Saputi (Fish Traps) by filmmakers Paulossie Qulitalik, Zacharias Kunuk and Norman Cohn will be featured in the video room. This film was selected specifically with Napachie Pootoogoo's body of work in mind by the Isuma collective. The gallery is very grateful to them.Saputi is part of the Unikaatuatiit (Story Tellers) Series and is the third Isuma recreated fiction made in 1993. As summer ends near Igloolik in the 1930's, three families build a saputi to trap fish going upriver for the winter. The days are getting shorter and young people daydream, while waiting for fish to come. But nature is not always predictable....
Fish Traps: Isuma Collective
Past exhibition