Vanessa

 Through a physical investigation of the self, performance and metaphor are utilized to address blood quantum as a colonial notion of authenticity.

 An animated drawing tells the story of how three friends taught me how to shoot a gun.

Mnemonic Memory The city of Chicago is filled with and famous for its numerous public sculptures. Many of theses sculptures are categorized as monuments to persons significant to U.S, Illinois and Chicago history. However, within the public art and public consciousness there is very little representation of the Indigenous history.