BC History Digitization Program

Jude Norris, 'Blue Lodge'

Description

Blue Lodge was performed as part of ALA's Havana Gallery series and was curated by Archer Pechawis. Also known as A Little Piece of Unity, this performance is an unconventional multi-media storytelling that recorded and reflected on aspects of Norris' relationships with her horse and the community of the long-distance traditional ‘Unity Ride’. Norris retells some of her experiences on the ride, with focus on a fall from her horse, and her temporary ‘blindness’. Norris' ‘fall’ and its reflection of the relationships surrounding are expanded to symbolically address broader issues of damage and healing.

Blue Lodge Negative 26
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 26
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Audience members invited by Jude Norris sit inside the tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 41
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 41
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris lies inside the tipi with stones on her chest as an image of a horse and rider is projected. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 11
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 11
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris crouches over a deer hide with stones bandaged over her eyes.
Blue Lodge Negative 08
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 08
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris cuts a slash in the side of the tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 18
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 18
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris repairs the tipi using the carved cedar sticks. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 02
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 02
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Projected image of a horse and rider on the side of a tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 20
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 20
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris repairs the tipi using the carved cedar sticks. Still from Blue Lodge.
The ALA Collective Performance Art Series
Title:
The ALA Collective Performance Art Series
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
grunt gallery (creator)
Type:
text
Genre:
programs (documents)
Description:
Promotional program for ALA Collective curated performances including Blue Lodge by Jude Norris and Everthing to Know about Nothing by Reona Brass.
Blue Lodge Negative 27
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 27
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Audience members invited by Jude Norris sit inside the tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 15
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 15
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris carves a cedar stick inside the tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 23
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 23
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris continues to repair the tipi as an archival image of an Indigenous rider is projected on its side. Still from Blue Lodge.
Blue Lodge Negative 06
Title:
Blue Lodge Negative 06
Date:
1999-10-12
Contributors:
Jude Norris (Performer), Merle Addison (Photographer)
Type:
still image
Genre:
performance art
Description:
Jude Norris cuts a slash in the side of the tipi. Still from Blue Lodge.