karen louise smith

Buses are public spaces that we can use for much more than moving between two points in a city. I came across an interesting art project today titled Trans-Regalia. Tran-Regalia was envisioned by artist Cheyenne Henry to reclaim Indigenous culture in an urban context. A description from the Reclamation Winnipeg blog is quoted below.

"Trans-Regalia is an act of Indigenous cultural and political reclamation. Artist Cheyenne Henry reclaims the public transit system in Winnipeg to launch education about urban Aboriginal issues into the public sphere. People dressed in traditional Aboriginal regalia step onto city buses and share personal stories of reclaiming their culture and identity in an urban context. The lines between participant and performer are blurred as both become viewer and viewed, sharing a common experience, a bus ride into Winnipeg's core. This act of transit reclamation opens possibilities for dialogue and understanding in the inner city."

See the Reclamation Winnipeg blog for more information.