Nicholas Galanin: In every language there is Land/ En cada lengua hay una Tierra
National Geographic: Indigenous Futures
July 2024
In Their View:
Nicholas Galanin: In every language there is Land/ En cada lengua hay una Tierra
Made with metal diverted from construction of the U.S - Mexico border wall, this installation "protests barriers obstructing the movement of all life connected to and dependent on land," says Galanin, who lives in Sitka, Alaska. It first stood in New York City's Brooklyn Bridge Park and is set to move elsewhere. Depending on the angle of approach, the structure is either passable or impassable- an embodiment of "the experience of rights and privileges that are unseen to those afforded them and consistently visible to those excluded."