Venus Fest Day 03: seth cardinal dodginghorse and Esssena

​Venus Fest is turning 10 this year!

​Join us with seth cardinal dogdinghorse and Essena on September 20th.
+ Visual Art by Aedan Corey

Free / PYWC afternoon show!
Register now to reserve your spot!
www.venusfest.net
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​seth cardinal dodginghorse is a Tsuut’ina/Amskapi Pikanii/Saddle Lake Cree multidisciplinary artist, and musician. Born in 1994 they grew up eating dirt and exploring the forest on their family’s ancestral land on the Tsuut’ina Nation Indian Reserve. In 2014 their family was forcibly removed from their home and land for the construction of the Southwest Calgary Ring Road. This life changing event has been a driving force in their creative work and activism. They are one half of the artist duo tīná gúyáńí (Deer Road) with their mother, Glenna Cardinal. tīná gúyáńí was longlisted for the Sobey Art Award in 2022. seth is currently recording and performing music as their project sadbirthdays which will release an album in 2026. In the past they have performed and recorded in soft cure/lawrence teeth, The Basement Demons, and Quiet Groove.

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​Esssena
Toronto-based with placeholding ties in South and South East Asia, the Atlantic Ocean, and the Middle East, Esssena creates sound reflecting the invisible and innumerable lines, breaths, and crossings between worlds. Through her electronic compositions built upon excavated field recordings, left-field textures, and intuitive resonances, Esssena is the means to and for creating sonic islands full of interiority.