The Bentway Skate Trail In this site-specific installation, co-commissioned with Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival, Vancouver-based artist Dana Claxton (Lakota Sioux) considers the iconic role and symbolism of the canoe in Canadian, Metis, and Indigenous histories. Claxton works with photographs sourced from the Internet, and her images depict a range of canoe types, from traditional birchbark vessels to contemporary leisure crafts, reflecting a method of transportation that spans time and distance. Claxton adds layers of colour and graphic treatments to these…