Tanya Tagaq’s Followers (380)

Tanya Tagaq

Born

in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, Canada

May 05, 1975

Website

http://tanyatagaq.com

Twitter

tagaq

edit data

Tanya Tagaq CM is an improvisational performer, avant-garde composer, and experimental recording artist who won the 2014 Polaris Music Prize for her album Animism, a work that disrupted the music world in Canada and beyond with its powerfully original vision. Tagaq contorts elements of punk, metal, and electronica into a complex and contemporary sound that begins in breath, a communal and fundamental phenomenon. While the Polaris Prize signaled an awakening to Tanya Tagaq’s art and messages, she has been touring and collaborating with an elite international circle of artists for over a decade. Tagaq’s improvisational approach lends itself to collaboration across genres, and recent projects have pulled her in vastly different directions, fro ...more

Combine Editions
Tanya Tagaq’s books

Average rating: 3.88 · 13,782 ratings · 2,351 reviews · 7 distinct works • Similar authors

	Split Tooth 3.89 avg rating — 13,543 ratings — published 2018 — 25 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	It Bears Repeating by Tanya Tagaq, Cee Pootoogook (illustrator) 3.74 avg rating — 151 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Would Give You My Tail by Tanya Tagaq, Qavavau Manumie (illustrator) 3.83 avg rating — 81 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Croc fendu 3.17 avg rating — 6 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Croc fendu by Tanya Tagaq, Sylvie Voillot (translator) liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Medulla by Nico Muhly (Performer), Tanya Tagaq (performer), Gregory Purnhagen (performer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Anuraaqtuq by Jesse Zubot (Composer), Jean Martin (Composer), Tanya Tagaq (Artist) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

More books by Tanya Tagaq…

Quotes by Tanya Tagaq (?)

“We are product of the immense torque that propels this universe. We are not individuals but a great accumulation of all that lived before.”
― Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

tags: ancestors, belonging, collective, life

23 likes

“This is where my lesson was learned: pain is to be expected, courage is to be welcomed. There is no choice but to endure. There is no other way than to renounce self-doubt. It is the time of the Dawning in more ways than one. The sun can rise, and so can I”
― Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

tags: courage, dawn, inspiration, life-lessons, pain, quotes-about-life, rise, sun

15 likes

“The foxes run. The foxes die. I mourn them, but I understand that there is danger in mourning for those who would not mourn for you in return. Empathy is for those who can afford it. Empathy is for the privileged. Empathy is not for Nature.”
― Tanya Tagaq, Split Tooth

11 likes

See all Tanya Tagaq's quotes »

Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
CanadianContent: O2: A book related to Canadian art or music	7	25	Jan 03, 2019 10:48AM
The Seasonal Read...: Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD	3799	357	Feb 28, 2019 09:00PM
Reading with Style: WI 18-19 Completed Tasks	976	80	Feb 28, 2019 09:01PM
Literary Fiction ...: Discussion: There There	82	281	Apr 12, 2019 07:03AM
CanadianContent: G1: A book written by a female, indigenous author	10	35	May 24, 2019 12:39PM
2026 Reading Chal...: Q4 - Let's Roll the Credits	182	264	Jan 07, 2020 03:12PM
The Seasonal Read...: * Completed Tasks: PLEASE DO NOT DELETE ANY POST IN THIS THREAD	3595	376	Feb 29, 2020 09:00PM
EPBOT Readers: Week 22 Check In	11	18	Jun 09, 2020 09:05AM

More…

Is this you? Let us know. If not, help out and invite Tanya to Goodreads.

Tanya Tagaq’s Followers (380)

Tanya Tagaq

Combine EditionsTanya Tagaq’s books

Topics Mentioning This Author

Combine Editions
Tanya Tagaq’s books