Power of PlaceWith the arrival of Europeans, “The Great Dying” of the 1600’s eradicated 90% of Native American peoples. Today, these communities face another alarming existential crisis, Climate Change. This unfolding catastrophe is significantly more devastating for Native Americans, who live marginalized on some of the most climate impacted lands in the world.
The desert installation placed past indigenous “ghosts” back onto sacred lands, reconnecting them with their deeply held belief in the power of place. Rediscovering a lost custodianship over the land, an abandoned ecological caretaking, that presents an imminent foretelling today.
2023 | Installation. Death Valley, California, USA.