Robert Kautuk
(Nunavummiuq),Kangiqtugaapik, Nunavut
From left to right: 1) Alone, 2024, Digital photograph
2) Chaos. 2024. Digital photograph. 3) Coming together. 2024. Digital photograph. 4) Gathering. 2024. Digital photograph. Photo credit: Laurence Poirier
Projection description
In this newly commissioned series, Kautuk presents four photographs that respond to the exhibition's theme. Alone shows Kautuk's son at the floe edge. Gathering depicts a group of hunters at the floe edge, including the artist's brother who picked up a seal that he harvested. Chaos shows boats moving in circles to herd narwhals, contrasted by Coming Together, where boats are shown moving towards a center point where a narwhal has surfaced.
About the artist
Robert Kautuk is a photographer based in Kangiqtugaapik (Clyde River), NU who uses a digital SLR camera and drones to document stunning views of the Arctic in Canada, in addition to his community and traditional practices. One of his most well-known photographs was taken using a drone to capture a group of hunters preparing two recently harvested walruses caught as part of a Piqqusilirivvik Inuit Cultural Learning Facility program out of Kangiqtugaapik. He has also captured incredible videos of walruses in the Arctic Ocean. Kautuk’s use of technology provides a special look at rarely seen moments, activities or landscapes are not accessible or possible to capture using conventional cameras. In addition to his own practice, Kautuk is also a regular contributor to Nunatsiaq News. He also works in IT, as photographer for Ittaq Haritage and Research Centre and is a noted contributor to northern mapping projects. Kautuk has appeared in many publications including the Inuit Art Quarterly, Up Here Magazine and Above & Beyond.
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