Gronsdahl situates his food performances in the context of the fictional, “Saskatchewan Maritime Museum,” a project he has been developing and exhibiting since 2017. The absurd conceit of a maritime museum in landlocked Saskatchewan pokes fun at and deconstructs official histories of Canadian nation-building, and in Gronsdahl’s words, seeks to “right the official record through a bit of mischief and humour.” Gronsdahl’s exhibition displays a collection of fictional, prop-like, artifacts which together construct absurd narratives. By adopting conventions of museum display Gronsdahl questions the structures that convey official histories.

In La Ligue Gourmande Gronsdahl’s fictional museum and absurdist supper club collide temporarily in the Fort Gallery’s intimate heritage space. In the context of historic Fort Langley this exhibition invites reflection on the construction and glorification of Fort Langley’s official narratives and the mechanisms that inscribe them.