the idea that human rights are tied to land and the fact that plants are part of my work is no coincidence. Indigenous cultures wouldn’t exist without access to land as a fundamental right. That’s a theme in my work: food culture, human rights, access to land, taste.
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My old friend and I stopped talking, and it's largely my fault.
Spending time in the archives and, like most people I know, receiving numerous mutual aid requests, I’m struck by how both senninbari and fundraisers remind us of human-made tragedies and policy failures, as well as the commitment individuals and communities can make to each other, despite.
I felt like it was my duty to uncover these stories — in a way I had to move through them, making paintings inspired by them and I even made a short film about this familial excavation with a wonderful group of female collaborators.
