Uncertain Ground

3.5 stars (out of 4)

By Linda Rotua Somin. Until April 12, 2026 at the Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park. gardinermuseum.on.ca or 416-586-8080

Indonesia, the land of Linda Rotua Sormin’s ancestors, the Batak people, is an archipelago of tempestuous volcanoes. So, it’s fitting that her new exhibition “Uncertain Ground,” a ravishing ode to her family that blends memory and myth, features a hulking volcano at its centre.

In this immersive installation, running until April on the third floor of the newly renovated Gardiner Museum, that volcanic beast takes on a character of its own. It’s a symbol of chaos, change, flux. It’s also a metaphor, representing the stories of the artist’s Batak ancestors, whose lives were upended by the arrival of Dutch colonists in the early 1

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