The Guest Book

Branching from the concept of the land acknowledgement, this guest book serves as a way for settlers and those benefitting from settler colonialism to acknowledge that they occupy Indigenous land. In this case it is Narragansett and Wampanoag. By referring to the American continent as Turtle Island, it unsettles the colonizer’s definition of borders and land ownership. The book mimics the brand identity of the exhibition, blurring the line between gallery marketing and artwork.

The first book was displayed at the 2018 RISD Glass Triennial and at the Parallels Brown-RISD Dual Degree Program Exhibition. A subsequent iteration exhibited in the ____scapes show at the RISD Museum’s Gelman Gallery. A fourth iteration was made for my solo show … and will be again | … y lo volverá a ser at ROJO gallery.

2018 + 2019 + 2022

The Guest Book at the … and will be again | … y lo volverá a ser show in ROJO gallery.

The Guest Book at the ____scapes show in Gelman gallery.