Body as site carrying blood memory forward. Interrupted by colonial acts. Relationships revive Weaving together the strength of ancestors. Through generative collaboration, Kali Spitzer (Jewish and Kaska Dena) and Bubzee (European settler) hold space for one another braiding their ancestral connections to heal colonial wounds. Created on the unceded lands of Musqueam, Skwxwú7mesh, Tsleil-Waututh, Sinixt and Mi’kmaq […]
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Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Meryl McMaster
This week we partner with the National Center for Civil and Human Rights to share the work of Indigenous Artists. As written by our curator, Donna Garcia: “this initiative should educate the public, through lens-based art, regarding the true history of indigenous people and recruit allies/advocates for indigenous issues everywhere, but with a specific focus on the […]
Spirit: Focus on Indigenous Art, Artists, and Issues: Donna Garcia
“‘I fought through the civil war and have seen men shot to pieces and slaughtered by the thousands, but the Indian removal was the cruelest work I ever knew.” Some months ago, I heard Donna Garcia discuss her project, Indian Land for Sale, as part of the Project 2020 Exhibition at the Los Angeles Center […]
South Korea Week: Hyun-doo Park: Goodbye Stranger
Before I introduce the last photographer of this series, I want to let the Lenscratch readers know how much it’s been an honor and joy to showcase the various works and personalities of Korean photographers through Lenscratch. Personally, this opportunity gave me the chance to develop a deeper understanding for photography through the perspectives of […]
Troy Colby: The Fragility of Fatherhood
Projects featured this week were selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was able to interview each of these individuals to gain further insight into the bodies of work they shared. Today, we are looking at the series The Fragility of Fatherhood by Troy Colby. Troy Colby was born in rural Kansas in 1975 and currently lives […]
Izabela Jurcewicz: Body As a Negative. Sensations of Return.
Projects featured this week were selected from our most recent call-for-submissions. I was able to interview each of these individuals to gain further insight into the bodies of work they shared. Today, we are looking at the series Body As a Negative. Sensations of Return. by Izabela Jurcewicz. Izabela Jurcewicz’s photographs have been exhibited in over thirty […]