Carrying Memories of the Land

Description

This series of digital images explores value. The birchbark basket, cedar, and antlers have a direct relationship to the artist and the territory of the Secwepémc nation. The images were taken by the artist during this winter, marking a generative time for the land. The materials, carefully placed on the snow, are materials that Willard and her family harvested from the land and either made things with or consumed. The text is an acknowledgment and gratitude towards each material—an intentional valuing.

Tania Willard, Secwepemc Nation and settler heritage, is an artist, curator and assistant professor her ongoing collaborative project BUSH gallery, is a land-based gallery grounded in Indigenous knowledges in her home territories of Secwepemcúl̓ecw.