Each fracture finds its place. Each piece, once discarded, now holds position in something greater. This mosaic doesn’t erase what’s broken—it listens to it, arranges it, builds a compass out of the scattered. To stand at its center is to feel the world pulling gently toward wholeness.
Winnipeg in Black and White

Centering the Fragments

By Tony Eetak
Each fracture finds its place. Each piece, once discarded, now holds position in something greater. This mosaic doesn’t erase what’s broken—it listens to it, arranges it, builds a compass out of the scattered. To stand at its center is to feel the world pulling gently toward wholeness.
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A compass mosaic of shattered pieces, reassembled with intention and grace.

Laid into the stone floor like a secret map, the mosaic catches the light from all directions. Each shard, unique in shape and tone, leans into its neighbour, turning fracture into form. Viewers circle it slowly, drawn by the pull of its symmetry—like a compass guiding them home.

It’s not just art; it’s testimony. Hundreds of broken pieces—glass, ceramic, maybe even memory—brought together with care, not to conceal the cracks but to honour them. The result isn’t perfection but precision: a radial bloom of imperfection that points outward, like direction born from rupture.

Filed Under: 2022-1810, 2024-5782, 7015-21-0023, Indigenous 360
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Tony Eetak

Tony Eetak is an emerging artist, musician and culture connector from Arviat, Nunavut, now exploring the arts in Winnipeg, Manitoba. A founding member of the Art Borups Corners, Tony has a demonstrated passion for photography, music, composition, and visual arts. With over five years of experience as a dedicated volunteer, collaborator and co-funder of several arts projects, Tony has been involved in various participatory arts events through organizations like the Arviat Film Society, Global Dignity Canada, Inclusion in Northern Research, and Our People, Our Climate. His contributions earned him recognition as a National Role Model by Global Dignity Canada in 2023. His work has been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, Manitoba Arts Council and the OpenAI Researcher Access Program.

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Winnipeg in Black and White

Rooted in the rhythms of Winnipeg’s urban landscape, each image in this exhibit reflects a practice shaped by light, weather, and the quiet details of daily life. This is photography distilled to its core—composition, contrast, and feeling—offering a window into the city as seen through Indigenous youth perspective and presence.

Filed Under: 2022-1810, 2024-5782, 7015-21-0023, Indigenous 360