{"id":34147,"date":"2017-10-25T12:17:02","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T16:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/?p=34147"},"modified":"2017-10-25T12:17:02","modified_gmt":"2017-10-25T16:17:02","slug":"exhibitry-telling-landscapes-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/exhibitry-telling-landscapes-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibitry: Telling a landscape&#8217;s story"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_34148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34148\" style=\"width: 398px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Railing_0969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34148 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Railing_0969.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"398\" height=\"265\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">Photos by John deWolf, Form: Media, and Devin Segal,Ekistics Planning and Design<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>By John deWolf<br \/>\n<\/strong>As Canada\u2019s sesquicentennial celebrations unfold this year, it has been important not to overlook pre-Confederation history and Aboriginal people\u2019s heritage. By way of example, in an effort to help strengthen ties between the federal government and Saskatchewan\u2019s M\u00e9tis Nation, Form:Media recently \u2018dressed\u2019 Lot 47\u2014site of the once-thriving village of Batoche in central Saskatchewan\u2014with an environmental graphic design (EGD) project, which uses signs and related components to tell the tale of the settlement\u2019s history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The history behind the project<br \/>\n<\/strong>At the centre of this history is a dispute between two opposing methods of landholding: (a) a linear, river-oriented allotment by an agrarian people versus (b) a less natural grid-based system devised and imposed with a lack of regard for local geographic features. The story proceeded from non-issue to conflict to entente to formal collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>For millennia, the Plains were traversed by Blackfoot, Cree, Ojibwa, Assiniboine, Nakota, Dakota and other First Nations. The South Saskatchewan River region, in particular, came to be seen as the physical, cultural and political home of the M\u00e9tis Nation, which was formed through the mixing of Indigenous and European peoples and, as such, was distinct from Canada\u2019s other Aboriginal peoples. In the late 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, a decline in the bison population diminished hunting for the M\u00e9tis, forcing a transition from a semi-nomadic to an agrarian way of life. The consolidation of the Hudson\u2019s Bay Company and the North West Company also meant fewer M\u00e9tis traders were employed, so they made do by settling on the land.<\/p>\n<p>In 1872, a small number of M\u00e9tis from the Red River area near Winnipeg (then Fort Garry) established Batoche at the junction of the South Saskatchewan River and the Carlton Trail, a 1,500-km (932-mi) overland route connecting Fort Garry with Fort Edmonton. It was also near a third major trading route, the Humboldt Trail.<\/p>\n<p>The town\u2019s name was derived from its founder, Xavier \u2018Batoche\u2019 Letendre, who established Lot 47 with his home, a store and a ferry across the river. The approach taken to land division accounted for the importance of trade routes and the relationship of the settlement to the river.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34150\" style=\"width: 401px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/edit1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34150 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/edit1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"398\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The design process involved determining how informational graphics would be incorporated into the exhibit architecture. <\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em><span style=\"font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\"> Drawings courtesy Form: Media<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Inspired by French methods, the M\u00e9tis divided the land so every family would have some river frontage. Most lots were about 200 m (656 ft) wide at the riverside and up to 3 km (1.9 mi) long. The settlers used just the riverside land at first for agriculture, then expanded inland to graze cattle, grow larger crops and tend woodlots.<\/p>\n<p>Batoche quickly developed as the commercial centre of the overall settlement area, which was home to 800 residents by 1883 and 1,200 by 1885. It had come to be considered the heart of the M\u00e9tis Nation.<\/p>\n<p>After developing their own unique culture throughout the 19<sup>th<\/sup> century, the M\u00e9tis were a strong, politically organized force in defending their rights. Throughout the 1880s, they came into confrontation with the newly established government for the Dominion of Canada over a variety of its policies.<\/p>\n<p>In particular, the M\u00e9tis\u2014along with First Nations and white settlers\u2014became concerned about their allotted properties being resurveyed and potentially redistributed under the federal government\u2019s grid-based land survey, which was being conducted across Western Canada. After the government ignored their concerns, the M\u00e9tis declared a provisional government of Saskatchewan\u2014essentially an independent nation\u2014in March 1885.<\/p>\n<p>In response, the federal government dispatched the North-West Mounted Police (NWMP), the forerunner to today\u2019s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RMCP), to bring an end to what it considered a rebellion. Several battles, including a decisive one at Batoche in May 1885, led to the defeat of the short-lived provisional government.<\/p>\n<p>Some M\u00e9tis families dispersed as Batoche was subjugated and appropriated by a government that saw the village as a commodity over which to exercise its authority. Most left later due to disease and economic factors, such as the building of the railway, which bypassed the village altogether.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, even as the Dominion tightened its control of Western Canada, the linear lots on the banks of the South Saskatchewan River remained, as a testament to the community\u2019s resistance. Similarly, the M\u00e9tis have flourished throughout Western Canada following their dispersion. Today, more than 400,000 people identify themselves as M\u00e9tis.<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34152\" style=\"width: 397px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Viewing-lens-structure_0311.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34152 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Viewing-lens-structure_0311.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"397\" height=\"264\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">The visitor&#8217;s journey begins at the &#8216;viewing lens,&#8217; where a two-panel informational sign provides context.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Investing in infrastructure<br \/>\n<\/strong>Shortly before the completion in 2015 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), Parks Canada undertook an interpretive design process for the national historic site, to help support the M\u00e9tis\u2019 sense of pride by honouring the pre- and post-battle story of their time in Batoche, in the interest of improving cultural relations. As the federal government agency suggested in its management plan, the site conveys a strong sense of place and importance to both the past and the present, but while it is rich in history and ecology, it has become grossly underused. Given the agency\u2019s mandate to increase visits and revenue for national parks and historic sites across the country by 2017\u2019s Canada 150 celebrations, there was a desire to establish Batoche as a must-see destination for both locals and tourists in central Saskatchewan, with the understanding doing so would require a substantial investment in infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, the agency had increasingly found common ground with Aboriginal peoples regarding the establishment and management of areas of natural and cultural significance through constitutionally protected land claim and cost-sharing agreements. In the case of Batoche, the settlement area was designated a national historic site in 1923. Today, it is Crown land managed by Parks Canada in conjunction with the M\u00e9tis Nation of Saskatchewan, with a shared management board serving as an advisory council.<\/p>\n<p>The 955-ha (2,360-acre) landscape of aspen forest and remnant fescue prairie has revealed pre-contact Aboriginal cultural resources dating back more than 6,000 years, though it remained best-known for its evidence of M\u00e9tis history and the village of Batoche. Several buildings were restored, helping to depict where the village\u2019s inhabitants lived, travelled and fought, but while both Parks Canada and the M\u00e9tis Nation of Saskatchewan agreed the site conveyed the battle story quite well, they also agreed on the need for a more comprehensive account of Batoche\u2019s culture. So, they commissioned a large-scale outdoor interpretive exhibit.<\/p>\n<p>Following symposia and community discussions, a program called \u2018Story on the Landscape\u2019 was developed, encompassing a number of related projects, including the acquisition of a shuttle bus, a series of interpretive rest stops, a viewing platform and an interpretive play area. A collection\u00a0 of documents for these projects formed the foundation for a request for proposals (RFP), issued in January 2015.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34154\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34154\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Looking-Back-1179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34154 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Looking-Back-1179.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"297\" height=\"446\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34154\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">On a raised platform, interpretive panels describe early life in Batoche and illustrate how its river lots were used.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>A unique design approach<br \/>\n<\/strong>The historic land dispute served as the primary source of inspiration for Form:Media\u2019s concept for the EGD project, with the goal of guiding visitors to a better understanding of a wider cultural story, of which the 1885 battle was just one component.<\/p>\n<p>The design firm, which is based in Dartmouth, N.S., and specializes in signage, exhibits and other systems for museums and interpretive centres, set out to unite Lot 47\u2019s landscape through the architectural integration of a small number of conspicuous exhibitry placements, rather than imposing a larger number of insertions of smaller signs and graphics throughout the 1,650-m<sup>2<\/sup> (17,760-sf) project area. The surviving relics of the past, including building foundations and cellars, would still do most of the storytelling; it was simply a matter of curating the visitor experience with interpretive touches to explain the story further.<\/p>\n<p>The client, Parks Canada, required the project to be unique, architecturally interesting and interactive, incorporating historic themes and activities of Batoche in ways that would engage adults, children, families and caregivers. Instead of treating the land as inanimate and placing EGD elements at points along a route, Form:Media worked with the client to showcase the landscape\u2014including the river, the land and the sky\u2014as the central character in the story, reflecting the sacred relationship between Indigenous cultures and nature.<\/p>\n<p>Parks Canada\u2019s design brief also emphasized construction using environmentally friendly processes and materials as appropriate. There were also early discussions of making the exhibit \u2018period appropriate,\u2019 but as the project progressed, Form:Media chose instead to contrast the site with a contemporary palette. Durable materials, including weathering and galvanized steel, cedar and stone, were chosen to evoke themes of permanence and help minimize the need for future maintenance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe didn\u2019t look at it as just a signage project, a landscape project or an architecture project,\u201d explains Chris Crawford, lead architect. \u201cAs a team, we used each of those disciplines to work together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A simple mowed\/burned strip motif was chosen to reinforce the linearity and direction of the seigneurial river lots. An innovative cedar batten joinery was developed to significantly reduce the size and quantity<br \/>\n of fasteners.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike a woven textile, the inset battens act as structural support, minimizing our need to rely on fasteners,\u201d says Crawford.<\/p>\n<p>A wooden panel system was chosen to finish the interiors of the structures, providing an armature for the mounting of the interpretive panels. Visually, it also serves as a reference to the red and white weave of the ceinture fl\u00e9ch\u00e9e (arrowed sash) of M\u00e9tis culture.<\/p>\n<p>Skyline Atlantic Canada fabricated the interpretive panels and wooden liners, Elance handled steel fabrication and Mennie Design &amp; Build installed all of the components. The structures themselves were raised up on piles, to reduce direct impact on the historic site.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was good planning on the part of the client,\u201d says Crawford. \u201cThey had done extensive research beforehand and knew precisely where to place the structures.\u201d<!--nextpage--><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34157\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34157\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/edit2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34157 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/edit2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"162\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34157\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">In the picnic area, raised countertops&#8217; panel graphics explain modern cooking techniques for traditional dishes.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>The visitor\u2019s journey<br \/>\n<\/strong>The first structure a visitor encounters when travelling to the village site is the \u2018viewing lens,\u2019 where cedar planks represent a series of river lots running parallel to each other. This interpretive node sits atop a hill, providing a vantage point to introduce the landscape. A two-panel informational sign on one of the walls provides context.<\/p>\n<p>A 730-m (2,395-ft) walk west down the linear path\u2014or ride on the shuttle bus\u2014toward the river leads the visitor to the next structure, the \u2018platform,\u2019 which comprises two bodies of weathering steel connected by a wooden stage. Stairs take the visitor up into the first chamber, an open-air enclosure where a pair of interpretive panels set to the left side\u2014combining clear acrylic with screenprinted aluminum\u2014describe how Batoche was chosen as a place to put down roots and what early life was like there. Illustrations show how the river lots were used.<\/p>\n<p>After reading those panels, the visitor turns and walks along the stage as a bridge to the second steel chamber. A 6-m (20-ft) long and 300-mm (12-in.) wide handrail uses screenprinted and clearcoated aluminum to illustrate Batoche\u2019s central position among the trade routes over land and water. It allows the visitor to visualize what the village would have looked like, by superimposing photos of buildings on the landscape.<\/p>\n<p>In the second chamber, which opens to the sky above, a 5.3-m (17-ft) tall timeline provides an overview of the settlement\u2019s history, with bent metal strips screenprinted with dates and information in English and French marking 50-year spans. By projecting up through the opening, it is meant to suggest an infinite future for the M\u00e9tis. In addition, the M\u00e9tis flag\u2014which features the infinity symbol\u2014flies above the tower.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_34159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-34159\" style=\"width: 274px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Railing_1224.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-34159 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.signmedia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/Railing_1224.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"274\" height=\"411\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-34159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;\">A handrail superimposes photos of historic buildings on the landscape to help visualize what the village of Batoche looked like.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After exiting the platform, the visitor returns to the land and ends the journey in the family garden. At the centre of this area is the trade route playground, a three-dimensional (3-D) scaled map that demonstrates how people and goods would have moved across Northwestern Canada. Major trading posts and M\u00e9tis communities are indicated with large, upright log markers, which also serve as beacons above newly introduced saskatoon berry hedgerows. Horizontal half-sawn logs symbolize the main trails.<\/p>\n<p>In the family garden\u2019s picnic area, raised countertops feature \u2018placemat\u2019 graphics of the foods that were eaten in Batoche. These panels are evocative of 18<sup>th<\/sup>&#8211; and 19<sup>th<\/sup>-century posters, but provide modern cooking techniques and ingredients for traditional fare, including boulettes, bannock, chokecherry syrup and Saskatoon berry crumble. A nearby sandbox demonstrates food preservation techniques, including root cellaring and the use of a pemmican stone to pulverize dried meat.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fulfilling the vision<br \/>\n<\/strong>Parks Canada\u2019s multi-faceted goal for this project was to allow the landscape to tell the story of a thriving culture, strengthen ties and serve as a destination. Through a combination of interpretive planning, graphic design and architecture, Form: Media found a way to fulfil that goal.<\/p>\n<p>The site opened in August 2016. The following June, it was honoured both with a People\u2019s Choice Award in the inaugural experiential graphic design category of the seventh annual AZ Awards and as a finalist for the annual Society for Experiential Graphic Design (SEGD) Awards in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p><em>John deWolf is vice-president (VP) of Form:Media in Dartmouth, N.S. For more information, visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.form-media.ca\">www.form-media.ca<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As Canada\u2019s sesquicentennial celebrations unfold this year, it has been important not to overlook pre-Confederation history and Aboriginal people\u2019s heritage. 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