In her description of Cuthand’s single-channel video 2 Spirit Introductory Special $19.99 (2015), curator Lauren Fournier notes the artist’s “playful exploration of the commodification of health and care. In her performance for the camera, Cuthand makes space for a sex-positive and Two-Spirit-centered First Nations space that is life-affirming and self-determining. Appropriating the form of a television call-in advertisement to promote things of particular interest to queer and Indigenous people, Cuthand endorses speculative objects and community support structures that could contribute to the well-being of Two-Spirit folks today: these include a beaded whisk, a non-slip lube mat, and a telephone line staffed by counselors responsive to problems specific to Two-Spirit people living in Canada.”

Cuthand’s satirical video deftly addresses sexuality, madness, queer identity, and Indigeneity—all of which are central to the artist’s practice. Querying the spaces of queer love and connection in Indigenous communities, the work traces tensions between alienation and community; intimacy and commodification.