Bandolier for Alain Brousseau --- Barry Ace, Anishinaabe
By using the form of a bandolier bag, worn in Anishinaabe ceremony and often gifted to respected people, Ace pay tribute to Alain Brosseau, a young waiter at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, who was brutally attacked and murdered by homophobic thugs while returning from work in August 1989. This violent hate crime shocked and galvanized Ottawa-Gatineau’s LGBTQ+ community. Ace memorializes Brosseau, while asking viewers to look more closely into local histories, and question what stories are readily available, and why others are obscured.
Bandolier for Alain Brousseau --- Barry Ace, Anishinaabe
By using the form of a bandolier bag, worn in Anishinaabe ceremony and often gifted to respected people, Ace pay tribute to Alain Brosseau, a young waiter at the Chateau Laurier Hotel in Ottawa, who was brutally attacked and murdered by homophobic thugs while returning from work in August 1989. This violent hate crime shocked and galvanized Ottawa-Gatineau’s LGBTQ+ community. Ace memorializes Brosseau, while asking viewers to look more closely into local histories, and question what stories are readily available, and why others are obscured.