Film, 2019, 06:55

TIX on the Square, Sir Winston Churchill Square, 9930 102 Avenue

D.I.Y is a fleeting moment that only chance could make happen. Intertwining Indigenous brilliance and skateboarding, we get to witness how casting judgement will get in the way of a real interaction. The piece shows the magic Indigenous people find within each other in urban spaces as well as how our past and present experiences inform the way we navigate the world. This is at its core a native skate film. D.I.Y is based on an encounter that happened to Taran at the same location the film was shot.

When ancestors pass away
Northern lights dance in the sky
Knowing it’s not really goodbye,
They’ve just passed over to the other side
The day the eagles die I’ll set my dream catcher aside
But until this day arrives,
I’ll stand with you side by side

—Taran Kootenhayoo

DIY beghą hodi asi henodeldher hułdų bek’odiją. Dene hųyaʔe chu dzits’elzus ąłaghi sį, Nilʔį są, nuhnabį t’ąt’u dene seniyanilti dé bet’a ełelot’ine hołe xa duwe. Diri honi t’ąt’u dene ełedahulʔaʔi hiyodighįlaʔi ghą ahodi. T’ąt’u yąnisį chu duhų hudhídel bet’asį yąnathe ghedeł sį. Diri honíʔe Dene Dzidalzusi Honiʔe sį. Taran ghą hodi sį, beł ekonahodher á. Eyer įt’i erihtł’is net’į holį.

Ąłnedhi yąnisi hots’į łeghąde ú
Nayekanagheges dadadił
Ałots’ele xa nuhghą hedel,
Yenask’edhe hoyini ts’en hedel
T’ahu det’anichok łeghąde
Eyer huldų nate dechene seninesti xa
Eyer hots’en
Nuhxeł thiyį xasį

—Taran Kootenhayoo