An extension of previous research into the ecological, social and psychological shadows of today’s global textile industry, Unfurled is a an exhibition by Barrie artist Jill Price that speculates on how animals might choose to engage with, frame, label and question the colonial histories of the North American Fur Trade and material objects held within the archives of Canada's museums. ​ Drawing out narratives based on animals hunted, trapped and exchanged as part of early economic imperialism, the installation utilizes objects and materials held in historical collections, the larger archive of consumerist culture, and word play, to allude to how the mass killing of animals led to the material wealth of their prime predators, early French and British traders and colonial settlers. Currently installed at the Orillia Museum of Art and History due to the importance of the Atherley Narrows, a site that became a key site of cultural and capital exchange that led to the eventual formation of Orillia as a European settlement in 1840, Price has turned the gallery into a living space reminiscent of a late 19th century parlour to allude to how interior and exterior environments are materially and psychically linked. ​ Until the exhibition opens up to the public, feel free to view images of the installation on the artist's website. ​ THANK-YOU TO THE PAUL QUARRINGTON LEGACY FUND FOR THEIR SUPPORT OF THIS EXHIBITION. Disclaimer: No animals were hurt or killed during the production of this exhibition.