta. Despite histories of Indigenous uses of the land, queer cruising, sex work, trade, the arrival of the railway, and the North West Mounted Police, the site of the confluence is often overlooked and rarely used as the great meeting place that it once was. 

The simple map and text invites an audience of all backgrounds, Indigenous and non-Indigenous alike, to make their way from the The New Gallery along the Bow river to the confluence viewpoint and to consider their proximity to one another. The text is in English and the word confluence is repeated in multiple languages including Blackfoot, Cantonese, and Cree to honour the artist’s Michif roots and the specific location of the billboard on Treaty 7 and in China Town, pointing to the history of many different people living along the rivers.

[rewildandgrow]

Banff was incredible!

[rabbitcruiser]

Green and Blue

What do you think about my pic?

[travelella]

Bow River, Alberta, Canada

Ali Kazal

[thefantasticone21]

The Bow River looking east in Bowness Park in the winter.

[thorsenmark]

Castle Mountain and the Bow River (Banff National Park) by Mark Stevens Via Flickr: A setting looking to the north in Banff National Park at the Castle Mountain Viewpoint along the Banff-Windermere Highway. The view is looking from a high ground near a bridge crossing with the Bow River and then to the more distant ridges and peaks of Castle Mountain. My thought on composing this image was to blend all of that setting, from near to far, and fill up the image but have some blue skies to contrast the greens and yellows in the remaining portion of the image. I later worked with control points in DxO PhotoLab 6 and then made some adjustments to bring out the contrast, saturation and brightness I wanted for the final image.