May 2, 2024
ᓂᑐᐦᑕᒧᐏᐣ nitohtamowin, the act of listening (red breasted merganser)
2024
hand quilted scrap fabric and seed beads
as i worked on this piece at my home on the colonially occupied land of my native ancestors i thought about the words of palestinian poet marwan makhoul;
In order for me to write poetry that isn’t political
I must listen to the birds
and in order to hear the birds
the warplanes must be silent.
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the colonizing genocidal power that continues to lay waste to my people, keeping us poor, unhoused, and sick is the one of the powers contributing to the genocide of palestinians. Indigenous liberation is intertwined globally, land back for me means land back for us all.
Métis (Otipemisiwak) demand a free Palestine.
#all my work is political because im Indigenous and my identity is inherently politicized in a colonial state#this is in an outdoor/public art gallery!!#don’t love the org i’m working with though…won’t be working with them again lmfao#riel text#my work#red breasted merganser#quilting#contemporary art#Indigenous art#fibre art#textile art#contemporary textiles#textiles#recycled fabric#beadwork#seed beads#art history#artist